Here's a question I know has already been asked but I was not satisfied with the answer.
How could I get Quartus II to support the FLEX 8000 devices?
I've already got a couple of FLEX 8000 chips and a complete version of Quartus II 4.1. All the FLEX family is supported (6000, 10K, 10KA and
10KE) except for the 8000.Is there a way to add the FLEX 8000 to this list? I would really prefer working with Quartus II than Max Plus II.
thx, Vincent
Hi Vincent,
The FLEX 8000 are 'not recommended for new designs', and have had this status for a much longer time than the FLEX 6K and 10Kx series, so support for these beasts was never planned for Quartus, even after they put MaxPlus into maintenance mode.
Although I concur that Quartus is a great step ahead from MaxPlus, I don't think MP2 is a bad tool. Okay, the GUI looks pretty clunky, but on the other hand it's fast, doesn't eat up a lot of resources and pretty much does the job.
Is there a strong reason for you to keep using the (old, small, slow) 8K series instead of the newer stuff, apart from the fact that you already have a few parts?
Best regards,
Ben
We use the 8000 in an old version of our development environment. I need to redesign some part of it put I didn't want to put much more money in it. I guess I'll stick with MAX+PLUSII for this part of the job.
Thanks, Vince
I used FLEX8000 device and developed with MAX2+. For poor performance, altera produced advanced synthesis tool as I know. Synthesis tool name is 'Altera Max+plus II advanced synthesis'. It is download free, but you may feel hard to find it from altera web site. :-)
Regards, S.H, Lee
The 'Altera Max+plus II advanced synthesis' is svailable at:
It will be useful if you are using VHDL or Verilog files in your design.
Hope this helps, Subroto Datta Altera Corp.
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