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3.1.3. The AVST_READY Signal
If you use the Parallel Flash Loader II Intel® FPGA IP core as the configuration host, the AVST_READY synchronizer logic is included.
The AVST_READY signal sent by the Intel® Agilex™ device to the host is not synchronized with the AVSTx8_CLK or AVST_CLK. To configure the Intel® Agilex™ device successfully, the host must adhere to the following constraints:
- The host must drive no more than six data words after the deassertion of the AVST_READY signal including the delay incurred by the 2-stage register synchronizer.
- The host must synchronize the AVST_READY signal to the AVST_CLK signal using a 2-stage register synchronizer. Here is Register transfer level (RTL) example code for 2-stage register synchronizer:
Where:always @(posedge avst_clk or negedge reset_n) begin if (~reset_n) begin fpga_avst_ready_reg1 <= 0; fpga_avst_ready_reg2 <= 0; else fpga_avst_ready_reg1 <= fpga_avst_ready; fpga_avst_ready_reg2 <= fpga_avst_ready_reg1; end end
- The AVST_CLK signal comes from either PFL II IP or your Avalon® -ST controller logic.
- fpga_avst_ready is the AVST_READY signal from the Intel® Agilex™ device.
- fpga_avst_ready_reg2 signal is the AVST_READY signal that is synchronous to AVST_CLK.
Optionally, you can monitor the CONF_DONE signal to indicate the flash has sent all the data to FPGA or to indicate the configuration process is complete.
If you use the PFL II IP core as the configuration host, you can use the Intel® Quartus® Prime software to store the binary configuration data to the flash memory through the PFL II IP core.
If you use the Avalon-ST Adapter IP core as part of the configuration host, set the Source Ready Latency value between 1- 6.
Avalon-ST x8 configuration scheme uses the SDM pins only. Avalon-ST x16 and x32 configuration scheme only use dual-purpose I/O pins that you can use as general-purpose I/O pins after configuration.