Cannot instantiate Cyclone V Hard Processor System in Platform Designer 18.1

[SBasa5]

Software: Platform Designer 18.1 Build 625

Os: Centos 7.6

Steps to reproduce:

1. File -> New System...
2. From IP Catalog select Library / Processors and Peripherals / Hard Processor Systems / Arria V/Cyclone V Hard Processor System
3. click Add...

Got error message and all in/out ports are missing in 'System Contents' view.

Error:

unsaved.hps_0: list element in quotes followed by ":" instead of space

  while executing

"llength $db"

  ("if" test expression)

  invoked from within

"if {[llength $db] != $PASSED_LIST_SIZE} {

  return 0

}"

  (procedure "::pin_mux_db::load" line 26)

  invoked from within

"::pin_mux_db::load $device"

  invoked from within

"set load_rc [::pin_mux_db::load $device]"

  (procedure "ensure_pin_muxing_data" line 20)

  invoked from within

"ensure_pin_muxing_data $device_family"

  (procedure "validate" line 4)

  invoked from within

"validate"

  (procedure "compose_logicalview" line 8)

  invoked from within

"compose_logicalview"

Warning:

unsaved.hps_0: This module has no ports or interfaces

Comment:

I have checked ip/altera/hps/util/pin_mux_db.tcl

My guess is that run_quartus_tcl_command does not handle "@" in my ${quartus_script_path} = /home/xxxyyy123@zzz.local/intelFPGA_lite...

Any quick workaround?

[SBasa5]

Managed to find workaround by myself:

When working on linux.

It looks like Platform Designer scripts does not handle @ in the installation directory ( $QSYS_ROOTDIR)

Reinstalled somewhere else eg.: /opt/quartus

Comment:

Actually it is mentioned in documentation:

No special characters or symbols, such as !$%@^&*<>,

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/programmable/us/en/pdfs/literature/manual/quartus_install.pdf

[EBERLAZARE_I_Intel]

Hi,

Also, it is a good practice to not use space instead use underscore "_"when renaming/creating projects folder names.

The same rule applies when you are going to use the SoC EDS Command Shell.