This application note demonstrates transforming a simple design into a partially reconfigurable design, and implementing the design on the Intel® Stratix® 10 GX FPGA development board.
The partial reconfiguration (PR) feature allows you to reconfigure a portion of the FPGA dynamically, while the remaining FPGA design continues to function. Create multiple personas for a particular region in your design without impacting operation in areas outside this region. This methodology is effective in systems where multiple functions time-share the same FPGA device resources. The current version of the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software introduces a new and simplified compilation flow for partial reconfiguration.
Partial reconfiguration provides the following advancements to a flat design:
- Allows run-time design reconfiguration
- Increases scalability of the design
- Reduces system down-time
- Supports dynamic time-multiplexing functions in the design
- Lowers cost and power consumption through efficient use of board space
Note: This tutorial uses the Intel® Stratix® 10 GX FPGA development board on the bench, outside of the PCIe* slot in your workstation.