Getting Started
To create a new project follow these steps:
1. Choose Programs > Altera > Quartus II <version> (Windows Start
menu) to run the Quartus II software. Alternatively, you can use the
Quartus II Web Edition software.
2. Choose New Project Wizard (File menu).
3. Click Next in the New Project Wizard Introduction page (the
introduction does not display if you turned it off previously).
4. In the New Project Wizard: Directory, Name, Top-Level Entity
page, enter the following information:
a. Specify the working directory for your project. For example,
this walkthrough uses the directory:
c:\altera\projects\ed8b10b_project
b. Specify the name of the project. This walkthrough uses the
project name:
ed8b10b_example
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The Quartus II software automatically specifies a top-level
design entity that has the same name as the project. Do not
change it.
5. Click Next to close this page and display the New Project Wizard:
Add Files page.
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When you specify a directory that does not already exist, a
message asks if the specified directory should be created.
Click Yes to create the directory.
6. If you installed the MegaCore IP Library in a different directory
from where you installed the Quartus II software, you must add the
user libraries:
a. Click User Libraries.
b. Type <path>\ipinto the Library name box, where <path> is the
directory in which you installed the 8B10B Encoder/Decoder
MegaCore Function.
c. Click Add to add the path to the Quartus II project.
Altera Corporation
October 2007
MegaCore Version 7.2
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8B10B Encoder/Decoder MegaCore Function User Guide
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