Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Platform Designer
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683609
Date
7/07/2025
Public
Answers to Top FAQs
1. Creating a System with Platform Designer
2. Creating a Board Support Package with BSP Editor
3. Creating Platform Designer Components
4. Optimizing Platform Designer System Performance
5. Platform Designer Interconnect
6. Platform Designer System Design Components
7. Platform Designer Command-Line Utilities
8. Component Interface Tcl Reference
9. Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Platform Designer Document Archives
A. Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides
1.1. Platform Designer Interface Support
1.2. Platform Designer System Design Flow
1.3. Creating or Opening a Platform Designer System
1.4. Using the Board-Aware Flow in Platform Designer
1.5. Viewing a Platform Designer System
1.6. Adding IP Components to a System
1.7. Connecting System Components
1.8. Specifying Interconnect Parameters
1.9. Correcting Platform Designer System Timing Issues
1.10. Specifying Signal and Interface Boundary Requirements
1.11. Configuring Platform Designer System Security
1.12. Upgrading Outdated IP Components in Platform Designer
1.13. Synchronizing System Component Information
1.14. Validating System Integrity
1.15. Preserving System Elements for Debug
1.16. Generating a Platform Designer System
1.17. Generating Simulation Files for Platform Designer Systems and IP Variants
1.18. Adding a System to an Quartus® Prime Project
1.19. Managing Hierarchical Platform Designer Systems
1.20. Saving and Archiving Platform Designer Systems
1.21. Sharing Platform Designer Packaged Subsystems
1.22. Comparing Platform Designer Systems and IP components
1.23. Running System Scripts
1.24. Creating a System with Platform Designer Revision History
1.5.1. Viewing the System Hierarchy
1.5.2. Filtering the System View
1.5.3. Viewing Clock and Reset Domains
1.5.4. Viewing System Connections
1.5.5. Viewing Avalon® Memory-Mapped Domains in a System
1.5.6. Viewing the System Schematic
1.5.7. Customizing the Platform Designer Layout
1.5.8. Changing the Platform Designer Font
1.6.1. Modifying IP Parameters
1.6.2. Applying Preset Parameters for Specific Applications
1.6.3. Creating IP Presets Targeting Specific Boards
1.6.4. Applying Presets After Migrating a Board
1.6.5. Adding Third-Party IP Components
1.6.6. Specifying IP Component Instantiation Options
1.6.7. Creating or Opening an IP Core Variant
1.16.1. Generation Dialog Box Options
1.16.2. Specifying the Generation ID
1.16.3. Disabling or Enabling Parallel IP Generation
1.16.4. Files Generated for Platform Designer Systems
1.16.5. Generating System Testbench Files
1.16.6. Generating Example Designs for IP Components
1.16.7. Incremental System Generation Example
1.16.8. Generating the HPS IP Component System View Description File
1.16.9. Generating Header Files for Host Components
1.21.1. User Personas for Packaged Subsystems
1.21.2. Terminology for Packaged Subsystems
1.21.3. Creating a New Packaged Subsystem
1.21.4. Specifying Additional Packaged Subsystem Files
1.21.5. Modifying the Packaged Subsystem Script
1.21.6. Instantiating a Packaged Subsystem
1.21.7. Revising a Packaged Subsystem
1.21.8. New Packaged Subsystem Dialog Box Options and Controls
3.1. Platform Designer Components
3.2. Design Phases of an IP Component
3.3. Creating IP Components in the Component Editor
3.4. Creating Generic Components in a System
3.5. Exporting HDL Parameters to a System
3.6. Scripting Wire-Level Expressions
3.7. Control Interfaces Dynamically with an Elaboration Callback
