Agilex™ 7 FPGA – Triple-Speed Ethernet and Onboard PHY Chip Reference Design Example

Agilex™ 7 FPGA – Triple-Speed Ethernet and Onboard PHY Chip Reference Design Example

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2/27/2020

Introduction

This reference design demonstrates the Ethernet operation between the Triple-Speed Ethernet IP core and onboard Marvell* 88E1111 PHY chip in the Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA F-Series Transceiver-SoC Development Kit.

Design Details

Device Family

Intel Agilex® 7 FPGAs and SoC FPGAs F-Series

Quartus Edition

Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition

Quartus Version

20.2

IP Cores (24)
IP Core IP Core Category
Altera In-System Sources & Probes SimulationDebugVerification
altera_jtag_avalon_master QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Channel Adapter QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Packets to Bytes Converter QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Timing Adapter QsysInterconnect
Avalon Packets to Transaction Converter QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Single Clock FIFO QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Bytes to Packets Converter QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST JTAG Interface QsysInterconnect
MM Interconnect QsysInterconnect
Memory-Mapped Router QsysInterconnect
Memory-Mapped Multiplexer QsysInterconnect
Avalon-MM Master Agent QsysInterconnect
Avalon-MM Slave Agent QsysInterconnect
Memory-Mapped Traffic Limiter QsysInterconnect
Avalon-MM Master Translator QsysInterconnect
Memory-Mapped Demultiplexer QsysInterconnect
Avalon-MM Slave Translator QsysInterconnect
Reset Controller QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Adapter QsysInterconnect
Triple-Speed Ethernet Ethernet
Altera LVDS SERDES Other
Altera IOPLL ClocksPLLsResets
Top level generated instrumentation fabric Debug & Performance

Detailed Description

Prepare the design template in the Quartus Prime software GUI (version 14.1 and later)


Note: After downloading the design example, you must prepare the design template. The file you downloaded is of the form of a <project>.par file which contains a compressed version of your design files (similar to a .qar file) and metadata describing the project. The combination of this information is what constitutes a <project>.par file. In releases 16.0 or newer, you can simply double click on the <project>.par file and Quartus will launch that project.


The second means to bring up the project template is through the New Project Wizard (File -> New Project Wizard). After entering the project name and folder on the first panel, the second panel will ask you to specify an empty project or project template. Select project template. You will see a list of Design Templates projects that you have loaded prior as well as various "Baseline Pinout Designs" that contain the pinout and settings for a variety of development kits. If you don't see your design template in the list, click on the link that states install the Design Templates circled below:



Browse to the <project>.par file you downloaded, click next, followed by Finish, and your design template will be installed and displayed in the Project Navigator pane in Quartus.


Note: When a design is stored in the Design Store as a design template, it has been previously regression tested against the stated version of Quartus software. The regression ensures the design template passes analysis/synthesis/fitting/assembly steps in the Quartus design flow.



Prepare the design template in the Quartus Prime software command-line


At the command-line, type the following command:

quartus_sh --platform_install -package <project directory>/<project>.par


Once the process completes, then type:

quartus_sh --platform -name <project>



Note:

* ACDS Version: 20.2.0 Pro


Design Details

Device Family

Intel Agilex® 7 FPGAs and SoC FPGAs F-Series

Quartus Edition

Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition

Quartus Version

20.2