[hpsdr] Timing Closure Field Guide

[Joe Martin K5SO]

Hi Steve, 

With regard to the necessary FGPA tools, you need only the free Quartus II program download from: 

https://www.altera.com/download/sw/dnl-sw-index.jsp

at the bottom of the page is a window that allows you to select to download any version of Quartus II from v2.2 to v14.0.  As you are working with Atlas-based boards I would suggest that the latest version for you work with should be v13.0 as later versions do not support the Cyclone II FPGA used in Penelope and the latest v14.0 does not support the Cyclone III FPGA used in Mercury.  

Quartus II will run just fine without being connect to the internet.  You will receive a startup message that Quartus II can’t get to the Quartus website to check for updates but simply close the window and things will be fine.  

73, Joe K5SO

On Aug 27, 2014, at 8:19 AM, AD0ES wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> I have been slowly dipping my toes into the SDR pool, have a mercury rcvr setup functioning now.  Excited about the
> direction new development is taking, especially in the area of moving more of the work from FPGA to a general class
> cpu/gpu.  Next step for me is to setup with the tools necessary to write FPGA/gpu/openCL code.
> 
> I spent some time on the Altera(?) site and went away totally confused.  Are there tools available allowing one to
> design/write/compile FPGA code for these beasts without paying license fees or BEING CONNECTED to the net while using?
> I have no internet  access at home and need a non-inet solution.
> 
> If someone could provide a cookbook list of where/how to get the tools I believe it would get more people started down
> this path.
> 
> tia,
> Steve AD0ES
> 


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