To setup a new project, first copy any existing design files into a new folder. For this project, download and unpack design files from diglab1.zip
Select File - New Project Wizard from the top menu. You should get the following starting screen:
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The New Project Wizard helps you create a new project and preliminary project settings, including the following:
You can change the settings for an existing project and specify additional project-wide settings with the Settings command(Assignments menu). You can use the various pages of the Settings dialog box to add functionality to the project. | 
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The top-level entity is responsible for port connections into and out of the FPGA chip. You can select the top-level entity later by right-clicking on a filename in the design files listing and choosing Set as top-level entity | 
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You can add source files now – or do it later. This can be done from the top menu, selecting Project - Selecting/Remove Files in Project ... | 
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Choose the chip that is in the DE2 board – you can do this later also, but why not get it over with? | 
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Accept defaults | 
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Maintained by John Loomis, last updated 18 January 2008