AN 738: Intel® Arria® 10 Device Design Guidelines

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1. AN 738: Intel® Arria® 10 Device Design Guidelines
1. AN 738: Intel® Arria® 10 Device Design Guidelines x
1.1. System Specification 1.2. Device Selection 1.3. Early System and Board Planning 1.4. Pin Connection Considerations for Board Design 1.5. I/O and Clock Planning 1.6. Design Entry 1.7. Design Implementation, Analysis, Optimization, and Verification 1.8. Conclusion 1.9. Document Revision History 1.10. Design Checklist 1.11. Appendix: Arria® 10 Transceiver Design Guidelines
1.1. System Specification x
1.1.1. Design Specifications 1.1.2. IP Selection 1.1.3. Qsys
1.2. Device Selection x
1.2.1. Device Family Variant and High-Speed Transceivers 1.2.2. Logic, Memory, and Multiplier Density 1.2.3. I/O Pin Count, LVDS Channels, and Package Offering 1.2.4. PLLs and Clock Routing 1.2.5. Speed Grade 1.2.6. Vertical Device Migration
1.3. Early System and Board Planning x
1.3.1. Early Power Estimation 1.3.2. Temperature Sensing for Thermal Management 1.3.3. Voltage Sensor 1.3.4. Planning for Device Configuration 1.3.5. Planning for On-Chip Debugging
1.3.4. Planning for Device Configuration x
1.3.4.1. Configuration Scheme Selection 1.3.4.2. Configuration Features 1.3.4.3. Quartus Prime Configuration Settings
1.3.4.1. Configuration Scheme Selection x
1.3.4.1.1. Serial Configuration Devices 1.3.4.1.2. Download Cables 1.3.4.1.3. Using the Parallel Flash Loader Megafunction with MAX II Devices
1.3.4.2. Configuration Features x
1.3.4.2.1. Data Compression 1.3.4.2.2. Design Security Using Configuration Bitstream Encryption 1.3.4.2.3. Remote System Upgrades 1.3.4.2.4. SEU Mitigation and CRC Error Checks
1.3.5. Planning for On-Chip Debugging x
1.3.5.1. On-Chip Debugging Tools 1.3.5.2. Planning Guidelines for Debugging Tools
1.4. Pin Connection Considerations for Board Design x
1.4.1. Device Power-Up 1.4.2. Power Pin Connections and Power Supplies 1.4.3. Configuration Pin Connections 1.4.4. Board-Related Quartus Prime Settings 1.4.5. Signal Integrity Considerations 1.4.6. Board-Level Simulation and Advanced I/O Timing Analysis
1.4.2. Power Pin Connections and Power Supplies x
1.4.2.1. Decoupling Capacitors 1.4.2.2. PLL and Transceiver Board Design Guidelines
1.4.3. Configuration Pin Connections x
1.4.3.1. DCLK and TCK Signal Integrity 1.4.3.2. JTAG Pins 1.4.3.3. MSEL Configuration Mode Pins 1.4.3.4. Other Configuration Pins
1.4.4. Board-Related Quartus Prime Settings x
1.4.4.1. Device-Wide Output Enable Pin 1.4.4.2. Unused Pins
1.4.5. Signal Integrity Considerations x
1.4.5.1. High-Speed Board Design 1.4.5.2. Voltage Reference Pins 1.4.5.3. Simultaneous Switching Noise 1.4.5.4. I/O Termination
1.5. I/O and Clock Planning x
1.5.1. Making FPGA Pin Assignments 1.5.2. Early Pin Planning and I/O Assignment Analysis 1.5.3. I/O Features and Pin Connections 1.5.4. Clock and PLL Selection 1.5.5. PLL Feature Guidelines 1.5.6. Clock Control Block 1.5.7. I/O Simultaneous Switching Noise
1.5.3. I/O Features and Pin Connections x
1.5.3.1. I/O Signaling Type 1.5.3.2. Selectable I/O Standards and Flexible I/O Banks 1.5.3.3. Memory Interfaces 1.5.3.4. Dual-Purpose and Special Pin Connections 1.5.3.5. Arria® 10 I/O Features
1.5.5. PLL Feature Guidelines x
1.5.5.1. Clock Feedback Mode 1.5.5.2. Clock Outputs
1.6. Design Entry x
1.6.1. Design Recommendations 1.6.2. Using IP Cores 1.6.3. Reconfiguration 1.6.4. Recommended HDL Coding Styles 1.6.5. Register Power-Up Levels and Control Signals 1.6.6. Planning for Hierarchical and Team-Based Design
1.6.3. Reconfiguration x
1.6.3.1. Dynamic Reconfiguration 1.6.3.2. Partial Reconfiguration
1.6.6. Planning for Hierarchical and Team-Based Design x
1.6.6.1. Planning Design Partitions 1.6.6.2. Planning in Bottom-Up and Team-Based Flows 1.6.6.3. Creating a Design Floorplan
1.7. Design Implementation, Analysis, Optimization, and Verification x
1.7.1. Selecting a Synthesis Tool 1.7.2. Device Resource Utilization Reports 1.7.3. Quartus Prime Messages 1.7.4. Timing Constraints and Analysis 1.7.5. Area and Timing Optimization 1.7.6. Preserving Performance and Reducing Compilation Time 1.7.7. Simulation 1.7.8. Formal Verification 1.7.9. Power Analysis 1.7.10. Power Optimization
1.7.4. Timing Constraints and Analysis x
1.7.4.1. Recommended Timing Optimization and Analysis Assignments
1.7.10. Power Optimization x
1.7.10.1. Device and Design Power Optimization Techniques 1.7.10.2. Quartus Prime Power Optimization Techniques
1.7.10.1. Device and Design Power Optimization Techniques x
1.7.10.1.1. Clock Power Management 1.7.10.1.2. Memory Power Reduction 1.7.10.1.3. I/O Power Guidelines
1.7.10.2. Quartus Prime Power Optimization Techniques x
1.7.10.2.1. Power Optimization Advisor
1.11. Appendix: Arria® 10 Transceiver Design Guidelines x
1.11.1. Transceiver PHY Architecture Overview 1.11.2. Transceiver Bank Architecture 1.11.3. PHY Layer Transceiver Components 1.11.4. Transceiver Phase-Locked Loops 1.11.5. Clock Generation Block (CGB) 1.11.6. Calibration 1.11.7. Transceiver Design Flow
1.11.3. PHY Layer Transceiver Components x
1.11.3.1. The GX Transceiver Channel 1.11.3.2. The GT Transceiver Channel
1.11.4. Transceiver Phase-Locked Loops x
1.11.4.1. Advanced Transmit (ATX) PLL 1.11.4.2. Fractional PLL (fPLL) 1.11.4.3. Channel PLL (CMU/CDR PLL)
1. AN 738: Intel® Arria® 10 Device Design Guidelines

