RapidIO Intel FPGA IP User Guide

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Product Discontinuance Notification 1. About the RapidIO Intel FPGA IP Core 2. Getting Started 3. Parameter Settings 4. Functional Description 5. Signals 6. Software Interface 7. Testbench 8. Platform Designer (Standard) Design Example 9. RapidIO Intel FPGA IP User Guide Archives 10. Document Revision History for the RapidIO Intel® FPGA IP User Guide A. Initialization Sequence B. Porting a RapidIO Design from the Previous Version of Software
1. About the RapidIO Intel FPGA IP Core x
1.1. Features 1.2. Device Family Support 1.3. IP Core Verification 1.4. Performance and Resource Utilization 1.5. Device Speed Grades 1.6. Release Information
1.1. Features x
1.1.1. Supported Transactions
1.3. IP Core Verification x
1.3.1. Simulation Testing 1.3.2. Hardware Testing 1.3.3. Interoperability Testing
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 2.2. Generating IP Cores 2.3. IP Core Generation Output ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition) 2.4. RapidIO IP Core Testbench Files 2.5. Simulating IP Cores 2.6. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design 2.7. Specifying Timing Constraints 2.8. Compiling the Full Design and Programming the FPGA 2.9. Instantiating Multiple RapidIO IP Cores
2.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
2.1.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
2.2. Generating IP Cores x
2.2.1. IP Core Generation Output ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition)
2.5. Simulating IP Cores x
2.5.1. Simulating the Testbench with the ModelSim Simulator 2.5.2. Simulating the Testbench with the VCS Simulator 2.5.3. Simulating the Testbench with the Xcelium Simulator
2.6. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design x
2.6.1. Calibration Clock 2.6.2. Dynamic Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller 2.6.3. Transceiver Settings 2.6.4. Adding Transceiver Analog Settings for Arria II GX, Arria II GZ, and Stratix IV GX Variations 2.6.5. External Transceiver PLL 2.6.6. Transceiver PHY Reset Controller for Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Variations
2.9. Instantiating Multiple RapidIO IP Cores x
2.9.1. Clock and Signal Requirements for Arria® V, Cyclone® V, and Stratix® V Variations 2.9.2. Clock and Signal Requirements for Arria II GX, Arria II GZ, Cyclone IV GX, and Stratix IV GX Variations 2.9.3. Correcting the Synopsys Design Constraints File to Distinguish RapidIO IP Core Instances 2.9.4. Sourcing Multiple Tcl Scripts for Variations other than Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX
3. Parameter Settings x
3.1. Physical Layer Settings 3.2. Transport and Maintenance Settings 3.3. I/O and Doorbell Settings 3.4. Capability Registers Settings
3.1. Physical Layer Settings x
3.1.1. Device Options 3.1.2. Data Settings 3.1.3. Receive Priority Retry Thresholds 3.1.4. Transceiver Settings
3.2. Transport and Maintenance Settings x
3.2.1. Transport Layer 3.2.2. Input/Output Maintenance Logical Layer Module 3.2.3. Port Write
3.3. I/O and Doorbell Settings x
3.3.1. I/O Logical Layer Interfaces 3.3.2. I/O Slave Address Width 3.3.3. I/O Read and Write Order Preservation 3.3.4. Avalon® -MM Master 3.3.5. Avalon® -MM Slave 3.3.6. Doorbell Slave
3.4. Capability Registers Settings x
3.4.1. Device Registers 3.4.2. Assembly Registers 3.4.3. Processing Element Features 3.4.4. Switch Support 3.4.5. Data Messages
4. Functional Description x
4.1. Interfaces 4.2. Clocking and Reset Structure 4.3. Physical Layer 4.4. Transport Layer 4.5. Logical Layer Modules 4.6. Error Detection and Management
4.1. Interfaces x
4.1.1. RapidIO Interface 4.1.2. Avalon® Memory Mapped ( Avalon® -MM) Master and Slave Interfaces 4.1.3. Avalon® Streaming ( Avalon® -ST) Interface
4.1.2. Avalon® Memory Mapped ( Avalon® -MM) Master and Slave Interfaces x
