MATLAB: Is it possible to work with Altera Cyclone(EP1C12Q240C8) FPGA kit and Matlab HDL workflow advisor

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Sir,
I have
  1. Cyclone FPGA kit (EP1C12Q240C8) {with a interfacing card made by IISC Bangalore}
  2. Matlab 2011b (and Matlab 2012a)
  3. Modelsim 10.0c SE
  4. Altera Quartus II (11.0sp1) Web Edition (i.e free version)
  5. OS: Windows Xp sp2 (32bit)
I can't find out this board in "loop-in-FPGA" .
my question is that how to use this board with the help of matlab ?
  1. How to download HDL code into this FPGA kit
  2. How to map the Input and Output pins (say I want input/Output from some particular I/O pins )
With Regards
Kingsuk

Best Answer

Hi Kingsuk,
Both the FPGA-in-the-loop and FPGA Turnkey workflow does not support Altera Cyclone FPGA family. The supported FPGA families include Altera Cyclone III and Cyclone IV.
You can still use HDL workflow Advisor to generate the HDL code and the Altera Quartus project. And then you need to work in the Quartus project to map the input/output pins (using constrain file or Quartus Pin Planner), generate bitstream, and use Quartus Programmer to download the bitstream to your FPGA kit.
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