DE0-Nano/Synthesijer_QuickStart

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QuickStart †

This article shows how to build a sample application, quickstart, on the environment, which has been created on the article of DE0-Nano/Synthesijer. This explains how to execute this sample program on DE0-Nano.

synthesijer_samples/quickstart †

quickstart is a smple program, which enables to blink LED on DE0-Nano. Build this sample program as it follows the directions, which is listed on the web page on Synthesijer.

$ cd ~/synthesijer_samples/sample/quickstart/
$ java -cp $SYNTHESIJER synthesijer.Main Test.java Top.java
Output VHDL: Top.vhd
Output VHDL: Test.vhd
Output Verilog HDL: Top.v
Output Verilog HDL: Test.v

The next step is to create its project file with DE0-Nano System Builder. The project name is “Top,” which is identical to the quickstart of Synthesijer.

Transfer the created project to Ubuntu. Rename Top.v, which is located within the project file, to be something else.

Edit Top.qsf as it is shown below. This is due to Top.qsf to match Top.vhd, which is part of built quickstart. Please copy Top.vhd to the same directory as Test.vhd.

$ vi Top.vhd

library IEEE;
use IEEE.std_logic_1164.all;
use IEEE.numeric_std.all;

entity Top is
  port (
    clk : in std_logic;
    reset : in std_logic;
    flag_return : out std_logic
  );
end Top;
...<Skip>

$ vi Top.qsf

...<Skip>
#============================================================
# CLOCK
#============================================================
set_location_assignment PIN_R8 -to clk
set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD "3.3-V LVTTL" -to clk
#set_location_assignment PIN_R8 -to CLOCK_50
#set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD "3.3-V LVTTL" -to CLOCK_50
#============================================================
# LED
#============================================================
set_location_assignment PIN_A15 -to flag_return
set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD "3.3-V LVTTL" -to flag_return
#set_location_assignment PIN_A15 -to LED[0]
#set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD "3.3-V LVTTL" -to LED[0]
...<&#30053;>
#============================================================
# End of pin assignments by Terasic System Builder
#============================================================
set_location_assignment PIN_A11 -to reset
set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD 2.5V -to reset
set_global_assignment -name VHDL_FILE Test.vhd
set_global_assignment -name VHDL_FILE Top.vhd
set_global_assignment -name STRATIX_DEVICE_IO_STANDARD "2.5 V"

Start up Quartus, and select Top.qpf from Open Project in the File, which is located at the menu bar.

$ quartus

• Error message 1
  Click Start Complication in Processing at the menu bar.
  Start compiling the files, which are created in the project file.
  
  Caution: A lot of Warning will appear. But, there are no issues here. Please ignore it.
  

Click Pin Planner in Assignments section. Then, make sure that all changes (editing the file and relocating files) shown above are effective.

• Error message 2
  Click Programmer in Tools section at the menu bar. Programmer works as writing (programming) a created image to DE0-Nano. Programmer also selects a device for being written. In this article, USB-Blaster is selected.
  
  If the screen indicates No Hardware, click Hardware Setting and select USB-Blaster, which can be found in “Currently selected hardware.” Please look at the screen shot below for the reference.
  
  Caution: If the choice of USB-Blaster is not be displayed, please check the rule file of udev.
  

As all process has been completed. Click Start, which is located in Programmer. Then, the created image is transferred to DE0-Nano.
As progress reaches at 100% (successful), LED0 on DE0-Nano starts blinking.

This is the end of operation check on quickstart.

Revision History †

• 2014/12/25 This article is initially uploaded