AN 539: Test Methodology of Error Detection and Recovery using CRC in Intel FPGA Devices

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1. Test Methodology of Error Detection and Recovery using CRC in Intel® FPGA Devices
1. Test Methodology of Error Detection and Recovery using CRC in Intel® FPGA Devices x
1.1. Functional Description 1.2. Error Correction 1.3. Using the Error Detection CRC Feature 1.4. Error Injection 1.5. Modifying Single-Device .jam Files for Use in a Multi-Device JTAG Chain 1.6. Running .jam Files with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Jam Tools 1.7. Document Revision History for AN 539: Test Methodology of Error Detection and Recovery using CRC in Intel® FPGA Devices
1.1. Functional Description x
1.1.1. Configuration Error Detection 1.1.2. User Mode Error Detection 1.1.3. Error Detection Pin 1.1.4. Error Message Register 1.1.5. Error Detection Timing
1.1.4. Error Message Register x
1.1.4.1. EMR for Arria® II, Stratix® III, and Stratix® IV Devices 1.1.4.2. EMR for Arria® V, Cyclone® V, and Stratix® V Devices
1.3. Using the Error Detection CRC Feature x
1.3.1. Error Detection using User Logic 1.3.2. Error Detection using an External Host
1.3.1. Error Detection using User Logic x
1.3.1.1. Detecting CRC Errors through the CRC_ERROR Output Signal 1.3.1.2. Unloading the EMR through User Logic 1.3.1.3. Accessing the Error Detection Block through User Logic 1.3.1.4. User Logic Control Block 1.3.1.5. User Logic Control Block Signals
1.3.2. Error Detection using an External Host x
1.3.2.1. Detecting a CRC Error through the CRC_ERROR Output Signal 1.3.2.2. Unloading the EMR using an External Host
1.4. Error Injection x
1.4.1. Fault Injection Register 1.4.2. Error Injection using the EDERROR_INJECT JTAG Instruction 1.4.3. Clearing Fault Injection Register
1.4.1. Fault Injection Register x
1.4.1.1. Fault Injection for Arria® II, Stratix® III, and Stratix® IV Devices 1.4.1.2. Fault Injection for Arria® V, Cyclone® V, and Stratix® V Devices
1.4.2. Error Injection using the EDERROR_INJECT JTAG Instruction x
1.4.2.1. Injecting Single-Bit Error for Arria® II, Stratix® III, and Stratix® IV 1.4.2.2. Injecting Single-Bit Error for Arria® V, Stratix® V, and Cyclone® V Devices
1. Test Methodology of Error Detection and Recovery using CRC in Intel® FPGA Devices

1.4. Error Injection

To test the error detection block, you can intentionally inject errors. This error injection methodology provides design verification and system fault tolerance characterization. Using the EDERROR_INJECT JTAG instruction, you can inject a single error, double errors, or double-adjacent errors to the configuration memory.

The EDERROR_INJECT JTAG instructions is not designed to test internal scrubbing. If you want to validate the internal scrubbing feature, Intel recommends that you use the Intel® Quartus® Prime Fault Injection Debugger.

Table 6.   EDERROR_INJECT JTAG Instruction
JTAG Instruction Instruction Code Description
EDERROR_INJECT 00 0001 0101 This instruction controls the 21-bit JTAG fault injection register that is used for error injection.
Note: For Stratix® V III devices, you can only execute the EDERROR_INJECT JTAG instruction at a 50 MHz error detection frequency. Refer to the related information.

Section Content
Fault Injection Register
Error Injection using the EDERROR_INJECT JTAG Instruction
Clearing Fault Injection Register

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