DE0-CV User Manual
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May 4, 2015
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.
Finally, the Quartus II programmer is used to download .sof file to the development board via JTAG
interface.
Figure 4-1 Design flow of building a project from the beginning to the end
4. 3
Using DE0-CV System Builder
This section provides the procedures in details on how to use the DE0-CV System Builder.
Install and Launch the DE0-CV System Builder
The DE0-CV System Builder is located in the directory:
“
Tools\SystemBuilder
”
of the DE0-CV
System CD. Users can copy the entire folder to a host computer without installing the utility. A
window will pop up, as shown in
Figure 4-2
, after executing the DE0-CV SystemBuilder.exe on the
host computer.