SEU Mitigation User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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Date 11/25/2024
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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

4.2. Setting Up the SEU Mitigation Features

Perform these steps to set up the Agilex™ 5 SEU detection, enable internal and external scrubbing, enable sensitivity map generation, and allow fault injection.
  1. From the Quartus® Prime menu, select Assignments > Device.
  2. In the Device window, click Device and Pin Options
  3. In the Device and Pin Options window, navigate to Error Detection CRC.
  4. Specify the following options:
    Table 11.   Error Detection CRC Setting Option
    Option QSF Setting Description
    Enable error detection check set_global_assignment -name ENABLE_ED_CRC_CHECK <ON/OFF> Turn on to enable the error detection feature. This option is required for sensitivity processing and fault injection, or if you want to observe the SEU_ERROR pin behavior.
    Minimum SEU interval set_global_assignment -name MINIMUM_SEU_INTERVAL <1000>

    Enter a value of 0 to 10000 milliseconds to set the minimum time between two checks of the same bit. To check as frequently as possible, enter 0.

    The actual minimum interval may be higher than the value you specify. The System Message window reports the actual value when you select a generated .sof file as an input file in the Quartus® Prime Programming File Generator or Programmer.
    Note: To determine the minimum SEU detection interval of the device, set Minimum SEU interval to 0 or any value that is lower than the actual minimum interval.
    Enable internal scrubbing set_global_assignment -name INTERNAL_SCRUBBING <ON/OFF> Turn on to enable the error correction feature. You require this option for sensitivity processing.
    Generate SEU sensitivity map file (.smh) set_global_assignment -name ENABLE_ADV_SEU_DETECTION <ON/OFF> Turn on to generate the .smh file. You require this option for sensitivity processing.
    Allow SEU fault injection set_global_assignment -name ALLOW_SEU_FAULT_INJECTION <ON/OFF> Turn on to enable injecting fault using the Fault Injection Debugger.
    Enable external scrubbing set_global_assignment -name ENABLE_EXTERNAL_SCRUBBING <ON/OFF>

    Turn on to generate a .sof file with hashes of CRAM content for all sectors within the .sof option.

    Enable CRAM Integrity Check QSF setting = set_global_assignment -name ENABLE_CRAM_INTEGRITY_CHECK <ON/OFF>

    Turn on to enable CRAM integrity check on a non-PR or a design with a single PR region in the base design.
  5. Click OK.
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