Specifications
CHAPTER 15: SYSTEM-LEVEL DESIGN
INTRODUCTION
ALTERA CORPORATION INTRODUCTION TO QUARTUS II ■ 231
Figure 2. DSP Builder Design Flow
Intellectual 
property (IP)
Verilog design
files, VHDL
design files
(.v, .vhd) & Tcl 
Script Files (.tcl)
Simulation test 
benches & Tcl Script 
Files 
DSP block 
ready for 
SOPC 
Builder
MATLAB/
Simulink
DSP Builder
EDA Synthesis
Tool
Quartus II 
Analysis & Synthesis
quartus_map
Quartus II 
Fitter 
quartus_fit
ModelSim/
ModelSim-Altera
Software
SOPC
Builder
SignalCompiler
Quartus II Assembler 
quartus_asm
Programmer 
Object File 
(.pof)
Altera Programming 
Software and 
Hardware
Quartus II 
EDA Netlist Writer
quartus_eda
Other EDA 
Simulation Tool
Quartus II Simulator 
quartus_sim