1.7.1. Selecting a Synthesis Tool

Table 54.  Selecting a Synthesis Tool Checklist
Number Done? Checklist Item
1   Specify your synthesis tool and use the correct supported version.

The Quartus® Prime software includes advanced and easy-to-use integrated synthesis that fully supports Verilog HDL and VHDL, as well as the Intel hardware description language (AHDL) and schematic design entry. You can also use industry-leading third-party EDA synthesis tools to synthesize your Verilog HDL or VHDL design, and then compile the resulting output netlist file in the Quartus® Prime software. Specify a third-party synthesis tool in the New Project Wizard or the EDA Tools Settings page of the Settings dialog box to use the correct Library Mapping File (.lmf) for your synthesis netlist.

Intel recommends using the most recent version of third-party synthesis tools, because tool vendors are continuously adding new features, fixing tool issues, and enhancing performance for Intel devices.

Different synthesis tools can give different results. If you want to select the best-performing tool for your application, you can experiment by synthesizing typical designs for your application and coding style and comparing the results. Be sure to perform placement and routing in the Quartus® Prime software to get accurate timing analysis and logic utilization results.

Your synthesis tool might offer the capability to create a Quartus® Prime project and pass constraints such as the EDA tool setting, device selection, and timing requirements that you specified in your synthesis project. You can use this capability to save time when setting up your Quartus® Prime project for placement and routing.

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