User guide

Chapter 2: Getting Started with Altera IP Cores 2–5
Generated Files
January 2013 Altera Corporation Video and Image Processing Suite
User Guide
1 For a description of the signals that the MegaCore function variation supports, refer to
the “Signals” section of the respective MegaCore Function chapter in this user guide.
Table 2–1. Generated Files
(1)
File Name Description
<variation name>.bsf
Quartus II block symbol file for the MegaCore function variation. You can use this file in the
Quartus II block diagram editor.
<variation name>.cmp
A VHDL component declaration file for the MegaCore function variation. Add the contents
of this file to any VHDL architecture that instantiates the MegaCore function.
<variation name>.qip
A single Quartus IP file is generated that contains all of the assignments and other
information required to process your MegaCore function variation in the Quartus II
compiler. In the SOPC Builder flow, this file is automatically included in your project. In the
MegaWizard
TM
Plug-In Manager flow, you are prompted to add the .qip file to the current
Quartus II project when you exit from the wizard. In SOPC Builder, a .qip file is generated
for each MegaCore function and SOPC Builder component. Each of these .qip files are
referenced by the system level .qip file and together include all the information required to
process the system.
<variation name>.vhd, or .v
A VHDL or Verilog HDL file that defines the top-level description of the custom MegaCore
function variation. Instantiate the entity defined by this file inside your design. Include this
file when compiling your design in the Quartus II software.
<variation name>.vho or .vo VHDL or Verilog HDL output files that defines an IP functional simulation model.
<variation name>_bb.v
A Verilog HDL black-box file for the MegaCore function variation. Use this file when using a
third-party EDA tool to synthesize your design.
<variation name>_syn.v A timing and resource estimation netlist for use in some third-party synthesis tools.
Note to Table 2–1:
(1) The <variation name> prefix is added automatically using the base output file name you specified in the parameter editor.