Intel Cyclone 10 LP Device Design Guidelines

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Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP Device Design Guidelines
Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP Device Design Guidelines x
Design Flow System Specification Device Selection Early System and Board Planning Pin Connection Considerations for Board Design I/O and Clock Planning Design Entry Design Implementation, Analysis, Optimization, and Verification Document Revision History for Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP Device Design Guidelines
System Specification x
Design Specifications IP Selection Platform Designer
Device Selection x
Device Variant PLLs and Clock Routing Logic, Memory, and Multiplier Density I/O Pin Count, LVDS Channels, and Package Offering Speed Grade Vertical Device Migration
Early System and Board Planning x
Early Power Estimation Planning for Device Configuration Planning for On-chip Debugging
Planning for Device Configuration x
Configuration Scheme Selection Configuration Features Intel® Quartus® Prime Configuration Settings
Configuration Scheme Selection x
Serial Configuration Devices Download Cables
Intel® Quartus® Prime Configuration Settings x
Optional Configuration Pins
Planning for On-chip Debugging x
On-chip Debugging Tools Planning Guidelines for Debugging Tools
Pin Connection Considerations for Board Design x
Device Power-Up Power Pin Connections and Power Supplies Configuration Pin Connections Board-related Intel® Quartus® Prime Settings Signal Integrity Considerations Board-level Simulation and Advanced I/O Timing Analysis
Power Pin Connections and Power Supplies x
Decoupling Capacitors PLL Board Design Guidelines
Configuration Pin Connections x
Clock Trace Signal Integrity JTAG Pins MSEL Configuration Mode Pins Other Configuration Pins
JTAG Pins x
JTAG Pin Connections Download Cable Operating Voltage JTAG Signal Buffering
Board-related Intel® Quartus® Prime Settings x
Device-wide Output Enable Pin Unused Pins
Signal Integrity Considerations x
Voltage Reference Pins Simultaneous Switching Noise I/O Termination
I/O and Clock Planning x
Making FPGA Pin Assignments Early Pin Planning and I/O Assignment Analysis I/O Features and Pin Connections Clock and PLL Selection PLL Feature Guidelines Clock Control Features I/O Simultaneous Switching Noise
I/O Features and Pin Connections x
I/O Signaling Type Selectable Standards and Flexible I/O Banks Dual-Purpose and Special Pin Connections Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP I/O Features
PLL Feature Guidelines x
Clock Feedback Mode Clock Outputs
Design Entry x
Design Recommendations Using IP Cores Recommended HDL Coding Styles Register Power-up Levels and Control Signals
Design Implementation, Analysis, Optimization, and Verification x
Selecting a Synthesis Tool Device Resource Utilization Reports Intel® Quartus® Prime Messages Timing Constraints and Analysis Area and Timing Optimization Preserving Performance and Reducing Compilation Time Simulation Power Analysis Power Optimization
Timing Constraints and Analysis x
Recommended Timing Optimization and Analysis Assignments
Power Optimization x
Device and Design Power Optimization Techniques Intel® Quartus® Prime Power Optimization Techniques
Device and Design Power Optimization Techniques x
Clock Power Management Memory Power Reduction I/O Power Guidelines
Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP Device Design Guidelines

Early Pin Planning and I/O Assignment Analysis

Table 41.  Early Pin Planning and I/O Assignment Analysis Checklist
Number Done? Checklist Item
1   Use the Create Top-Level Design File command with I/O Assignment Analysis to check the I/O assignments before the design is complete.

In many design environments, FPGA designers want to plan top-level FPGA I/O pins early so that board designers can start developing the PCB design and layout. The FPGA device’s I/O capabilities and board layout guidelines influence pin locations and other types of assignments. In cases where the board design team specifies an FPGA pin-out, it is crucial that you verify pin locations in the FPGA place-and-route software as soon as possible to avoid board design changes.

Starting FPGA pin planning early improves the confidence in early board layouts, reduces the chance of error, and improves the design’s overall time to market. You can create a preliminary pin-out for an Intel FPGA using the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pin Planner before the source code is designed.

Early in the design process, the system architect typically has information about the standard I/O interfaces (such as memory and bus interfaces), IP cores to be used in the design, and any other I/O-related assignments defined by system requirements.

The Pin Planner Create/Import IP Core feature interfaces with the IP catalog, and enables you to create or import custom IP cores that use I/O interfaces. Enter PLL and LVDS blocks, including options such as dynamic phase alignment (DPA), because options affect the pin placement rules. When you have entered as much I/O-related information as possible, generate a top-level design netlist file using the Create Top-Level Design File command in the Pin Planner. You can use the I/O analysis results to change pin assignments or IP parameters and repeat the checking process until the I/O interface meets your design requirements and passes the pin checks in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition software.

When planning is complete, the preliminary pin location information can be passed to PCB designers. When the design is complete, use the reports and messages generated by the Intel® Quartus® Prime Fitter for the final sign-off of the pin assignments.

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