3.8. Control File Generation Dynamically with Parameters and a Fileset Callback
3.9. Create a Composed Component or Subsystem
3.10. Add Component Instances to a Static or Generated Component
3.11. Add IP RTL Core Generated from the Altera® oneAPI Base Toolkit
3.12. Creating Platform Designer Components Revision History
3.3.1. Save an IP Component and Create the _hw.tcl File
3.3.2. Edit an IP Component with the Platform Designer Component Editor
3.3.3. Specify IP Component Type Information
3.3.4. Create an HDL File in the Platform Designer Component Editor
3.3.5. Defining HDL Parameters in _hw.tcl
3.3.6. Declaring SystemVerilog Interfaces in _hw.tcl
3.3.7. Create an HDL File Using a Template in the Platform Designer Component Editor
3.3.8. Specify Synthesis and Simulation Files in the Platform Designer Component Editor
3.3.9. Add Signals and Interfaces in the Platform Designer Component Editor
3.3.10. Specify Parameters in the Platform Designer Component Editor
3.3.8.1. Specify HDL Files for Synthesis in the Platform Designer Component Editor
3.3.8.2. Analyze Synthesis Files in the Platform Designer Component Editor
3.3.8.3. Specify Files for Simulation in the Component Editor
3.3.8.4. Include an Internal Register Map Description in the .svd for Agent Interfaces Connected to an HPS Component
3.3.10.1. Valid Ranges for Parameters in the _hw.tcl File
3.3.10.2. Types of Platform Designer Parameters
3.3.10.3. Obtaining Device Trait Information Using PART_TRAIT System Information Parameter
3.3.10.4. Declare Parameters with Custom _hw.tcl Commands
3.3.10.5. Validate Parameter Values with a Validation Callback
4.1. Designing with Avalon® and AXI Interfaces
4.2. Using Hierarchy in Systems
4.3. Using Concurrency in Memory-Mapped Systems
4.4. Inserting Pipeline Stages to Increase System Frequency
4.5. Using Bridges
4.6. Increasing Transfer Throughput
4.7. Reducing Logic Utilization
4.8. Reducing Power Consumption
4.9. Reset Polarity and Synchronization in Platform Designer
4.10. Optimizing Platform Designer System Performance Design Examples
4.11. Optimizing Platform Designer System Performance Revision History
5.1. Memory-Mapped Interfaces
5.2. Avalon® Streaming Interfaces
5.3. Avalon® Streaming Credit Interfaces
5.4. Interrupt Interfaces
5.5. Clock Interfaces
5.6. Reset Interfaces
5.7. Conduits
5.8. Interconnect Pipelining
5.9. Error Correction Coding (ECC) in Platform Designer Interconnect
5.10. AMBA* 3 AXI Protocol Specification Support (version 1.0)
5.11. AMBA* 3 APB Protocol Specification Support (version 1.0)
5.12. AMBA* 4 AXI Memory-Mapped Interface Support (version 2.0)
5.13. AMBA* 4 AXI Streaming Interface Support (version 1.0)
5.14. AMBA* 4 AXI-Lite Protocol Specification Support (version 2.0)
5.15. AMBA ACE-Lite Support
5.16. AMBA ACE5-Lite Support
5.17. Port Roles (Interface Signal Types)
5.18. Platform Designer Interconnect Revision History
5.1.1. Platform Designer Packet Format
5.1.2. Interconnect Domains
5.1.3. Avalon Host and AXI Manager Network Interfaces
5.1.4. Avalon Agent and AXI Subordinate Network Interfaces
5.1.5. Arbitration
5.1.6. Memory-Mapped Arbiter
5.1.7. Datapath Multiplexing Logic
5.1.8. Width Adaptation
5.1.9. Burst Adapter
5.1.10. Waitrequest Allowance Adapter
5.1.11. Read and Write Responses
5.1.12. Platform Designer Address Decoding
5.1.3.1. Avalon® Memory Mapped Host Agent
5.1.3.2. Avalon® Memory Mapped Host Translator
5.1.3.3. AXI Manager Agent
5.1.3.4. AXI Translator
5.1.3.5. APB Manager Agent
5.1.3.6. APB Subordinate Agent
5.1.3.7. APB Translator
5.1.3.8. AHB Subordinate Agent
5.1.3.9. Memory-Mapped Router
