Arria® V Avalon® Memory-Mapped (Avalon-MM) Interface for PCI Express* Solutions: User Guide

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Date 10/25/2024
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2.1. Running Platform Designer

  1. Launch the Quartus® Prime software. Alternatively, you can also use the Quartus Prime Lite Edition software.
  2. On the File menu, select New, then Platform Designer System File.
  3. Open the ep_g1x4.qsys example design.

The following figure shows a Platform Designer system that includes the Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller and the Altera PCIe Reconfig Driver IP Cores. The Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller performs dynamic reconfiguration of the analog transceiver settings to optimize signal quality. You must include these components to the Platform Designer system to run successfully in hardware.

Figure 5.  Platform Designer Avalon-MM Design for PCIe with Transceiver Reconfiguration Components

Refer to Creating a System with Platform Designer in volume 1 of the Quartus® Prime Handbook for more information about how to use Platform Designer. For an explanation of each Platform Designer menu item, refer to About Platform Designer in the Quartus® Prime Help.