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1. Introduction
2. Avalon® -ST Multi-Channel Shared Memory FIFO Core
3. Avalon® -ST Single-Clock and Dual-Clock FIFO Cores
4. Avalon® -ST Serial Peripheral Interface Core
5. SPI Core
6. SPI Agent/JTAG to Avalon® Host Bridge Cores
7. Intel eSPI Agent Core
8. eSPI to LPC Bridge Core
9. Ethernet MDIO Core
10. Intel FPGA 16550 Compatible UART Core
11. UART Core
12. JTAG UART Core
13. Intel FPGA Avalon® Mailbox Core
14. Intel FPGA Avalon® Mutex Core
15. Intel FPGA Avalon® I2C (Host) Core
16. Intel FPGA I2C Agent to Avalon® -MM Host Bridge Core
17. Intel FPGA Avalon® Compact Flash Core
18. EPCS/EPCQA Serial Flash Controller Core
19. Intel FPGA Serial Flash Controller Core
20. Intel FPGA Serial Flash Controller II Core
21. Intel FPGA Generic QUAD SPI Controller Core
22. Intel FPGA Generic QUAD SPI Controller II Core
23. Interval Timer Core
24. Intel FPGA Avalon FIFO Memory Core
25. On-Chip Memory (RAM and ROM) Intel FPGA IP
26. On-Chip Memory II (RAM or ROM) Intel FPGA IP
27. Optrex 16207 LCD Controller Core
28. PIO Core
29. PLL Cores
30. DMA Controller Core
31. Modular Scatter-Gather DMA Core
32. Scatter-Gather DMA Controller Core
33. SDRAM Controller Core
34. Tri-State SDRAM Core
35. Video Sync Generator and Pixel Converter Cores
36. Intel FPGA Interrupt Latency Counter Core
37. Performance Counter Unit Core
38. Vectored Interrupt Controller Core
39. Avalon® -ST Data Pattern Generator and Checker Cores
40. Avalon® -ST Test Pattern Generator and Checker Cores
41. System ID Peripheral Core
42. Avalon® Packets to Transactions Converter Core
43. Avalon® -ST Multiplexer and Demultiplexer Cores
44. Avalon® -ST Bytes to Packets and Packets to Bytes Converter Cores
45. Avalon® -ST Delay Core
46. Avalon® -ST Round Robin Scheduler Core
47. Avalon® -ST Splitter Core
48. Avalon® -MM DDR Memory Half Rate Bridge Core
49. Intel FPGA GMII to RGMII Converter Core
50. Intel FPGA MII to RMII Converter Core
51. Intel FPGA HPS GMII to TSE 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Bridge Core
52. Intel FPGA HPS EMAC to Multi-rate PHY GMII Adapter Core
53. Intel FPGA MSI to GIC Generator Core
54. Cache Coherency Translator Intel® FPGA IP
10.2.1. Unsupported Features
10.2.2. Interface
10.2.3. General Architecture
10.2.4. 16550 UART General Programming Flow Chart
10.2.5. Configuration Parameters
10.2.6. DMA Support
10.2.7. FPGA Resource Usage
10.2.8. Timing and Fmax
10.2.9. Avalon® -MM Agent
10.2.10. Over-run/Under-run Conditions
10.2.11. Hardware Auto Flow-Control
10.2.12. Clock and Baud Rate Selection
15.5.2.1. Transfer Command FIFO (TFR_CMD)
15.5.2.2. Receive Data FIFO (RX_DATA)
15.5.2.3. Control Register (CTRL)
15.5.2.4. Interrupt Status Enable Register (ISER)
15.5.2.5. Interrupt Status Register (ISR)
15.5.2.6. Status Register (STATUS)
15.5.2.7. TFR CMD FIFO Level (TFR CMD FIFO LVL)
15.5.2.8. RX Data FIFO Level (RX Data FIFO LVL)
15.5.2.9. SCL Low Count (SCL LOW)
15.5.2.10. SCL High Count (SCL HIGH)
15.5.2.11. SDA Hold Count (SDA HOLD)
24.6.1. altera_avalon_fifo_init()
24.6.2. altera_avalon_fifo_read_status()
24.6.3. altera_avalon_fifo_read_ienable()
24.6.4. altera_avalon_fifo_read_almostfull()
24.6.5. altera_avalon_fifo_read_almostempty()
24.6.6. altera_avalon_fifo_read_event()
24.6.7. altera_avalon_fifo_read_level()
24.6.8. altera_avalon_fifo_clear_event()
24.6.9. altera_avalon_fifo_write_ienable()
24.6.10. altera_avalon_fifo_write_almostfull()
24.6.11. altera_avalon_fifo_write_almostempty()
24.6.12. altera_avalon_write_fifo()
24.6.13. altera_avalon_write_other_info()
24.6.14. altera_avalon_fifo_read_fifo()
24.6.15. altera_avalon_fifo_read_other_info()
25.1. Core Overview
25.2. Component-Level Design for On-Chip Memory
25.3. Platform Designer System-Level Design for On-Chip Memory
25.4. Simulation for On-Chip Memory
25.5. Intel® Quartus® Prime Project-Level Design for On-Chip Memory
25.6. Board-Level Design for On-Chip Memory