4.1.2.1. Avalon® -MM Interface Widths in the RapidIO IP Core 4.1.2.2. Avalon® -MM Interface Byte Ordering
4.2. Clocking and Reset Structure x
4.2.1. RapidIO IP Core Clocking 4.2.2. Reset for RapidIO IP Cores
4.2.1. RapidIO IP Core Clocking x
4.2.1.1. Avalon® System Clock 4.2.1.2. Reference Clock 4.2.1.3. Other Input Clocks 4.2.1.4. Clock Domains 4.2.1.5. Baud Rates and Clock Frequencies
4.2.2. Reset for RapidIO IP Cores x
4.2.2.1. General RapidIO Reset Signal Requirements 4.2.2.2. Reset Controller 4.2.2.3. Reset Requirements for Arria® V, Cyclone® V, and Stratix® V Variations 4.2.2.4. Reset Requirements for Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Variations 4.2.2.5. RapidIO IP Core Reset Behavior
4.3. Physical Layer x
4.3.1. Features 4.3.2. Physical Layer Architecture 4.3.3. Low-level Interface Receiver 4.3.4. Low-Level Interface Transmitter 4.3.5. Protocol and Flow Control Engine 4.3.6. Physical Layer Receive Buffer 4.3.7. Physical Layer Transmit Buffer
4.3.3. Low-level Interface Receiver x
4.3.3.1. Receiver Transceiver 4.3.3.2. CRC Checking and Removal
4.3.4. Low-Level Interface Transmitter x
4.3.4.1. Transmitter Transceiver
4.3.6. Physical Layer Receive Buffer x
4.3.6.1. Error Conditions that Flush the Receive Buffer 4.3.6.2. Error Conditions Flagged for the Transport Layer 4.3.6.3. Receive Priority Threshold Values
4.3.7. Physical Layer Transmit Buffer x
4.3.7.1. Transmit and Retransmit Queues 4.3.7.2. Error Conditions that Flush the Transmit Buffer 4.3.7.3. Forced Compensation Sequence Insertion
4.4. Transport Layer x
4.4.1. Receiver 4.4.2. Transaction ID Ranges 4.4.3. Transmitter
4.5. Logical Layer Modules x
4.5.1. Concentrator Register Module 4.5.2. Maintenance Module 4.5.3. Input/Output Logical Layer Modules 4.5.4. Doorbell Module 4.5.5. Avalon® -ST Pass-Through Interface
4.5.2. Maintenance Module x
4.5.2.1. Maintenance Register 4.5.2.2. Maintenance Slave Processor 4.5.2.3. Maintenance Master Processor 4.5.2.4. Port-Write Processor 4.5.2.5. Maintenance Module Error Handling
4.5.2.4. Port-Write Processor x
4.5.2.4.1. Port-Write Transmission 4.5.2.4.2. Port-Write Reception
4.5.3. Input/Output Logical Layer Modules x
4.5.3.1. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Master Module 4.5.3.2. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Master Module Timing Diagrams 4.5.3.3. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Slave Module 4.5.3.4. Avalon® -MM Burstcount and Byteenable Encoding in RapidIO Packets 4.5.3.5. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Slave Module Timing Diagrams
4.5.3.1. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Master Module x
4.5.3.1.1. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Master Address Mapping Windows
4.5.3.3. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Slave Module x
4.5.3.3.1. Keeping Track of I/O Write Transactions 4.5.3.3.2. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Slave Address Mapping Windows 4.5.3.3.3. Input/Output Slave Translation Window Example 4.5.3.3.4. Translation Window 0 4.5.3.3.5. Translation Window 1 4.5.3.3.6. Translation Window 2
4.5.4. Doorbell Module x
4.5.4.1. Doorbell Module Block Diagram 4.5.4.2. Preserving Transaction Order 4.5.4.3. Doorbell Message Generation 4.5.4.4. Doorbell Message Reception
4.5.5. Avalon® -ST Pass-Through Interface x
4.5.5.1. Pass-Through Interface Examples
4.6. Error Detection and Management x
4.6.1. Physical Layer Error Management 4.6.2. Logical Layer Error Management 4.6.3. Avalon® -ST Pass-Through Interface
4.6.1. Physical Layer Error Management x
4.6.1.1. Protocol Violations 4.6.1.2. Fatal Errors
4.6.2. Logical Layer Error Management x
4.6.2.1. Maintenance Avalon® -MM Slave 4.6.2.2. Maintenance Avalon® -MM Master 4.6.2.3. Port-Write Reception Module 4.6.2.4. Port-Write Transmission Module 4.6.2.5. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Slave 4.6.2.6. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Master
