Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Platform Designer

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Date 12/20/2023
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1.4.3.1. Generating Board and Preset Files for Existing Systems Using Platform Designer

To apply board and preset files to an existing Platform Designer system using the Platform Designer GUI, you first load the pin assignments from the Intel® Quartus® Prime Settings File (.qsf). You then define a new board file that overwrites any existing board file and IP presets. You must ensure that both Enable Board Generation and Enable System Preset Generation options are on when defining the new board. For details on creating IP presets, refer to Creating IP Presets Targeting Specific Boards.
Note: Before using this flow, you must regenerate the Platform Designer system and run Intel® Quartus® Prime Analysis and Synthesis.

To apply board and preset files to an existing system using Platform Designer, follow these steps:

  1. In the Intel® Quartus® Prime software, open and compile the project that contains the target Platform Designer system for board and preset files. The Fitter selects the pin assignments or uses the constraints that you specify in the Pin Planner.
  2. In Platform Designer, open the target system for application of board and preset files.
  3. Click File > Load Pin from Quartus Project. The pin assignments from the current Intel® Quartus® Prime project load into the Platform Designer system.
    Note: You must match the Platform Designer system signal names with the top-level project signals for the pin info to be recognized and loaded. Not matching these signals can cause failure to load the pin information.
  4. Confirm the loaded pin assignments in the Exported Interface tab, as Editing Pin Assignments for Presets describes.
  5. Define a new board and presets by clicking New in the Platform Designer Board Catalog. The Create New Board dialog box opens.
    Figure 14. Create New Board Dialog Box


  6. Specify options for the new board file, as Creating a New Board File describes. When specifying options, turn on the Enable Board Generation and Enable System Preset Generation to overwrite any existing board or preset files for the system.
  7. Click Save to generate the new board and preset files.
  8. View the new system presets in the Board tab.
    Figure 15. System Presets in Board Tab