Device Design Guidelines: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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Date 4/01/2024
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Document Table of Contents x
1. Introduction to Agilex™ 5 Device Design Guidelines 2. System Specification 3. Device Selection 4. Design Entry 5. Board and Software consideration 6. Design Implementation, Analysis, Optimization and Verification 7. Debugging
1. Introduction to Agilex™ 5 Device Design Guidelines x
1.1. Introduction to Agilex™ 5 Device Design Guide Revision History
2. System Specification x
2.1. Design Specification 2.2. Install Quartus® Prime Software 2.3. IP selection 2.4. Simulation 2.5. Preparing for Design Entry 2.6. I/O Summary 2.7. Using SDM in your devices 2.8. System Specification Revision History
2.3. IP selection x
2.3.1. IP cores 2.3.2. HPS IP
2.3.1. IP cores x
2.3.1.1. Interface Protocol IP cores
2.4. Simulation x
2.4.1. RTL Simulation 2.4.2. Simics® Simulator
2.5. Preparing for Design Entry x
2.5.1. Coding Styles and Design Recommendation 2.5.2. Platform Designer
3. Device Selection x
3.1. Device Variant 3.2. Device Selection Revision History
3.1. Device Variant x
3.1.1. Speed Grade and Package 3.1.2. Power option 3.1.3. Device Migration within Agilex™ 5 3.1.4. PLL 3.1.5. Logic element, Embedded memory, and DSP 3.1.6. I/O and LVDS SERDES 3.1.7. MIPI D-DPHY 3.1.8. Transceiver 3.1.9. Hard Processor System
4. Design Entry x
4.1. Design entry for FPGA 4.2. Design entry for Nios® V 4.3. Design entry for HPS 4.4. Design Entry Revision History
4.1. Design entry for FPGA x
4.1.1. Configuration Consideration 4.1.2. I/O and LVDS SERDES 4.1.3. PLL and Clock Planning 4.1.4. EMIF 4.1.5. Transceiver Planning 4.1.6. Sensors 4.1.7. MIPI D-PHY
4.1.1. Configuration Consideration x
4.1.1.1. Partial Reconfiguration 4.1.1.2. SEU
4.1.2. I/O and LVDS SERDES x
4.1.2.1. Making FPGA Pin Assignments Checklist 4.1.2.2. Early Pin Planning and I/O Assignment Analysis for the FPGA Device 4.1.2.3. Agilex™ 5 I/O Features and Pin Connections
4.1.2.3. Agilex™ 5 I/O Features and Pin Connections x
4.1.2.3.1. I/O Signaling Type 4.1.2.3.2. Selectable Standards and Flexible I/O Banks 4.1.2.3.3. Agilex™ 5 Dual-Purpose and Special Pin Connections 4.1.2.3.4. Agilex™ 5 I/O Features
4.1.3. PLL and Clock Planning x
4.1.3.1. Clock and PLL Selection 4.1.3.2. PLL Feature Guidelines 4.1.3.3. Clock Feedback Mode 4.1.3.4. Clock Outputs 4.1.3.5. Clock Control Features
4.1.6. Sensors x
4.1.6.1. Voltage sensor 4.1.6.2. Temperature Sensor and Temperature Diode
4.3. Design entry for HPS x
4.3.1. Simics® Simulator 4.3.2. HPS IP Instantiation in Quartus® Prime
5. Board and Software consideration x
5.1. Early Board Planning 5.2. Boundary Scan for FPGA and HPS 5.3. Pin Connection Considerations for Board Design 5.4. Planning for Device Configuration 5.5. Board and Software Consideration Revision History
5.1. Early Board Planning x
5.1.1. Power - SmartVID or Fix Voltage 5.1.2. Thermal Management and Design
5.1.1. Power - SmartVID or Fix Voltage x
5.1.1.1. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator 5.1.1.2. Power-Up and Power-Down Sequencing
5.3. Pin Connection Considerations for Board Design x
5.3.1. Board-Related Quartus® Prime Settings 5.3.2. Signal Integrity Considerations 5.3.3. Board-Level Simulation and Advanced I/O Timing Analysis
5.3.1. Board-Related Quartus® Prime Settings x
5.3.1.1. Unused Pins
5.3.2. Signal Integrity Considerations x
5.3.2.1. High-Speed Board Design 5.3.2.2. Simultaneous Switching Noise 5.3.2.3. I/O Termination
5.4. Planning for Device Configuration x
5.4.1. Device Power Cycling and Reconfiguration 5.4.2. Configuration Scheme Selection 5.4.3. Configuration Features 5.4.4. Quartus® Prime Configuration Settings 5.4.5. Configuration Pin Connections 5.4.6. JTAG Pins 5.4.7. MSEL Configuration Mode Pins 5.4.8. Other Configuration Pins
5.4.2. Configuration Scheme Selection x
5.4.2.1. Serial Configuration Devices 5.4.2.2. Intel® FPGA Download Cable II
5.4.4. Quartus® Prime Configuration Settings x
5.4.4.1. Optional Configuration Pins 5.4.4.2. Dual Purpose Configuration Pins
5.4.5. Configuration Pin Connections x
5.4.5.1. Configuration Pin Voltage Level 5.4.5.2. Clock Trace Signal Integrity
5.4.6. JTAG Pins x
5.4.6.1. JTAG Pin Connections 5.4.6.2. JTAG Signal Buffering 5.4.6.3. Download Cable Operating Voltage
6. Design Implementation, Analysis, Optimization and Verification x
6.1. Synthesis Tool 6.2. Device Resource Reports 6.3. Quartus® Prime Message 6.4. Design Assistant Design Rule Checking 6.5. Timing Constraints and Analysis 6.6. Area and Timing Optimization 6.7. Preserving Performance and Reducing Compilation Time 6.8. Designing with Hyperflex® 6.9. Simulation 6.10. Power Analysis 6.11. Design Implementation, Analysis, Optimization and Verification Revision History
6.5. Timing Constraints and Analysis x
6.5.1. Recommended Timing Optimization and Analysis Assignments 6.5.2. SDC-on-RTL and Post-Synthesis Static Timing Analysis
7. Debugging x
7.1. On-Chip Debug Overview 7.2. On-Chip Debugging Tools 7.3. Debugging Revision History
1. Introduction to Agilex™ 5 Device Design Guidelines
2. System Specification
3. Device Selection
4. Design Entry
5. Board and Software consideration
6. Design Implementation, Analysis, Optimization and Verification
7. Debugging