5.1.3.10. Memory-Mapped Traffic Limiter
5.6.4.3.1. Reset Sequencer Status Register
5.6.4.3.2. Reset Sequencer Interrupt Enable Register
5.6.4.3.3. Reset Sequencer Control Register
5.6.4.3.4. Reset Sequencer Software Sequenced Reset Assert Control Register
5.6.4.3.5. Reset Sequencer Software Sequenced Reset Deassert Control Register
5.6.4.3.6. Reset Sequencer Software Direct Controlled Resets
5.6.4.3.7. Reset Sequencer Software Reset Masking
5.12.1. Burst Support
5.12.2. QoS
5.12.3. Regions
5.12.4. Write Response Dependency
5.12.5. AWCACHE and ARCACHE
5.12.6. Width Adaptation and Data Packing in Platform Designer
5.12.7. Ordering Model
5.12.8. Read and Write Allocate
5.12.9. Locked Transactions
5.12.10. Memory Types
5.12.11. Mismatched Attributes
5.12.12. Signals
5.14.1. AMBA* 4 AXI-Lite Signals
5.14.2. AMBA* 4 AXI-Lite Optional Port Support and Interconnect
5.14.3. AMBA* 4 AXI-Lite Bus Width
5.14.4. AMBA* 4 AXI-Lite Outstanding Transactions
5.14.5. AMBA* 4 AXI-Lite IDs
5.14.6. Connections Between AMBA* 3 AXI, AMBA* 4 AXI and AMBA* 4 AXI-Lite
5.14.7. AMBA* 4 AXI-Lite Response Merging
5.17.1. AXI Manager Interface Signal Types
5.17.2. AXI Subordinate Interface Signal Types
5.17.3. AMBA* 4 AXI Manager Interface Signal Types
5.17.4. AMBA* 4 AXI Subordinate Interface Signal Types
5.17.5. AMBA* 4 AXI-Stream Manager and Subordinate Interface Signal Types
5.17.6. AMBA ACE-Lite Interface Signal Types
5.17.7. AMBA ACE5-Lite Interface Signal Types
5.17.8. APB Interface Signal Types
5.17.9. Avalon® Memory Mapped Interface Signal Roles
5.17.10. Avalon® Streaming Interface Signal Roles
5.17.11. Avalon® Streaming Credit Interface Signal Roles
5.17.12. Avalon® Streaming Credit User Signals
5.17.13. Avalon® Clock Source Signal Roles
5.17.14. Avalon® Clock Sink Signal Roles
5.17.15. Avalon® Conduit Signal Roles
5.17.16. Avalon® Tristate Conduit Signal Roles
5.17.17. Avalon® Tri-State Agent Interface Signal Types
5.17.18. Avalon® Interrupt Sender Signal Roles
5.17.19. Avalon® Interrupt Receiver Signal Roles
6.1. Bridges
6.2. Error Response Slave Intel® FPGA IP
6.3. Tri-State Components
6.4. Avalon® Data Pattern Checker IP
6.5. Avalon® Streaming Splitter Intel® FPGA IP
6.6. Avalon® Streaming Delay Intel® FPGA IP
6.7. Avalon® Streaming Round Robin Scheduler Intel® FPGA IP
6.8. Avalon® Packets to Transactions Converter IP
6.9. Avalon® -ST Bytes to Packets and Packets to Bytes Converter IP
6.10. Avalon® Streaming Pipeline Stage Intel® FPGA IP
6.11. Avalon® Streaming Multiplexer and Demultiplexer Intel® FPGA IP
6.12. Avalon® Streaming Single-Clock and Dual-Clock FIFO Intel® FPGA IP
6.13. Avalon® Streaming Multi-Channel Shared Memory FIFO
6.14. AXI Streaming Crossbar IP
6.15. Platform Designer System Design Components Revision History
6.1.1. Clock Bridge Intel® FPGA IP
6.1.2. Avalon® Memory Mapped Clock Crossing Bridge Intel® FPGA IP
6.1.3. Avalon® Memory Mapped Pipeline Bridge Intel® FPGA IP
6.1.4. Avalon® Memory Mapped Unaligned Burst Expansion Bridge Intel® FPGA IP
6.1.5. Bridges Between Avalon® and AXI Interfaces
6.1.6. AXI Bridge Intel® FPGA IP
6.1.7. AXI Timeout Bridge Intel® FPGA IP
6.1.8. Address Span Extender Intel® FPGA IP
6.4.1. Avalon® Data Pattern Checker IP Input Interface
6.4.2. Avalon® Data Pattern Checker IP Control and Status Interface
6.4.3. Avalon® Data Pattern Checker IP Supported Data Patterns
6.4.4. Avalon® Data Pattern Checker IP Functional Parameters
6.4.5. Avalon® Data Pattern Checker IP Software Programming Model
6.4.6. Avalon® Data Pattern Checker IP API
6.4.6.1. data_sink_reset()
6.4.6.2. data_sink_init()
6.4.6.3. data_sink_get_id()
6.4.6.4. data_sink_get_supports_packets()
