Select File | Project | Name and enter a descriptive name for your
project. I suggest you work in a subdirectory on a local or network hard
drive and them copy project (.acf), source text (.tdf) and report (.rpt)
files to floppy when you've completed the design.
Select File | New | Text Editor File | Okay to create a new text file.
Enter your design in AHDL and save the file (it's extension will be
.tdf). A typical design file will contain the following sections:
TITLE (optional, but recommended)
Comments (optional, but strongly recommended; % delimited)
CONSTANT (optional)
SUBDESIGN (required)
VARIABLE Subsection (optional)
Logic Subsection (required)
Select MAX+plus II | Compiler to switch to the compiler mode. Use
Processing | Report File Settings... to specify what is to appear in the
compilation report (.rpt) file. Select Assign | Device to specify the
device (chip) into which to compile your design.
Click on Start in the compiler window and hope for the best (i.e. no
errors). A message window will appear. Double click on error message to
go to the offending source code. Make any necessary changes and recompile
by clicking on Start again.
Open and view or print the report (.rpt) file.
Send comments and suggestions about these notes to:
Dr. Charles S. Tritt
This page last updated 4/3/97