4.1.2.1. Making FPGA Pin Assignments Checklist

Table 15.  Making FPGA Pin Assignments Checklist

Number

Done?

Checklist Item

1

  

Use the Quartus® Prime Pin Planner to make pin assignments.

2

  

Use Quartus® Prime Fitter messages and reports for sign-off of pin assignments.

3

  

Verify that the Quartus® Prime pin assignments match those in the schematic and board

layout tools.

4

  

Plan interfaces and device periphery using the Interface Planner. After design synthesis, use the Interface Planner to rapidly define a legal device floorplan. Planning using the Interface Planner involves initialization of the Interface Planner, reconciliation of project assignments, placement of periphery elements and clocks, and export of plan constraints to your Quartus® Prime project.

With the Quartus® Prime Pin Planner GUI, you can identify I/O banks, bank voltage rails, and differential pin pairings to help you through the I/O planning process. Right-click in the Pin Planner spreadsheet interface and click the Pin Finder to search for specific pins. If migration devices are selected, the Pin Migration view highlights pins that change function in the migration device when compared to the currently selected device.

You have the option of importing a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet into the Quartus® Prime software to start the I/O planning process if you normally use a spreadsheet in your design flow. You can also export a spreadsheet compatible (.csv) file containing your I/O assignments when all pins are assigned.

When you compile your design in the Quartus® Prime software, I/O Assignment Analysis in the Fitter validates that the assignments meet all the device requirements and generates messages if there are any problems.

Quartus® Prime designers can then pass the pin location information to PCB designers. Pin assignments between the Quartus® Prime software and your schematic and board layout tools must match to ensure the design works correctly on the board where it is placed, especially if changes to the pin-out must be made. The Pin Planner is integrated with certain PCB design EDA tools and can read pin location changes from these tools to check the suggested changes. When you compile your design, the Quartus® Prime software generates the .pin file. You can use this file to verify that each pin is correctly connected in the board schematics.

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