6.4.6.5. data_sink_get_num_channels()
6.4.6.6. data_sink_get_symbols_per_cycle()
6.4.6.7. data_sink_get_enable()
6.4.6.8. data_sink_set enable()
6.4.6.9. data_sink_get_throttle()
6.4.6.10. data_sink_set_throttle()
6.4.6.11. data_sink_get_packet_count()
6.4.6.12. data_sink_get_error_count()
6.4.6.13. data_sink_get_symbol_count()
6.4.6.14. data_sink_get_exception()
6.4.6.15. data_sink_exception_is_exception()
6.4.6.16. data_sink_exception_has_data_error()
6.4.6.17. data_sink_exception_has_missing_sop()
6.4.6.18. data_sink_exception_has_missing_eop()
6.4.6.19. data_sink_exception_signalled_error()
6.4.6.20. data_sink_exception_channel()
6.12.1. Interfaces Implemented in FIFO Cores
6.12.2. Avalon® Streaming FIFO IP Operating Modes
6.12.3. Avalon® Streaming FIFO IP Buffer Fill Level
6.12.4. Almost-Full and Almost-Empty Thresholds to Prevent Overflow and Underflow
6.12.5. Avalon® Streaming Single Clock and Dual Clock FIFO IP Parameters
6.12.6. Avalon® Streaming Single-Clock FIFO IP Registers
7.1. Run the Platform Designer Editor with qsys-edit
7.2. Scripting IP Core Generation
7.3. Board-Aware Flow Scripting Support
7.4. Display Available IP Components with ip-catalog
7.5. Create an .ipx File with ip-make-ipx
7.6. Generate Simulation Scripts
7.7. Generate a Platform Designer System with qsys-script
7.8. Parameterizing an Instantiated IP Core after save_system Command
7.9. Validate the Generic Components in a System with qsys-validate
7.10. Generate an IP Component or Platform Designer System with quartus_ipgenerate
7.11. Generate an IP Variation File with ip-deploy
7.12. Archive and Extract Platform Designer Systems with qsys-archive
7.13. Apply Presets to a New Board
7.14. Platform Designer Scripting Command Reference
7.15. Platform Designer Scripting Property Reference
7.16. Platform Designer Command-Line Utilities Revision History
7.14.1.1. create_system
7.14.1.2. export_hw_tcl
7.14.1.3. get_device_families
7.14.1.4. get_devices
7.14.1.5. get_module_properties
7.14.1.6. get_module_property
7.14.1.7. get_project_properties
7.14.1.8. get_project_property
7.14.1.9. load_system
7.14.1.10. save_system
7.14.1.11. set_design_id
7.14.1.12. set_module_property
7.14.1.13. set_project_property
7.14.2.1. get_composed_connections
7.14.2.2. get_composed_connection_parameter_value
7.14.2.3. get_composed_connection_parameters
7.14.2.4. get_composed_instance_assignment
7.14.2.5. get_composed_instance_assignments
7.14.2.6. get_composed_instance_parameter_value
7.14.2.7. get_composed_instance_parameters
7.14.2.8. get_composed_instances
7.14.3.1. set_domain_assignment
7.14.3.2. get_domain_assignment
7.14.3.3. get_domain_assignments
7.14.3.4. set_interface_assignment
7.14.3.5. get_interface_assignment
7.14.3.6. get_interface_assignments
7.14.3.7. set_postadaptation_assignment
7.14.3.8. get_postadaptation_assignment
7.14.3.9. get_postadaptation_assignments
7.14.4.1. add_instance
7.14.4.2. apply_instance_preset
7.14.4.3. create_ip
7.14.4.4. add_component
7.14.4.5. duplicate_instance
7.14.4.6. enable_instance_parameter_update_callback
7.14.4.7. get_instance_assignment
7.14.4.8. get_instance_assignments
7.14.4.9. get_instance_documentation_links
7.14.4.10. get_instance_interface_assignment
7.14.4.11. get_instance_interface_assignments
7.14.4.12. get_instance_interface_parameter_property
7.14.4.13. get_instance_interface_parameter_value
7.14.4.14. get_instance_interface_parameters
7.14.4.15. get_instance_interface_port_property
7.14.4.16. get_instance_interface_ports
7.14.4.17. get_instance_interface_properties
7.14.4.18. get_instance_interface_property
7.14.4.19. get_instance_interfaces
