Quartus 22.1 Install, Simulation, Configuration of DE1-SoC Board, and Bug Fixes

This video shows how to install Quartus 22.1 Lite along with the Questa simulator, including obtaining a free license file. It also shows how to fix two bugs - the first prevents simulations from running while the second bug prevents finite-state machines from being initialised properly. It demonstrates how to perform a simulation and how to upload a design to the DE1-SoC development board.
Recent versions of Quartus disable gate-level simulations by default. The video also shows what configuration option must be changed to enable gate-level simulations.
Simulations not working?
1. Run "lmdiag lmutil" to check the license is correctly installed. (This requires you to have set the environment variable correctly.)
2. Try running Questa directly. If there is a license problem, and you have set the environment variable but haven't rebooted the computer, try rebooting first.
3. If Questa complains about a missing .dll file, then you need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistribution library, from the year 2013 I believe. Try: learn.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp...
4. If you can run Questa directly, but you get an error message when calling it from Quartus before Questa even starts, then the error message (in a dialog box) will tell you the name of a .rpt file you can open to read what the problem is.
00:00 Finding the Quartus download page
00:23 Download page for Quartus 22.1 Lite
01:03 7-zip (for extracting files from tar file)
01:31 Extract files from downloaded Quartus tar file
01:55 Run "setup" from extracted files
03:51 Select "run the quartus prime software" option
04:10 Obtaining a license for Questa simulator
07:30 Move license to appropriate directory
08:14 Set LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable
09:28 Fix serious bug preventing simulations from running
12:19 Create a Quartus project
13:40 Create our top-level module
14:32 Create our test bench
15:40 Telling Quartus to use our test bench
17:08 Questa window
18:01 Configuration option to allow gate-level simulations
18:44 Fix bug preventing finite-state machines being initialised correctly
19:31 Pin assignments (for DE1-SoC board)
20:15 Programmer tool (for DE1-SoC board)

[@ChuffingNorah]

Very clear instructions! I doubt I would have got very far on the confusing Intel site without your sage advice!

[@ThisaraGunawardana200306]

module basictest(input [0:0] sw, ouput LED[0:0] LEDR); assign LEDR[0] = sw[0]; endmodule

[@niltongaviao8749]

Thank you very much for the work you had making this amazing walk through and sharing with us.

[@eastonkapelus6981]

absolutely great video thank you very much sir!

[@aarifboy]

17:00 When I run RTL simulation after compiling code., I see error 'missing check nativelink log file ..." why is that?

[@mantonlab9255]

If simulations are not working, and the license is correctly installed (e.g., as verified by running "lmutil lmdiag") then try running Questa directly. You might get an error saying msvcr120.dll is missing, in which case you just need to install it from Microsoft's support website. It is a Visual C++ Redistributable.

[@EXPECTO0]

thank you so much

[@user-tm7uu2hv4w]

my questa windows didn't show up, why is that?

[@milanlhotak290]

Hi, very nice for installation and basic setup . I basic test for DE1 success, but for DE0-CV board not working Questa : # ** Error: C:/Users/..../Documents/Quartus/DE0CV/test.v(8): Module 'BasicTest' is not defined. # For instance 'bt' at path 'test' # Optimization failed # ** Note: (vsim-12126) Error and warning message counts have been restored: Errors=1, Warnings=0. # Error loading design

[@neijs_]

fucking GOD, thank you

[@jan_mohorko]

Its harder to get into intels licensing than fort knox 😞 And what have I done with my microsoft account 😞 Big thanks for your tutorial!

[@TESTIOT]

bạn đã có được giấy phép của intel chưa. Chỉ mình với

[@zeyadrhadi2285]

Quartus-lite-22.1std.2.922-windows