25.7. Example Design with On-Chip Memory
25.8. On-Chip Memory (RAM and ROM) Intel FPGA IP Revision History
26.1. Core Overview
26.2. Embedded Memory Architecture and Features
26.3. Component-Level Configurations
26.4. Interface Signals
26.5. Platform Designer System-Level Design for On-Chip Memory II
26.6. Simulation for On-Chip Memory II
26.7. Intel® Quartus® Prime Project-Level Design for On-Chip Memory II
26.8. Board-Level Design for On-Chip Memory II
26.9. Example Design with On-Chip Memory II
26.10. On-Chip Memory II (RAM and ROM) Intel FPGA IP Revision History
31.1. Core Overview
31.2. Feature Description
31.3. mSGDMA Interfaces and Parameters
31.4. mSGDMA Descriptors
31.5. Register Map of mSGDMA
31.6. Programming Model
31.7. Modular Scatter-Gather DMA Prefetcher Core
31.8. Driver Implementation
31.9. Example Code Using mSGDMA Core
31.10. Modular Scatter-Gather DMA Core Revision History
31.5.1. Status Register
31.5.2. Control Register
31.5.3. Write Fill Level Register
31.5.4. Read Fill Level Register
31.5.5. Response Fill Level Register
31.5.6. Write Sequence Number Register
31.5.7. Read Sequence Number Register
31.5.8. Component Configuration 1 Register
31.5.9. Component Configuration 2 Register
31.5.10. Component Type Register
31.5.11. Component Version Register
31.8.1. alt_msgdma_standard_descriptor_async_transfer
31.8.2. alt_msgdma_extended_descriptor_async_transfer
31.8.3. alt_msgdma_descriptor_async_transfer
31.8.4. alt_msgdma_standard_descriptor_sync_transfer
31.8.5. alt_msgdma_extended_descriptor_sync_transfer
31.8.6. alt_msgdma_descriptor_sync_transfer
31.8.7. alt_msgdma_construct_standard_st_to_mm_descriptor
31.8.8. alt_msgdma_construct_standard_mm_to_st_descriptor
31.8.9. alt_msgdma_construct_standard_mm_to_mm_descriptor
31.8.10. alt_msgdma_construct_standard_descriptor
31.8.11. alt_msgdma_construct_extended_st_to_mm_descriptor
31.8.12. alt_msgdma_construct_extended_mm_to_st_descriptor
31.8.13. alt_msgdma_construct_extended_mm_to_mm_descriptor
31.8.14. alt_msgdma_construct_extended_descriptor
31.8.15. alt_msgdma_register_callback
31.8.16. alt_msgdma_open
31.8.17. alt_msgdma_write_standard_descriptor
31.8.18. alt_msgdma_write_extended_descriptor
31.8.19. alt_msgdma_init
31.8.20. alt_msgdma_irq
32.7.1. Data Structure
32.7.2. SG-DMA API
32.7.3. alt_avalon_sgdma_do_async_transfer()
32.7.4. alt_avalon_sgdma_do_sync_transfer()
32.7.5. alt_avalon_sgdma_construct_mem_to_mem_desc()
32.7.6. alt_avalon_sgdma_construct_stream_to_mem_desc()
32.7.7. alt_avalon_sgdma_construct_mem_to_stream_desc()
32.7.8. alt_avalon_sgdma_enable_desc_poll()
32.7.9. alt_avalon_sgdma_disable_desc_poll()
32.7.10. alt_avalon_sgdma_check_descriptor_status()
32.7.11. alt_avalon_sgdma_register_callback()
32.7.12. alt_avalon_sgdma_start()
32.7.13. alt_avalon_sgdma_stop()
32.7.14. alt_avalon_sgdma_open()
38.5.6.1. altera_vic_driver.enable_preemption
38.5.6.2. altera_vic_driver.enable_preemption_into_new_register_set
38.5.6.3. altera_vic_driver.enable_preemption_rs_<n>
38.5.6.4. altera_vic_driver.linker_section
38.5.6.5. altera_vic_driver.<name>.vec_size
38.5.6.6. altera_vic_driver.<name>.irq<n>_rrs
38.5.6.7. altera_vic_driver.<name>.irq<n>_ril
38.5.6.8. altera_vic_driver.<name>.irq<n>_rnmi
38.5.6.9. Default Settings for RRS and RIL
38.5.6.10. VIC BSP Design Rules for Intel FPGA HAL Implementation
38.5.6.11. RTOS Considerations
40.1. Core Overview
40.2. Resource Utilization and Performance
40.3. Test Pattern Generator
40.4. Test Pattern Checker
40.5. Hardware Simulation Considerations
40.6. Software Programming Model
40.7. Test Pattern Generator API
40.8. Test Pattern Checker API
40.9. Avalon® -ST Test Pattern Generator and Checker Cores Revision History
40.7.1. data_source_reset()
40.7.2. data_source_init()
40.7.3. data_source_get_id()
40.7.4. data_source_get_supports_packets()
40.7.5. data_source_get_num_channels()
40.7.6. data_source_get_symbols_per_cycle()