7.14.4.20. get_instance_parameter_property
7.14.4.21. get_instance_parameter_value
7.14.4.22. get_instance_parameter_values
7.14.4.23. get_instance_parameters
7.14.4.24. get_instance_port_property
7.14.4.25. get_instance_properties
7.14.4.26. get_instance_property
7.14.4.27. get_instances
7.14.4.28. is_instance_parameter_update_callback_enabled
7.14.4.29. remove_instance
7.14.4.30. set_instance_parameter_value
7.14.4.31. set_instance_parameter_values
7.14.4.32. set_instance_property
7.14.5.1. add_instantiation_hdl_file
7.14.5.2. add_instantiation_interface
7.14.5.3. add_instantiation_interface_port
7.14.5.4. copy_instance_interface_to_instantiation
7.14.5.5. get_instantiation_assignment_value
7.14.5.6. get_instantiation_assignments
7.14.5.7. get_instantiation_hdl_file_properties
7.14.5.8. get_instantiation_hdl_file_property
7.14.5.9. get_instantiation_hdl_files
7.14.5.10. get_instantiation_interface_assignment_value
7.14.5.11. get_instantiation_interface_assignments
7.14.5.12. get_instantiation_interface_parameter_value
7.14.5.13. get_instantiation_interface_parameters
7.14.5.14. get_instantiation_interface_port_properties
7.14.5.15. get_instantiation_interface_port_property
7.14.5.16. get_instantiation_interface_ports
7.14.5.17. get_instantiation_interface_property
7.14.5.18. get_instantiation_interface_properties
7.14.5.19. get_instantiation_interface_sysinfo_parameter_value
7.14.5.20. get_instantiation_interface_sysinfo_parameters
7.14.5.21. get_instantiation_interfaces
7.14.5.22. get_instantiation_properties
7.14.5.23. get_instantiation_property
7.14.5.24. get_loaded_instantiation
7.14.5.25. import_instantiation_interfaces
7.14.5.26. load_instantiation
7.14.5.27. remove_instantiation_hdl_file
7.14.5.28. remove_instantiation_interface
7.14.5.29. remove_instantiation_interface_port
7.14.5.30. save_instantiation
7.14.5.31. set_instantiation_assignment_value
7.14.5.32. set_instantiation_hdl_file_property
7.14.5.33. set_instantiation_interface_assignment_value
7.14.5.34. set_instantiation_interface_parameter_value
7.14.5.35. set_instantiation_interface_port_property
7.14.5.36. set_instantiation_interface_sysinfo_parameter_value
7.14.5.37. set_instantiation_property
7.14.6.1. apply_component_preset
7.14.6.2. get_component_assignment
7.14.6.3. get_component_assignments
7.14.6.4. get_component_documentation_links
7.14.6.5. get_component_interface_assignment
7.14.6.6. get_component_interface_assignments
7.14.6.7. get_component_interface_parameter_property
7.14.6.8. get_component_interface_parameter_value
7.14.6.9. get_component_interface_parameters
7.14.6.10. get_component_interface_port_property
7.14.6.11. get_component_interface_ports
7.14.6.12. get_component_interface_property
7.14.6.13. get_component_interfaces
7.14.6.14. get_component_parameter_property
7.14.6.15. get_component_parameter_value
7.14.6.16. get_component_parameters
7.14.6.17. get_component_project_properties
7.14.6.18. get_component_project_property
7.14.6.19. get_component_property
7.14.6.20. get_loaded_component
7.14.6.21. load_component
7.14.6.22. reload_component_footprint
7.14.6.23. save_component
7.14.6.24. set_component_parameter_value
7.14.6.25. set_component_project_property
7.14.7.1. add_connection
7.14.7.2. auto_connect
7.14.7.3. get_connection_parameter_property
7.14.7.4. get_connection_parameter_value
7.14.7.5. get_connection_parameters
7.14.7.6. get_connection_properties
7.14.7.7. get_connection_property
7.14.7.8. get_connections
7.14.7.9. remove_connection
7.14.7.10. remove_dangling_connections
7.14.7.11. set_connection_parameter_value
7.14.8.1. add_interface
7.14.8.2. get_exported_interface_sysinfo_parameter_value
