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Quartus
®
II Software Design
Series: Timing Analysis
Quartus
®
II Software Design
Series: Timing Analysis
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Altera, Stratix, Arria, Cyclone, MAX, HardCopy, Nios, Quartus, and MegaCore are trademarks of Altera Corporation
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Objectives
Objectives
Build SDC files for constraining PLD designs
Verify timing on simple & complex designs using
TimeQuest TA
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Altera, Stratix, Arria, Cyclone, MAX, HardCopy, Nios, Quartus, and MegaCore are trademarks of Altera Corporation
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Timing Analysis Agenda
Timing Analysis Agenda
TimeQuest basics
Timing constraints
Example
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TimeQuest GUI
TimeQuest GUI
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Report Pane
Tasks Pane
Console Pane
View Pane
Menu access to all TimeQuest features
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Altera, Stratix, Arria, Cyclone, MAX, HardCopy, Nios, Quartus, and MegaCore are trademarks of Altera Corporation
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SDC File Editor = Quartus II Text Editor
SDC File Editor = Quartus II Text Editor
Use Quartus II
editor to create
and/or edit SDC
SDC editing
unique features
(for .sdc files)
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Access to GUI
dialog boxes for
constraint entry
(Edit ⇒
⇒⇒
⇒ Insert
Constraint)
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Syntax coloring
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Tooltip syntax help
TimeQuest File menu ⇒
⇒⇒
⇒ New/Open SDC File
Quartus II File menu ⇒
⇒⇒
⇒ New ⇒
⇒⇒
⇒ Other Files
Place cursor over
command to see tooltip
