SEU Mitigation User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

Download PDF
ID 813649
Date 9/20/2024
Public

A newer version of this document is available. Customers should click here to go to the newest version.

Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. Agilex™ 5 SEU Mitigation Overview 2. Agilex™ 5 CRAM Error Mitigation 3. Secure Device Manager ECC and SmartVID Errors Detection 4. Agilex™ 5 SEU Mitigation Implementation Guides 5. IP and Software References 6. Document Revision History for the SEU Mitigation User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs
1. Agilex™ 5 SEU Mitigation Overview x
1.1. SEU Mitigation Techniques 1.2. Configuration RAM 1.3. Memory Blocks 1.4. Secure Device Manager ECC and SmartVID 1.5. Triple Modular Redundancy 1.6. Failure Rates
2. Agilex™ 5 CRAM Error Mitigation x
2.1. CRAM Error Detection and Correction 2.2. Error Message Queue 2.3. Scrubbing 2.4. SEU Sensitivity Processing 2.5. Design Hierarchy Sensitivity Classification 2.6. Evaluation of System Response to Upsets 2.7. Retrieving SEU Statistics using Mailbox Command
2.2. Error Message Queue x
2.2.1. SEU_ERROR Pin Behavior 2.2.2. Retrieving the Error Message Queue Contents Through Mailbox Command 2.2.3. Retrieving the Error Message Queue Content Using the HPS SDM Mailbox 2.2.4. Error Message Queue Bit Description
2.3. Scrubbing x
2.3.1. Internal Scrubbing 2.3.2. External Scrubbing
2.4. SEU Sensitivity Processing x
2.4.1. Advanced SEU Detection Intel® FPGA IP
2.4.1. Advanced SEU Detection Intel® FPGA IP x
2.4.1.1. Release Information for Advanced SEU Detection Intel® FPGA IP 2.4.1.2. On-Chip Lookup Sensitivity Processing 2.4.1.3. Off-Chip Lookup Sensitivity Processing 2.4.1.4. Sensitivity Map Header Lookup
2.5. Design Hierarchy Sensitivity Classification x
2.5.1. Hierarchy Tagging
2.6. Evaluation of System Response to Upsets x
2.6.1. Fault Injection Debugger
3. Secure Device Manager ECC and SmartVID Errors Detection x
3.1. SDM ECC Error Message Bits 3.2. SmartVID Error Message Bits 3.3. SDM ECC and SmartVID Errors Signals Behavior
4. Agilex™ 5 SEU Mitigation Implementation Guides x
4.1. Setting the SEU_ERROR Pin 4.2. Setting Up the SEU Mitigation Features 4.3. Performing External Scrubbing 4.4. Assigning Regions for Hierarchy Tagging 4.5. Sensitivity Map Header 4.6. Using the Fault Injection Debugger
4.5. Sensitivity Map Header x
4.5.1. Programming the .smh File into Memory 4.5.2. Looking up the Sensitivity Map Header
4.5.2. Looking up the Sensitivity Map Header x
4.5.2.1. Sensitivity Map Header Revision 4 File Format Reference
4.6. Using the Fault Injection Debugger x
4.6.1. Launching and Setting Up the Fault Injection Debugger 4.6.2. Configuring Your Device using a Software Object File (.sof) 4.6.3. Constraining Regions for Fault Injection 4.6.4. Injecting Errors to Predefined Safe Locations 4.6.5. Blowing Fuse Bit to Enable Injecting All Error Types 4.6.6. Injecting Errors to Random Locations 4.6.7. Injecting Errors to Specific Locations 4.6.8. Injecting Double Adjacent Errors 4.6.9. Injecting SDM ECC Errors
4.6.4. Injecting Errors to Predefined Safe Locations x
4.6.4.1. Listing the Predefined Safe Locations: Command-Line Interface 4.6.4.2. Injecting Errors to Predefined Safe Locations: Command-Line Interface 4.6.4.3. Injecting Errors to Predefined Safe Locations: GUI with Tcl Console 4.6.4.4. Injecting Error to Predefined Safe Locations: Mailbox Command
4.6.8. Injecting Double Adjacent Errors x
4.6.8.1. Injecting Double Adjacent Errors: Command-Line Interface 4.6.8.2. Injecting Double Adjacent Errors: GUI with Tcl Console
4.6.9. Injecting SDM ECC Errors x
4.6.9.1. Injecting SDM ECC Errors: Command-Line Interface 4.6.9.2. Injecting SDM ECC Errors: GUI with Tcl Console 4.6.9.3. Injecting SDM ECC Errors: Fault Injection Debugger 4.6.9.4. Injecting SDM ECC Errors: Mailbox Command
5. IP and Software References x
5.1. Advanced SEU Detection Intel® FPGA IP References 5.2. Fault Injection Debugger Software References
5.1. Advanced SEU Detection Intel® FPGA IP References x
5.1.1. Advanced SEU Detection Intel® FPGA IP Parameter Settings 5.1.2. Advanced SEU Detection Intel® FPGA IP Ports
5.2. Fault Injection Debugger Software References x
5.2.1. Fault Injection Debugger GUI Tool 5.2.2. Fault Injection Debugger Command-Line Interface
1. Agilex™ 5 SEU Mitigation Overview
2. Agilex™ 5 CRAM Error Mitigation
3. Secure Device Manager ECC and SmartVID Errors Detection
4. Agilex™ 5 SEU Mitigation Implementation Guides
5. IP and Software References
6. Document Revision History for the SEU Mitigation User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

5.1.1. Advanced SEU Detection Intel® FPGA IP Parameter Settings

Table 14.   Advanced SEU Detection Intel® FPGA IP Parameter Settings
Parameters Value Default Value Description
Use on-chip sensitivity processing
  • On
  • Off
On Select to use external memory interface to access sensitivity data and perform SEU location look-up by the IP.
Largest ASD region ID used 1 to 32 1

Specifies the largest ASD region ID used in the design.

This option is available if you turn on Use on-chip sensitivity processing.

The maximum number of region IDs classifications you can use in a design is 165.

Sensitivity data start address 0x0 0x0

Specifies a constant offset to add to all addresses generated by the external memory interface.

This option is available if you turn on Use on-chip sensitivity processing.

Show raw SEU error message
  • On
  • Off
Off

Select to show raw SEU error message.

This option is available if you turn on Use on-chip sensitivity processing.

SEU error fifo depth
  • 2
  • 4
  • 8
  • 16
  • 32
  • 64
4

Specifies the number of SEU errors to store.
Enable generic SDM error handling
  • On
  • Off
Off

Select to enable generic SDM error handling.
Use with Fault Injection Debugger Tool
  • On
  • Off
Off

Turn on to use the IP with the Fault Injection Debugger tool.

Export SEU_Error
  • On
  • Off
Off

Select to export SEU_ERROR as IP output signal, assert when SEU_ERROR detected.

Related Information
5 Number of region ID in-use is limited by the region mask specified in the .smh.
Level Two Title