Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Partial Reconfiguration

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design 2. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides
1. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design x
1.1. Partial Reconfiguration Terminology 1.2. Partial Reconfiguration Process Sequence 1.3. Internal Host Partial Reconfiguration 1.4. External Host Partial Reconfiguration 1.5. Partial Reconfiguration Design Flow 1.6. Partial Reconfiguration Design Considerations 1.7. Hierarchical Partial Reconfiguration 1.8. Partial Reconfiguration Design Timing Analysis 1.9. Partial Reconfiguration Design Simulation 1.10. Partial Reconfiguration Design Debugging 1.11. Partial Reconfiguration Security ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs) 1.12. PR Bitstream Compression and Encryption ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) 1.13. Avoiding PR Programming Errors 1.14. Exporting a Version-Compatible Compilation Database for PR Designs 1.15. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design Revision History
1.5. Partial Reconfiguration Design Flow x
1.5.1. Step 1: Identify Partial Reconfiguration Resources 1.5.2. Step 2: Create Design Partitions 1.5.3. Step 3: Floorplan the Design 1.5.4. Step 4: Add the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® FPGA IP 1.5.5. Step 5: Define Personas 1.5.6. Step 6: Create Revisions for Personas 1.5.7. Step 7: Compile the Base Revision and Export the Static Region 1.5.8. Step 8: Setup PR Implementation Revisions 1.5.9. Step 9: Program the FPGA Device
1.5.3. Step 3: Floorplan the Design x
1.5.3.1. Applying Floorplan Constraints Incrementally
1.5.4. Step 4: Add the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® FPGA IP x
1.5.4.1. Adding the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel FPGA IP 1.5.4.2. Adding the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® Arria® 10/Cyclone 10 FPGA IP
1.5.9. Step 9: Program the FPGA Device x
1.5.9.1. Generating PR Bitstream Files 1.5.9.2. Partial Reconfiguration Bitstream Compatibility Checking 1.5.9.3. Raw Binary Programming File Byte Sequence Transmission Examples 1.5.9.4. Generating a Merged .pmsf File from Multiple .pmsf Files ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs)
1.6. Partial Reconfiguration Design Considerations x
1.6.1. Partial Reconfiguration Design Guidelines 1.6.2. PR Design Timing Closure Best Practices 1.6.3. PR File Management 1.6.4. Evaluating PR Region Initial Conditions 1.6.5. Creating Wrapper Logic for PR Regions 1.6.6. Creating Freeze Logic for PR Regions 1.6.7. Resetting the PR Region Registers 1.6.8. Promoting Global Signals in a PR Region 1.6.9. Planning Clocks and other Global Routing 1.6.10. Implementing Clock Enable for On-Chip Memories with Initialized Contents
1.6.3. PR File Management x
1.6.3.1. Method 1 (Preferred): Specify Unique Entity and File Names for Each Persona
1.6.3.1. Method 1 (Preferred): Specify Unique Entity and File Names for Each Persona x
1.6.3.1.1. Method 2: Set QSF Assignment for a Parameterized PR Persona
1.6.8. Promoting Global Signals in a PR Region x
1.6.8.1. Viewing Row Clock Region Boundaries
1.6.10. Implementing Clock Enable for On-Chip Memories with Initialized Contents x
1.6.10.1. Clock Gating
1.7. Hierarchical Partial Reconfiguration x
1.7.1. Using Parent QDB Files from Different Compiles
1.8. Partial Reconfiguration Design Timing Analysis x
1.8.1. Running Timing Analysis on Aggregate Revisions
1.9. Partial Reconfiguration Design Simulation x
1.9.1. Partial Reconfiguration Simulation Flow
1.9.1. Partial Reconfiguration Simulation Flow x
1.9.1.1. Simulating PR Persona Replacement 1.9.1.2. altera_pr_persona_if Module 1.9.1.3. altera_pr_wrapper_mux_out Module 1.9.1.4. altera_pr_wrapper_mux_in Module
1.10. Partial Reconfiguration Design Debugging x
1.10.1. Debugging PR Designs with the Signal Tap Logic Analyzer 1.10.2. Instantiating the Intel Configuration Reset Release Endpoint to Debug Logic IP
1.11. Partial Reconfiguration Security ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs) x
1.11.1. PR Bitstream Security Validation ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs) 1.11.2. PR Bitstream Authentication ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs) 1.11.3. PR Bitstream Encryption ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs)
1.12. PR Bitstream Compression and Encryption ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) x
1.12.1. Generating an Encrypted PR Bitstream ( Intel® Arria® 10 or Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) 1.12.2. Clock-to-Data Ratio for Bitstream Encryption and Compression ( Intel® Arria® 10 or Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) 1.12.3. Data Compression Comparison
1.14. Exporting a Version-Compatible Compilation Database for PR Designs x
1.14.1. Version-Compatible Database Flow for PR Designs 1.14.2. Generating a Version-Compatible Compilation Database for PR Designs
2. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide x
2.1. Internal and External PR Host Configurations 2.2. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® FPGA IP 2.3. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® Arria® 10 /Cyclone 10 FPGA IP 2.4. Partial Reconfiguration External Configuration Controller Intel® FPGA IP 2.5. Partial Reconfiguration Region Controller Intel® FPGA IP 2.6. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP 2.7. Avalon® Streaming Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP 2.8. Generating and Simulating Intel® FPGA IP 2.9. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Partial Reconfiguration Archive 2.10. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide Revision History
2.2. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® FPGA IP x
2.2.1. Memory Map 2.2.2. Parameters 2.2.3. Ports 2.2.4. Timing Specifications
2.3. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® Arria® 10 /Cyclone 10 FPGA IP x
2.3.1. Agent Interface 2.3.2. Reconfiguration Sequence 2.3.3. Interrupt Interface 2.3.4. Parameters 2.3.5. Ports 2.3.6. Timing Specifications 2.3.7. PR Control Block and CRC Block Verilog HDL Manual Instantiation 2.3.8. PR Control Block and CRC Block VHDL Manual Instantiation 2.3.9. PR Control Block Signals 2.3.10. Configuring an External Host for Intel® Arria® 10 or Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs
2.3.4. Parameters x
2.3.4.1. Error Detection CRC Requirements
2.3.8. PR Control Block and CRC Block VHDL Manual Instantiation x
2.3.8.1. PR Control Block and CRC Block VHDL Component Declaration
2.3.9. PR Control Block Signals x
2.3.9.1. PR Control Block Signal Timing Diagrams
2.4. Partial Reconfiguration External Configuration Controller Intel® FPGA IP x
2.4.1. Parameters 2.4.2. Ports 2.4.3. Configuring an External Host for Intel® Stratix® 10 or Intel® Agilex™ Designs
2.5. Partial Reconfiguration Region Controller Intel® FPGA IP x
2.5.1. Registers 2.5.2. Parameters 2.5.3. Ports
2.6. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP x
2.6.1. Parameters 2.6.2. Interface Ports
2.7. Avalon® Streaming Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP x
2.7.1. Parameters 2.7.2. Ports
2.8. Generating and Simulating Intel® FPGA IP x
2.8.1. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 2.8.2. Running the Freeze Bridge Update script 2.8.3. IP Core Generation Output ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 2.8.4. Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX PR Control Block Simulation Model 2.8.5. Generating the PR Persona Simulation Model
1. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design
2. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide
A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides

2.8.1. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition)

Quickly configure Intel® FPGA IP cores in the Intel® Quartus® Prime parameter editor. Double-click any component in the IP Catalog to launch the parameter editor. The parameter editor allows you to define a custom variation of the IP core. The parameter editor generates the IP variation synthesis and optional simulation files, and adds the .ip file representing the variation to your project automatically.

Follow these steps to locate, instantiate, and customize an IP core in the parameter editor:

  1. Create or open an Intel® Quartus® Prime project (.qpf) to contain the instantiated IP variation.
  2. In the IP Catalog (Tools > IP Catalog), locate and double-click the name of the IP core to customize. To locate a specific component, type some or all of the component’s name in the IP Catalog search box. The New IP Variation window appears.
  3. Specify a top-level name for your custom IP variation. Do not include spaces in IP variation names or paths. The parameter editor saves the IP variation settings in a file named <your_ip> .ip. Click OK. The parameter editor appears.
    Figure 69. IP Parameter Editor ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition)


  4. Set the parameter values in the parameter editor and view the block diagram for the component. The Parameterization Messages tab at the bottom displays any errors in IP parameters:
    • Optionally, select preset parameter values if provided for your IP core. Presets specify initial parameter values for specific applications.
    • Specify parameters defining the IP core functionality, port configurations, and device-specific features.
    • Specify options for processing the IP core files in other EDA tools.
    Note: Refer to your IP core user guide for information about specific IP core parameters.
  5. Click Generate HDL. The Generation dialog box appears.
  6. Specify output file generation options, and then click Generate. The synthesis and simulation files generate according to your specifications.
  7. To generate a simulation testbench, click Generate > Generate Testbench System. Specify testbench generation options, and then click Generate.
  8. To generate an HDL instantiation template that you can copy and paste into your text editor, click Generate > Show Instantiation Template.
  9. Click Finish. Click Yes if prompted to add files representing the IP variation to your project.
  10. After generating and instantiating your IP variation, make appropriate pin assignments to connect ports.
    Note: Some IP cores generate different HDL implementations according to the IP core parameters. The underlying RTL of these IP cores contains a unique hash code that prevents module name collisions between different variations of the IP core. This unique code remains consistent, given the same IP settings and software version during IP generation. This unique code can change if you edit the IP core's parameters or upgrade the IP core version. To avoid dependency on these unique codes in your simulation environment, refer to Generating a Combined Simulator Setup Script.
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