Intel Agilex® 7 SEU Mitigation User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Intel Agilex® 7 SEU Mitigation Overview 2. Intel Agilex® 7 CRAM Error Mitigation 3. Secure Device Manager ECC and SmartVID Errors Detection 4. Intel Agilex® 7 SEU Mitigation Implementation Guides 5. IP and Software References 6. Intel Agilex® 7 SEU Mitigation User Guide Archives 7. Document Revision History for the Intel Agilex® 7 SEU Mitigation User Guide
1. Intel Agilex® 7 SEU Mitigation Overview x
1.1. SEU Mitigation Techniques 1.2. Configuration RAM 1.3. Memory Blocks 1.4. Secure Device Manager ECC and SmartVID 1.5. Triple Modular Redundancy 1.6. Failure Rates
2. Intel Agilex® 7 CRAM Error Mitigation x
2.1. CRAM Error Detection and Correction 2.2. Error Message Queue 2.3. Scrubbing 2.4. SEU Sensitivity Processing 2.5. Design Hierarchy Sensitivity Classification 2.6. Evaluation of System Response to Upsets
2.4. SEU Sensitivity Processing x
2.4.1. Advanced SEU Detection Intel® FPGA IP
2.4.1. Advanced SEU Detection Intel® FPGA IP x
2.4.1.1. Release Information for Advanced SEU Detection Intel® FPGA IP 2.4.1.2. On-Chip Lookup Sensitivity Processing 2.4.1.3. Off-Chip Lookup Sensitivity Processing 2.4.1.4. Sensitivity Map Header Lookup
2.5. Design Hierarchy Sensitivity Classification x
2.5.1. Hierarchy Tagging
2.6. Evaluation of System Response to Upsets x
2.6.1. Fault Injection Debugger
3. Secure Device Manager ECC and SmartVID Errors Detection x
3.1. SDM ECC Error Message Bits 3.2. SmartVID Error Message Bits 3.3. SDM ECC and SmartVID Errors Signals Behavior
4. Intel Agilex® 7 SEU Mitigation Implementation Guides x
4.1. Setting the SEU_ERROR Pin 4.2. Setting Up the SEU Mitigation Features 4.3. Enabling Priority Scrubbing 4.4. Assigning Regions for Hierarchy Tagging 4.5. Sensitivity Map Header 4.6. Using the Fault Injection Debugger
4.5. Sensitivity Map Header x
4.5.1. Programming the .smh File into Memory 4.5.2. Looking up the Sensitivity Map Header
4.5.2. Looking up the Sensitivity Map Header x
4.5.2.1. Sensitivity Map Header Revision 4 File Format Reference
4.6. Using the Fault Injection Debugger x
4.6.1. Launching and Setting Up the Fault Injection Debugger 4.6.2. Configuring Your Device using a Software Object File (.sof) 4.6.3. Constraining Regions for Fault Injection 4.6.4. Injecting Errors to Random Locations 4.6.5. Injecting Errors to Specific Locations 4.6.6. Injecting Double Adjacent Errors 4.6.7. Injecting SDM ECC Errors 4.6.8. Analyzing SEU or SDM ECC Errors Using Signal Tap
4.6.6. Injecting Double Adjacent Errors x
4.6.6.1. Injecting Double Adjacent Errors: Command-Line Interface 4.6.6.2. Injecting Double Adjacent Errors: GUI
4.6.7. Injecting SDM ECC Errors x
4.6.7.1. Injecting SDM ECC Errors: Command-Line Interface 4.6.7.2. Injecting SDM ECC Errors: GUI
5. IP and Software References x
5.1. Advanced SEU Detection Intel® FPGA IP References 5.2. Fault Injection Debugger Software References
5.1. Advanced SEU Detection Intel® FPGA IP References x
5.1.1. Advanced SEU Detection Intel® FPGA IP Parameter Settings 5.1.2. Advanced SEU Detection IP Core Ports
5.2. Fault Injection Debugger Software References x
5.2.1. Fault Injection Debugger GUI Tool 5.2.2. Fault Injection Debugger Command-Line Interface
1. Intel Agilex® 7 SEU Mitigation Overview
2. Intel Agilex® 7 CRAM Error Mitigation
3. Secure Device Manager ECC and SmartVID Errors Detection
4. Intel Agilex® 7 SEU Mitigation Implementation Guides
5. IP and Software References
6. Intel Agilex® 7 SEU Mitigation User Guide Archives
7. Document Revision History for the Intel Agilex® 7 SEU Mitigation User Guide

2.6.1. Fault Injection Debugger

Using the Fault Injection Debugger, you can inject random CRAM bit flips into the Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA during system operation. With these simulated SEU strikes, you can test, debug, and refine your design's SEU detection and recovery sequence.

You can only perform error injection when LUTRAM is configured as LUT and it discards when the LUTRAM is configured as a RAM. The Fault Injection Debugger tool prompts a warning message to indicate the error injection occurs at LUTRAM if you turn on the LUTRAM Checking option. Intel recommends adding .smh for better accuracy of LUTRAM checking.

Figure 7.  Fault Injection Debugger Overview Block Diagram for Intel Agilex® 7 Devices


Features of the Fault Injection Debugger:

  • Inject single-bit error to a random location or a specified region.
  • Report error information by reading the error message queue.
Note: To use the Fault Injection Debugger, you require a licensed Intel® Quartus® Prime software with the "fault_injection_debugger_tool" feature in the license. To check if you have the feature in your license, from the Intel® Quartus® Prime software menu, select Assignment > Device. Click Device and Pin Options and then navigate to Error Detection CRC. If you can turn on Allow SEU fault injection, then you have the necessary license to use the Fault Injection Debugger tool.
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