Article ID: 000095918 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 08/01/2023

Why does the F-Tile Ethernet Intel® FPGA Hard IP Design Example fail to program when targeting the Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA I-Series Transceiver-SoC Development Kit (4x F-Tile)?

Environment

  • Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
  • Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Programmer and Tools
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    Description

    Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 23.2, device programming will fail for the F-Tile Ethernet Intel® FPGA Hard IP Design Example when targeting the following Development kits:
    DK-SI-AGI027FA (Power Solution 2: Not Intel® Enpirion® power solution)
    DK-SI-AGI027FC (Power Solution 2: Not Intel® Enpirion® power solution)

     

     

    Resolution

    To work around this problem, change the VID settings within the design example's .QSF file. The correct VID settings can be obtained from section 6.1 Add SmartVID Settings in the Intel® Quartus® Prime QSF file of the Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA I-Series Transceiver-SoC Development Kit User Guide found here: add-smartvid-settings-in-the-qsf-file.html

     

    The correct VID settings are:
    set_global_assignment -name USE_PWRMGT_SCL SDM_IO0
    set_global_assignment -name USE_PWRMGT_SDA SDM_IO12
    set_global_assignment -name USE_CONF_DONE SDM_IO16
    set_global_assignment -name VID_OPERATION_MODE "PMBUS MASTER"
    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_BUS_SPEED_MODE "100 KHZ"
    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_SLAVE_DEVICE_TYPE LTC3888
    set_global_assignment -name NUMBER_OF_SLAVE_DEVICE 1
    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_SLAVE_DEVICE0_ADDRESS 62
    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_VOLTAGE_OUTPUT_FORMAT "LINEAR FORMAT"
    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_LINEAR_FORMAT_N "-12"
    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_TRANSLATED_VOLTAGE_VALUE_UNIT VOLTS

    Ensure that no similar settings with different values exist in the QSF file.

    This problem is scheduled to be fixed in a future release of the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software.

    Related Products

    This article applies to 1 products

    Intel Agilex® 7 FPGAs and SoC FPGAs I-Series