Altera PCI Compiler User Manual

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Altera Corporation

User Guide Version 11.1

1–17

October 2011

PCI Compiler

Getting Started

For this walkthrough, follow these steps:

1.

Open <path>\pci_example\pci_top.qpf (the pci_top project) in the
Quartus II software.

1

This is the same project you created in

“PCI MegaCore

Function Design Walkthrough” on page 1–2

.

2.

Choose Utility Windows > Tcl Console (View menu).

3.

Source the generated constraint file by typing the following
commands at the Quartus II Tcl Console command prompt:

source pci_constraints_for_pci_top.tcl

r

add_pci_constraints

r

1

The constraint file uses the following naming convention:

pci_constraints_for_

<variation name>.tcl.

4.

Monitor the Quartus II Tcl Console to see the actions performed by
the script.

To verify the PCI timing assignments in your project, perform the
following steps:

1.

Choose Start Compilation (Processing menu) in the Quartus II
software.

2.

After compilation, expand the Timing Analyzer folder in the
Compilation Report

by clicking the + icon next to the folder name.

Note the values in the Clock Setup, tsu, th, and tco report sections.

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