Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guide: Design Constraints

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Date 1/10/2019
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Document Table of Contents x
1. Constraining Designs 2. Managing Device I/O Pins A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guides
1. Constraining Designs x
1.1. Specifying Design Constraints Designs in the GUI 1.2. Constraining Designs with Tcl Scripts 1.3. A Fully Iterative Scripted Flow 1.4. Constraining Designs Revision History
1.1. Specifying Design Constraints Designs in the GUI x
1.1.1. Global Constraints and Assignments 1.1.2. Node, Entity, and Instance-Level Constraints 1.1.3. Probing Between Components of the Intel® Quartus® Prime GUI 1.1.4. Specifying Timing Constraints in the GUI
1.1.2. Node, Entity, and Instance-Level Constraints x
1.1.2.1. Specify Instance-Specific Constraints in Assignment Editor 1.1.2.2. Specify I/O Constraints in Pin Planner 1.1.2.3. Adjust Constraints with the Chip Planner 1.1.2.4. Constraining Designs with the Design Partition Planner
1.2. Constraining Designs with Tcl Scripts x
1.2.1. Create a Project and Apply Constraints 1.2.2. Assigning a Pin 1.2.3. Generating Intel® Quartus® Prime Settings Files 1.2.4. Synopsys* Design Constraint (.sdc) Files 1.2.5. Tcl-only Script Flows
1.2.5. Tcl-only Script Flows x
1.2.5.1. Tcl-only Timing Analysis
2. Managing Device I/O Pins x
2.1. I/O Planning Overview 2.2. Assigning I/O Pins 2.3. Importing and Exporting I/O Pin Assignments 2.4. Validating Pin Assignments 2.5. Verifying I/O Timing 2.6. Viewing Routing and Timing Delays 2.7. Analyzing Simultaneous Switching Noise 2.8. Scripting API 2.9. Managing Device I/O Pins Revision History
2.1. I/O Planning Overview x
2.1.1. Basic I/O Planning Flow 2.1.2. Integrating PCB Design Tools 2.1.3. Intel Device Terms
2.2. Assigning I/O Pins x
2.2.1. Assigning to Exclusive Pin Groups 2.2.2. Assigning Slew Rate and Drive Strength 2.2.3. Assigning Differential Pins 2.2.4. Entering Pin Assignments with Tcl Commands 2.2.5. Entering Pin Assignments in HDL Code
2.2.3. Assigning Differential Pins x
2.2.3.1. Overriding I/O Placement Rules on Differential Pins
2.2.5. Entering Pin Assignments in HDL Code x
2.2.5.1. Using Synthesis Attributes 2.2.5.2. Using Low-Level I/O Primitives
2.3. Importing and Exporting I/O Pin Assignments x
2.3.1. Importing and Exporting for PCB Tools 2.3.2. Migrating Assignments to Another Target Device
2.4. Validating Pin Assignments x
2.4.1. I/O Assignment Validation Rules 2.4.2. Checking I/O Pin Assignments in Real-Time 2.4.3. I/O Assignment Analysis 2.4.4. Understanding I/O Analysis Reports
2.4.3. I/O Assignment Analysis x
2.4.3.1. Early I/O Assignment Analysis Without Design Files 2.4.3.2. I/O Assignment Analysis With Design Files 2.4.3.3. Overriding Default I/O Pin Analysis
2.5. Verifying I/O Timing x
2.5.1. Running Advanced I/O Timing 2.5.2. Adjusting I/O Timing and Power with Capacitive Loading
2.5.1. Running Advanced I/O Timing x
2.5.1.1. Board Trace Models 2.5.1.2. Defining the Board Trace Model 2.5.1.3. Modifying the Board Trace Model 2.5.1.4. Specifying Near-End vs Far-End I/O Timing Analysis 2.5.1.5. Advanced I/O Timing Analysis Reports
2.8. Scripting API x
2.8.1. Generate Mapped Netlist 2.8.2. Reserve Pins 2.8.3. Set Location 2.8.4. Exclusive I/O Group 2.8.5. Slew Rate and Current Strength
1. Constraining Designs
2. Managing Device I/O Pins
A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guides

2.8. Scripting API

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software allows you to access I/O management functions through Tcl commands, rather than with the GUI. For detailed information about scripting command options and Tcl API packages, type the following at a system command prompt to view the Tcl API Help browser: 

quartus_sh --qhelp

Section Content
Generate Mapped Netlist
Reserve Pins
Set Location
Exclusive I/O Group
Slew Rate and Current Strength

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