AN 802: Intel® Stratix® 10 SoC Device Design Guidelines

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Date 12/14/2020
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2.4.1.2. PHY Interfaces Connected Through FPGA I/O

Using FPGA I/O for an HPS EMAC PHY interface can be helpful when there are not enough left to accommodate the PHY interface or when you want to adapt to a PHY interface not natively supported by the HPS EMAC.

GUIDELINE: Specify the PHY interface transmit clock frequency when configuring the HPS component in Platform Designer.

For either GMII or MII, including adapting to other PHY interfaces, specify the maximum transmit path clock frequency for the HPS EMAC PHY interface: 125 MHz for GMII, 25 MHz for MII. This configuration results in the proper clock timing constraints being applied to the PHY interface transmit clock upon Platform Designer system generation.