(EN) 2.1 Quartus Prime Lite 19.1.0 - coffeebrain/Codesign_HW_SW GitHub Wiki

Requirements

  • Windows or Linux workstation.
  • Minimum disk space: At least 36 GB.
  • Recommended physical RAM (Cyclone V): 6-8 GB.

Files to download

  1. Go to Quartus Prime Lite Edition
  2. Choose "Lite" in "Select edition".
  3. Choose "19.1" in "Select release".
  4. Choose the operating system (in this case "Linux") in "Operating System".
  5. Go to "Individual Files" tab.
  6. Download the following files:
    • Quartus Prime (includes Nios II EDS) (1.8 GB)
    • ModelSim-Intel FPGA Edition (includes Starter Edition) (998.7 MB)
    • Cyclone V device support (1.3 GB)

Installation

Prerrequisites

sudo apt install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libxtst6:i386 libxft2:i386 libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libc6-dev-i386 libxft2 lib32ncurses5  libpng16-16 libqt5xml5 liblzma-dev

Taken from here.

sudo apt update

Quartus install

In the Linux terminal:

  1. Use the following command to run the installation setup.
./QuartusLiteSetup-19.1.0.670-linux.run

In the "Installing Quartus Primer Lite Edition (Free) 19.1.0.670" window:

  1. In the Setup window that appears click "Next >".

Setup

  1. In the License Agreement window choose "I accept the agreement" and then click "Next >".

Agreement

  1. In the Installation Directory window choose your installation path (custom installation folder is recommend) and then click "Next >".

Path

  1. In the Select Components window choose "Quartus Prime Lite Edition (Free)", "Quartus Prime (includes Nios II EDS)", "ModelSim - Intel FPGA Starter Edition (Free)" and the desired devices (in this case "Cyclone IV" and "Cyclone V") and then click "Next >".

Components

  1. In the Ready to Install window check the information is rigth and then click "Next >".

Ready

  1. Wait till the installation finishes.

Installation process Installation ending

  1. In the Installation Complete window you can decide to create shortcuts on the desktop by selecting "Create shortcuts on Desktop", choose "Launch Quartus Prime Lite Edition" and then click "Finish".

Installation complete

Licensing

  1. Open Quartus and then go to: Tools > Options > License Setup
  2. Click the "Download License" button.

IMG

  1. Choose the "Connect to the Altera Self-Service Licensing Center" radio button and then "OK".

IMG

  1. Sign In

Open Quartus with terminal

~/intelFPGA_lite/19.1/quartus/bin

./quartus

USB Blaster/Blaster II

Using USB Blaster / USB Blaster II under Linux

USB Blaster II

  1. Create file /etc/udev/rules.d/51-usbblaster.rules and add the following lines:
# Intel FPGA Download Cable II
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="09fb", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6010", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="09fb", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6810", MODE="0666"

Taken from: Intel FPGA Download Cable II User Guide