4.6.2.1. Maintenance Avalon® -MM Slave x
4.6.2.1.1. Standard Error Management Registers 4.6.2.1.2. Registers in the Implementation Defined Space 4.6.2.1.3. Maintenance Avalon® -MM Slave Interface's Error Indication Signal
4.6.2.5. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Slave x
4.6.2.5.1. Standard Error Management Registers 4.6.2.5.2. Registers in the Implementation Defined Space 4.6.2.5.3. The Avalon® -MM Slave Interface's Error Indication Signal
4.6.2.6. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Master x
4.6.2.6.1. Standard Error Management Registers 4.6.2.6.2. Response Packets with ERROR Status
5. Signals x
5.1. Physical Layer Signals 5.2. Transport and Logical Layer Signals
5.1. Physical Layer Signals x
5.1.1. Status Packet and Error Monitoring Signals 5.1.2. Multicast Event Signals 5.1.3. Receive Priority Retry Threshold-Related Signals 5.1.4. Physical Layer Buffer Status Signals 5.1.5. Transceiver Signals 5.1.6. Register-Related Signals
5.2. Transport and Logical Layer Signals x
5.2.1. Avalon® -MM Interface Signals 5.2.2. Avalon® -ST Pass-Through Interface Signals 5.2.3. Error Management Extension Signals 5.2.4. Packet and Error Monitoring Signal for the Transport Layer
6. Software Interface x
6.1. Physical Layer Registers 6.2. Transport and Logical Layer Registers
6.2. Transport and Logical Layer Registers x
6.2.1. Capability Registers (CARs) 6.2.2. Command and Status Registers (CSRs) 6.2.3. Maintenance Interrupt Control Registers 6.2.4. Receive Maintenance Registers 6.2.5. Transmit Maintenance Registers 6.2.6. Transmit Port-Write Registers 6.2.7. Receive Port-Write Registers 6.2.8. Input/Output Master Address Mapping Registers 6.2.9. Input/Output Slave Mapping Registers 6.2.10. Input/Output Slave Interrupts 6.2.11. Transport Layer Feature Register 6.2.12. Error Management Registers 6.2.13. Doorbell Message Registers
7. Testbench x
7.1. Reset, Initialization, and Configuration 7.2. Maintenance Write and Read Transactions 7.3. SWRITE Transactions 7.4. NWRITE_R Transactions 7.5. NWRITE Transactions 7.6. NREAD Transactions 7.7. Doorbell Transactions 7.8. Doorbell and Write Transactions With Transaction Order Preservation 7.9. Port-Write Transactions 7.10. Transactions Across the Avalon® -ST Pass-Through Interface
8. Platform Designer (Standard) Design Example x
8.1. Creating a New Intel® Quartus® Prime Project 8.2. Running Platform Designer (Standard) 8.3. Simulating the System
8.2. Running Platform Designer (Standard) x
8.2.1. Adding and Parameterizing the RapidIO Component 8.2.2. Adding and Connecting Other System Components 8.2.3. Connecting Clocks and the System Components 8.2.4. Generating the System
8.2.2. Adding and Connecting Other System Components x
8.2.2.1. Adding the Master Maintenance BFM 8.2.2.2. Adding the Master I/O BFM 8.2.2.3. Adding the On-Chip Memory
8.2.3. Connecting Clocks and the System Components x
8.2.3.1. Connecting Unconnected Clocks 8.2.3.2. Connecting System Components 8.2.3.3. Assigning Addresses and Setting the Clock Frequency
B. Porting a RapidIO Design from the Previous Version of Software x
B.1. Upgrading a RapidIO Design Without Changing Device Family B.2. Upgrading a RapidIO Design to the Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Device Families
Product Discontinuance Notification
1. About the RapidIO Intel FPGA IP Core
2. Getting Started
3. Parameter Settings
4. Functional Description
5. Signals
6. Software Interface
7. Testbench
8. Platform Designer (Standard) Design Example
9. RapidIO Intel FPGA IP User Guide Archives
10. Document Revision History for the RapidIO Intel® FPGA IP User Guide
A. Initialization Sequence
B. Porting a RapidIO Design from the Previous Version of Software

