Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA I-Series Transceiver (6 × F-Tile) Development Kit User Guide

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Date 5/31/2023
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Document Table of Contents x
1. Overview 2. Getting Started 3. Power Up the Development Kit 4. Board Test System 5. Development Kit Hardware and Configuration 6. Custom Projects for the Development Kit 7. Revision History A. Development Kit Components B. Additional Information
1. Overview x
1.1. Block Diagram 1.2. Feature Summary 1.3. Box Contents 1.4. Recommended Operating Conditions
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Intel® Quartus® Prime Software and Driver Installation 2.2. Quick Start Guide 2.3. Design Examples
3. Power Up the Development Kit x
3.1. Default Settings 3.2. Power Up 3.3. Perform Board Restore
3.3. Perform Board Restore x
3.3.1. Restore board System Intel® MAX® 10 with default factory image 3.3.2. Restore Board QSPI Flash with the Default Factory Image
4. Board Test System x
4.1. Set Up BTS GUI Running Environment 4.2. Test the Functionality of the Development Kit 4.3. Control On-Board Clock through Clock Controller GUI 4.4. Monitor On-Board Power Regulator through Power Monitor GUI 4.5. Identify Test Pass or Fail-based on BTS GUI Test Status
4.1. Set Up BTS GUI Running Environment x
4.1.1. Download OpenJDK 4.1.2. Download OpenJFX 4.1.3. Install OpenJDK and OpenJFX 4.1.4. Install Intel® Quartus® Prime Software 4.1.5. Run BTS GUI
4.2. Test the Functionality of the Development Kit x
4.2.1. The Bottom Info Bar 4.2.2. The Configure Menu 4.2.3. The Sys Info Tab 4.2.4. The GPIO Tab 4.2.5. The XCVR Tab 4.2.6. The Memory Tab
4.2.5. The XCVR Tab x
4.2.5.1. The QSFPDD NRZ Tab 4.2.5.2. The FMCA NRZ Tab 4.2.5.3. The FMCB NRZ Tab 4.2.5.4. The QSFPDD400 PAM4 Tab 4.2.5.5. The QSFP NRZ Tab 4.2.5.6. The SFP Tab 4.2.5.7. The OSFP Tab
5. Development Kit Hardware and Configuration x
5.1. Configure the FPGA Device by Active Serial (AS) Modes (Default Mode) 5.2. Configure the FPGA Device by Avalon® -ST (AvST) Modes
6. Custom Projects for the Development Kit x
6.1. Add SmartVID Settings in the Intel® Quartus® Prime QSF File 6.2. Golden Top
A. Development Kit Components x
A.1. Board Overview and Components A.2. System Management A.3. Power A.4. Clocks A.5. General Input/Output A.6. Memory Interfaces A.7. Communication Interfaces A.8. Daughter Cards
A.1. Board Overview and Components x
A.1.1. Board Overview A.1.2. Board Components
B. Additional Information x
B.1. Safety and Regulatory Information B.2. Compliance Information
B.1. Safety and Regulatory Information x
B.1.1. Safety Warnings B.1.2. Safety Cautions
1. Overview
2. Getting Started
3. Power Up the Development Kit
4. Board Test System
5. Development Kit Hardware and Configuration
6. Custom Projects for the Development Kit
7. Revision History
A. Development Kit Components
B. Additional Information

2.1. Intel® Quartus® Prime Software and Driver Installation

Intel® Quartus® Prime design software is a multiplatform design environment that easily adapts to your specific needs in all phases of FPGA, CPLD and SoC designs. The Intel® Quartus® Prime software delivers the highest performance and productivity for Intel FPGAs, CPLDs, and SoCs. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software is optimized to support the advanced features in next-generation FPGAs and SoCs with the Intel Agilex® 7, Intel® Stratix® 10, Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX device families.

Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA I-Series Transceiver Development Kit includes on-board Intel FPGA Download Cable circuits for FPGA and system Intel® MAX® 10 programming. However, for the host computer and board to communicate, you must install the Intel FPGA Download Cable driver on the host computer. Installation instructions for the Intel FPGA Download Cable driver for your operating system are available on the Intel website.

On the Intel website, navigate to the Cable and Adapter Drivers Information link to locate the table entry for your configuration and click the link to access the instructions.

The Intel SoC EDS is a comprehensive software tool suite for embedded software development on Intel SoC devices. It contains development tools, utility programs, run-time software, and application examples to expedite firmware and application software of SoC embedded systems.

As a part of the Intel SoC EDS, the Arm* Development Studio 5 (DS-5) Intel SoC FPGA Edition Toolkit provides a comprehensive set of embedded development tools for Intel's SoC FPGAs.

For more information and steps to install the Intel SoC EDS Tool Suite refer to the links below.

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