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Generating BSDL Files in Quartus II

This document provides guidelines for generating Boundary Scan Description Language (BSDL) files for Stratix IV devices in Quartus II version 8.0 and later. There are two options for generating a single BSDL file: pre-configuration files can be generated before design completion, while post-configuration files include design details and are generated after full compilation. Alternatively, a Tcl script can be modified and run to generate all BSDL files for a given device family at once.

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Generating BSDL Files in Quartus II

This document provides guidelines for generating Boundary Scan Description Language (BSDL) files for Stratix IV devices in Quartus II version 8.0 and later. There are two options for generating a single BSDL file: pre-configuration files can be generated before design completion, while post-configuration files include design details and are generated after full compilation. Alternatively, a Tcl script can be modified and run to generate all BSDL files for a given device family at once.

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Generating BSDL files in Quartus II

Boundary Scan Description Language (BSDL) files for new devices (Stratix IV) now can
be generated in Quartus II version 8.0 onwards. You can either generate a single BSDL
file or all the BSDL files for the device family at one time.
This document is a guideline for you to generate the BSDL files in Quartus II.

Generating a single BSDL file in QII

There are two options for you to generate a single BSDL file.

Option 1:

Pre-configuration BSDL file


For Quartus II version 8.1 onwards, pre-configuration BSDL file can be generated before
your design is ready by following steps below:

i. Go to File → Create/Update → Create Board-Level Boundary-Scan


File
ii. Select Pre-configuration and your targeted device as shown below:

iii. Specify your output directory. If you leave blank for output directory as
shown above, the generated pre-configuration BSDL file can be found in
the directory below:

Your_working_directory\project_name
Post-configuration BSDL file
For Quartus II version 8.1 onwards, post-configuration BSDL file which is customized
with your design can be generated after full compilation. To generate the post-
configuration BSDL file, follow the steps below:

iv. Go to Assignments → Settings → EDA Tools Settings → Board-Level


v. Select Post-configuration BSDL file as shown below:

vi. The BSDL file will be generated when you click for full compilation. The
BSDL file can be found in the directory below:

Your_working_directory\project_name\board\bsd
Option 2:

If you wish to have a BSDL file before the design is ready, below are the steps:

i. First, create your own working directory which you would like to put the
generated BSDL file in.
ii. Go to Command Prompt and run the command below to get the BSDL file that
you would like to.
quartus_eda --bsdl <device_name>

* <device_name> must include the speed grade of the device.

iii. The BSDL file will be generated in the working directory that you created.
iv. Below is an example on how to generate the BSDL file in Command Prompt.
The <device_name> here is EP4SE70F1517C3. The BSDL file will be
generated in the working directory. In this example, the working directory
named ‘quartusbsdl’.
Generating all the BSDL files for the device family in QII

1. Create your own working directory.


2. Download the Tcl script which is used to generate the BSDL files in Quartus II
from website. The Tcl script is available in the link below:

http://www.altera.com/support/devices/bsdl/bsdl.html

3. Save the file in your working directory.


4. Modify Tcl script –
a. Below is the tcl script that you downloaded from the web, replace the
“Family name’ to the family that you would like to generate. For example,
if you would like to get all the Stratix IV BSDL files, replace the ‘Family
Name’ below to ‘Stratix IV’.

load_package device
set family “Family Name”
#get available part for the family
set part_list [get_part_list -family $family]

foreach part $part_list {

if {[catch {exec quartus_eda --bsdl $part} result]} {


puts "\nResult: $result\n"
puts "ERROR: Command line compilation failed. See report files.\n"
}
}

5. Save your modified tcl file and go to Command Prompt to run the tcl script by
using this command as shown below

quartus_eda –t <tcl_file_name>

6. All the BSDL files for the particular family will be generated in your working
directory.
7. Below is an example on how to generate all the BSDL files in Command Prompt.
‘test2.tcl’ is the <tcl_file_name> that used in this example. All the available
BSDL files will be generated in working directory named ‘quartusbsdl’ in this
example.
Revision History

Date Description of Change


5/12/2008 Initial Release
11/21/2008 Update pre-configuration BSDL file and post-configuration BSDL
file generation guideline in the option 1 for Quartus II version 8.1
onwards.

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