Using Deca System Builder - Arrow DECA User Manual

Synopsis design constraint file, and the pin assignment document. The top-level design file contains
a top-level Verilog HDL wrapper for users to add their own design/logic. The Quartus II setting file
contains information such as FPGA device type, top-level pin assignment, and the I/O standard for
each user-defined I/O pin. You are free to modify according to your own project requirement. After
all that is required is completed, you can then download the .sof file to the developmenet board via
JTAG interface using the Qaurtus II programmer.
Figure 4-1 Design flow of building a project from the beginning to the end
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This section provides the procedures in details on how to use the DECA System Builder.
 Install and Launch the DECA System Builder
The DECA System Builder is located in the directory: "Tools\SystemBuilder" of the DECA System
CD. Users can copy the entire folder to a host computer without installing the utility. A window will
pop up, as shown in
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Figure 4-2, after executing the DECA SystemBuilder.exe on the host computer.
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