F-Tile Serial Lite IV Intel® FPGA IP Design Example User Guide

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Date 12/13/2021
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2.5. Compiling and Testing the Design

Follow these steps to compile and test the design:

  1. Launch the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software and change the directory to example_design_dir/ed_synth/ and open the seriallite_iv_streaming_demo.qpf file.
  2. Click Processing > Start Compilation to compile the design.

    The Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software automatically loads the timing constraints for the design example and the design components during compilation.

  3. Connect the development board to the host computer.
  4. Configure the FPGA on the development board using the generated seriallite_iv_streaming_demo.sof file (Tools > Programmer).

    The design example targets the Intel® Agilex™ I-Series Transceiver-SoC Development Kit.

    The design includes a Synopsys* Design Constraints File (.sdc) and an Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Settings File (.qsf) with verified constraints in loopback mode. If you use the design example with another device or development board, you may need to update the device settings and constraints in the .qsf file.
    Note: Before downloading the design onto the FPGA, you need to program the clock oscillator on the board to match the transceiver PLL and IOPLL reference clock frequencies configured in the design example. Refer to the Intel® Agilex™ I-Series Transceiver-SoC Development Kit User Guide for steps to program the clock oscillator on board.
  5. After loading the .sof file onto the development board, run the hardware design example using either System Console or the F-Tile Serial Lite IV toolkit. For more information about the F-Tile Serial Lite IV IP toolkit, refer to the F-Tile Serial Lite IV IP Toolkit section.