40.7.7. data_source_set_enable()
40.7.8. data_source_get_enable()
40.7.9. data_source_set_throttle()
40.7.10. data_source_get_throttle()
40.7.11. data_source_is_busy()
40.7.12. data_source_fill_level()
40.7.13. data_source_send_data()
40.8.1. data_sink_reset()
40.8.2. data_sink_init()
40.8.3. data_sink_get_id()
40.8.4. data_sink_get_supports_packets()
40.8.5. data_sink_get_num_channels()
40.8.6. data_sink_get_symbols_per_cycle()
40.8.7. data_sink_set enable()
40.8.8. data_sink_get_enable()
40.8.9. data_sink_set_throttle()
40.8.10. data_sink_get_throttle()
40.8.11. data_sink_get_packet_count()
40.8.12. data_sink_get_symbol_count()
40.8.13. data_sink_get_error_count()
40.8.14. data_sink_get_exception()
40.8.15. data_sink_exception_is_exception()
40.8.16. data_sink_exception_has_data_error()
40.8.17. data_sink_exception_has_missing_sop()
40.8.18. data_sink_exception_has_missing_eop()
40.8.19. data_sink_exception_signalled_error()
40.8.20. data_sink_exception_channel()
6.2. Functional Description
Figure 15. System with a SPI Agent to Avalon® Host Bridge Core
Figure 16. System with a JTAG to Avalon® Host Bridge Core
Note: System clock must be at least 2X faster than the JTAG clock.
The SPI Agent to Avalon® Host Bridge and the JTAG to Avalon® Host Bridge cores accept encoded streams of bytes with transaction data on their respective physical interfaces and initiate Avalon® -MM transactions on their Avalon® -MM interfaces. Each bridge consists of the following cores, which are available as stand-alone components in Platform Designer:
- Avalon® -ST Serial Peripheral Interface and Avalon® -ST JTAG Interface—Accepts incoming data in bits and packs them into bytes.
- Avalon® -ST Bytes to Packets Converter—Transforms packets into encoded stream of bytes, and a likewise encoded stream of bytes into packets.
- Avalon® -ST Packets to Transactions Converter—Transforms packets with data encoded according to a specific protocol into Avalon® -MM transactions, and encodes the responses into packets using the same protocol.
- Avalon® -ST Single Clock FIFO—Buffers data from the Avalon® -ST JTAG Interface core. The FIFO is only used in the JTAG to Avalon® Host Bridge.
For the bridges to successfully transform the incoming streams of bytes to Avalon® -MM transactions, the streams of bytes must be constructed according to the protocols used by the cores.
Note: When you connect the JTAG Avalon Host Bridge component to a agent that back-pressures the host interface on this component, then using the System Console master_write_from_file command may result in data loss at the host interface or hung command in System Console.
Figure 17. Bits to Avalon® -MM Transaction (Write)The following example shows how a bytestream changes as it is transferred through the different layers in the bridges for write transaction.
Figure 18. Write ResponseAfter sending a write transaction packet through MOSI bus, the host has to initiate 8 bytes of IDLE transaction on the MOSI bus in order to get the write response from the MISO bus. The following figure shows the write response transaction that constructed by the bridge in the MISO bus. The most significant bit of the command is inversed.
Figure 19. Bits to Avalon® -MM Transaction (Read)The following figure shows how a bytestream changes as it is transferred through the different layers in the bridges for a read transaction.
Figure 20. Read ResponseAfter sending a read transaction through MOSI bus, the host has to initiate IDLE transaction on the MOSI bus to get the read response from the MISO bus. There is a possibility that the Avalon agent device is yet to return the read data, therefore the bridge returns 0x4A until read data is received. When read data is received by the bridge, it sends channel byte as the first byte followed by the SOP and data byte. The following figure shows the read response transaction that constructed by the bridge in the MISO bus.