2.1.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode

The free Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode allows you to evaluate licensed Intel® FPGA IP cores in simulation and hardware before purchase. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode supports the following evaluations without additional license:
  • Simulate the behavior of a licensed Intel® FPGA IP core in your system.
  • Verify the functionality, size, and speed of the IP core quickly and easily.
  • Generate time-limited device programming files for designs that include IP cores.
  • Program a device with your IP core and verify your design in hardware.

Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode supports the following operation modes:

  • Tethered—Allows running the design containing the licensed Intel® FPGA IP indefinitely with a connection between your board and the host computer. Tethered mode requires a serial joint test action group (JTAG) cable connected between the JTAG port on your board and the host computer, which is running the Intel® Quartus® Prime Programmer for the duration of the hardware evaluation period. The Programmer only requires a minimum installation of the Intel® Quartus® Prime software, and requires no Intel® Quartus® Prime license. The host computer controls the evaluation time by sending a periodic signal to the device via the JTAG port. If all licensed IP cores in the design support tethered mode, the evaluation time runs until any IP core evaluation expires. If all of the IP cores support unlimited evaluation time, the device does not time-out.
  • Untethered—Allows running the design containing the licensed IP for a limited time. The IP core reverts to untethered mode if the device disconnects from the host computer running the Intel® Quartus® Prime software. The IP core also reverts to untethered mode if any other licensed IP core in the design does not support tethered mode.

When the evaluation time expires for any licensed Intel® FPGA IP in the design, the design stops functioning. All IP cores that use the Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode time out simultaneously when any IP core in the design times out. When the evaluation time expires, you must reprogram the FPGA device before continuing hardware verification. To extend use of the IP core for production, purchase a full production license for the IP core.

You must purchase the license and generate a full production license key before you can generate an unrestricted device programming file. During Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode, the Compiler only generates a time-limited device programming file (<project name> _time_limited.sof) that expires at the time limit.

Figure 3.  Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode Flow
Note: Refer to each IP core's user guide for parameterization steps and implementation details.

Intel® licenses IP cores on a per-seat, perpetual basis. The license fee includes first-year maintenance and support. You must renew the maintenance contract to receive updates, bug fixes, and technical support beyond the first year. You must purchase a full production license for Intel® FPGA IP cores that require a production license, before generating programming files that you may use for an unlimited time. During Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode, the Compiler only generates a time-limited device programming file (<project name> _time_limited.sof) that expires at the time limit. To obtain your production license keys, visit the Self-Service Licensing Center.

The Intel® FPGA Software License Agreements govern the installation and use of licensed IP cores, the Intel® Quartus® Prime design software, and all unlicensed IP cores.

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