7.14.8.3. get_exported_interface_sysinfo_parameters
7.14.8.4. get_interface_port_property
7.14.8.5. get_interface_ports
7.14.8.6. get_interface_properties
7.14.8.7. get_interface_property
7.14.8.8. get_interfaces
7.14.8.9. get_port_properties
7.14.8.10. remove_interface
7.14.8.11. set_exported_interface_sysinfo_parameter_value
7.14.8.12. set_interface_port_property
7.14.8.13. set_interface_property
7.14.9.1. set_validation_property
7.14.9.2. sync_sysinfo_parameters
7.14.9.3. validate_component
7.14.9.4. validate_component_interface
7.14.9.5. validate_connection
7.14.9.6. validate_instance
7.14.9.7. validate_instance_interface
7.14.9.8. validate_system
7.14.9.9. validate_component_footprint
7.14.9.10. reload_component_footprint
7.14.10.1. auto_assign_base_addresses
7.14.10.2. auto_assign_irqs
7.14.10.3. auto_assign_system_base_addresses
7.14.10.4. get_parameter_properties
7.14.10.5. lock_avalon_base_address
7.14.10.6. send_message
7.14.10.7. set_use_testbench_naming_pattern
7.14.10.8. unlock_avalon_base_address
7.14.10.9. get_testbench_dutname
7.14.10.10. get_use_testbench_naming_pattern
7.15.1. Connection Properties
7.15.2. Design Environment Type Properties
7.15.3. Direction Properties
7.15.4. Element Properties
7.15.5. Instance Properties
7.15.6. Interface Properties
7.15.7. Message Levels Properties
7.15.8. Module Properties
7.15.9. Parameter Properties
7.15.10. Parameter Status Properties
7.15.11. Parameter Type Properties
7.15.12. Port Properties
7.15.13. Project Properties
7.15.14. System Info Type Properties
7.15.15. Units Properties
7.15.16. Validation Properties
7.15.17. Interface Direction
7.15.18. File Set Kind
7.15.19. Access Type
7.15.20. Instantiation HDL File Properties
7.15.21. Instantiation Interface Duplicate Type
7.15.22. Instantiation Interface Properties
7.15.23. Instantiation Properties
7.15.24. Port Properties
7.15.25. VHDL Type
8.1.1.1. add_interface
8.1.1.2. add_interface_port
8.1.1.3. get_interfaces
8.1.1.4. get_interface_assignment
8.1.1.5. get_interface_assignments
8.1.1.6. get_interface_ports
8.1.1.7. get_interface_properties
8.1.1.8. get_interface_property
8.1.1.9. get_port_properties
8.1.1.10. get_port_property
8.1.1.11. set_interface_assignment
8.1.1.12. set_interface_property
8.1.1.13. set_port_property
8.1.1.14. set_interface_upgrade_map
8.1.5.1. add_documentation_link
8.1.5.2. get_module_assignment
8.1.5.3. get_module_assignments
8.1.5.4. get_module_ports
8.1.5.5. get_module_properties
8.1.5.6. get_module_property
8.1.5.7. send_message
8.1.5.8. set_module_assignment
8.1.5.9. set_module_property
8.1.5.10. add_hdl_instance
8.1.5.11. package
8.1.6.1. add_instance
8.1.6.2. add_connection
8.1.6.3. get_connections
8.1.6.4. get_connection_parameters
8.1.6.5. get_connection_parameter_value
8.1.6.6. get_instances
8.1.6.7. get_instance_interfaces
8.1.6.8. get_instance_interface_ports
8.1.6.9. get_instance_interface_properties
8.1.6.10. get_instance_property
8.1.6.11. set_instance_property
8.1.6.12. get_instance_properties
8.1.6.13. get_instance_interface_property
8.1.6.14. get_instance_parameters
8.1.6.15. get_instance_parameter_property
8.1.6.16. get_instance_parameter_value
8.1.6.17. get_instance_port_property
8.1.6.18. set_connection_parameter_value
8.1.6.19. set_instance_parameter_value
8.1.7.1. add_fileset
8.1.7.2. add_fileset_file
8.1.7.3. set_fileset_property
8.1.7.4. get_fileset_file_attribute
8.1.7.5. set_fileset_file_attribute
8.1.7.6. get_fileset_properties
8.1.7.7. get_fileset_property
8.1.7.8. get_fileset_sim_properties
8.1.7.9. set_fileset_sim_properties
8.1.7.10. create_temp_file
8.2.1. Script Language Properties
