List of known VHDL metacomment pragma's
Following up on a previous post, this is an incomplete list of supported VHDL pragmas, organized by vendor.As an introduction, most pragmas have the following structure:-- trigger directive Where...
View ArticleIntegration with Quartus: announcing the Beta release
Many users of Altera Quartus have asked us if Sigasi plugs in to Quartus. They were using a Sigasi project with its own file list and a separate Quartus project with its own file list. Of course, it is...
View ArticleVHDL Physical Type is not Synthesizable, or is it?
Everybody who has been taught VHDL in college or in a company with senior colleagues has heard the following "wisdom":Pysical types are for simulation only. They cannot be synthesized. [commonly heard...
View ArticleVHDL Physical Type is not Synthesizable, or is it? (part 2)
In a previous post I pointed out that VHDL synthesis tools can indeed synthesize VHDL physical types. In the example I gave, all computations with physical types were done at elaboration time, so that...
View ArticleOpening VHDL files in Sigasi, using Quartus
This page deals with step three of using the Quartus integration plugin for Sigasi. We assume you've gone through steps one and two:Installing the Quartus integration plugin in Sigasi (beta)Setting...
View ArticleSigasi integration for Quartus II
Introducing the public Beta release of Sigasi integration for Quartus II. Learn more. read more
View ArticleSigasi as companion tool for Quartus II
Use Sigasi and Altera Quartus II as the perfect companion tools for your FPGA design! Next video to watch: setting up Sigasi and Quartus II in two minutes. read more
View ArticleGetting started with the Altera BeMicro SDK on Linux
I recently got an FPGA-on-a-USB-stick as a Christmas present: an Altera/Arrow BeMicro SDK. Fun to play with and ideal to refresh my hardware design skills... I thought... Immediately I was confronted...
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