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This is a simple introductory tutorial or quick howto into the command line management of Altera Quartus II development environment. My working method is configuring projects with graphical tools and then use command line for compiling, programming.
First, you need to launch the nios2 command shell, because it sets the environment variables:
$ <altera_home>/nios2eds/nios2_command_shell.sh
Creating a project
$ quartus_sh --tcl_eval project_new <project_name>
Synthetising, placing, routing
Open a new tcl script file (for example compile.tcl) and copy the following into the new file:
package require ::quartus::flow project_open <project_name> execute_flow -compile project_close
Then execute:
$ quartus_sh -t compile.tcl
Cleaning the project:
$ quartus_sh --clean <project_name>
Launching Qsys with existing .qsys design file:
$ qsys-edit <system design>.qsys
Creating test bench template for simulation:
$ quartus_eda --read_settings_files=on --write_settings_files=off <project_name> -c <project_name> --gen_testbench
Starting NativeLink simulation:
$ quartus_sh -t "<altera_home>/quartus/common/tcl/internal/nativelink/qnativesim.tcl" --rtl_sim "<project_name>" "<project_name>"
Programming over USB Blaster:
$ jtagconfig # need only for first time 1) USB-Blaster [2-2] ... $ quartus_pgm -c "USB-Blaster [2-2]" -m jtag -o 'P;output_files/<project_name>.sof' # or in one line: $ quartus_pgm -c "`jtagconfig --enum | head -n 1 | sed 's/1) //'`" -m jtag -o 'P;output_files/<project_name>.sof'
First, you need to launch the nios2 command shell:
$ <altera_home>/nios2eds/nios2_command_shell.sh
Launching BSP (Board Support Package) graphical interface:
$ nios2-bsp-editor --settings ../<N2swproject>_bsp/settings.bsp
Generating BSP (Board Support Package) from existing configuration:
$ cd <project_name>/software/<N2swproject> $ nios2-bsp-generate-files --settings ../<N2swproject>_bsp/settings.bsp --bsp-dir ../<N2swproject>_bsp
Compiling and downloading to NIOS II soft-processor:
$ make all $ nios2-download -r -g <N2swproject>.elf
Launching NIOS II jtag terminal:
$ nios2-terminal