8.2.2. Interface Properties
8.2.3. SystemVerilog Interface Properties
8.2.4. Instance Properties
8.2.5. Parameter Properties
8.2.6. Parameter Type Properties
8.2.7. Parameter Status Properties
8.2.8. Port Properties
8.2.9. Direction Properties
8.2.10. Display Item Properties
8.2.11. Display Item Kind Properties
8.2.12. Display Hint Properties
8.2.13. Module Properties
8.2.14. Fileset Properties
8.2.15. Fileset Kind Properties
8.2.16. Callback Properties
8.2.17. File Attribute Properties
8.2.18. File Kind Properties
8.2.19. File Source Properties
8.2.20. Simulator Properties
8.2.21. Port VHDL Type Properties
8.2.22. System Info Type Properties
8.2.23. Design Environment Type Properties
8.2.24. Units Properties
8.2.25. Operating System Properties
8.2.26. Quartus.ini Type Properties
2.5.4.2. Linker Regions
At the bottom of the Linker Script tab, the Linker Memory Regions table shows all defined linker regions. Each row of the table shows one linker region, with its address range, memory device name, size, and offset into the selected memory device.
You reassign a defined linker region to a different memory device by selecting a different device name in the Memory Device Name column. The Size and Offset columns are editable. You can also edit the list of linker regions using the following buttons located next to the linker region table.
Note: Ensure that you specify the correct base address and memory size. If the base address or size of an external memory changes, you must edit the BSP manually to match. The SBT does not automatically detect changes in external memory devices, even if you update the BSP by creating a new settings file.
Name | Description |
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Add | Adds a linker region in unused space on any existing device. The Add button opens the Add Memory Region dialog box, where you specify the memory device, the new memory region name, the region size, and the region's offset from the device base address. |
Remove | Removes a linker region definition. Removing a region frees the region's memory space to be used for other regions. |
Add Memory Device | Creates a linker region representing a memory device that is outside the hardware system. The button opens the Add Memory Device dialog box, where you can specify the device name, memory size, and base address. After you add the device, it appears in the linker region table, the Memory Device Usage Table dialog box, and the Memory Map dialog box. This functionality is equivalent to the add_memory_device Tcl command. |
- Restore Defaults—restores the memory regions to the default configuration set up at the time of BSP creation.
- Memory Usage—Opens the Memory Device Usage Table. The Memory Device Usage Table allows you to view memory device usage by defined memory region. As memory regions are added, removed, and adjusted, each device's free memory, used memory, and percentage of available memory are updated. The rightmost column is a graphical representation of the device’s usage, according to the memory regions assigned to it.
- Memory Map—Opens the Memory Map dialog box. The memory map allows you to view a map of system memory in the processor address space. The Device table is a read-only reference showing memories in the hardware system that are hosted by the selected processor. Devices are listed in memory address order.
To the right of the Device table is a graphical representation of the processor's memory space, showing the locations of devices in the table. Gaps indicate unmapped address space.
Note: This gap representation is not to scale.