1. Introduction
2. Avalon® -ST Serial Peripheral Interface Core
3. SPI Core
4. SPI Agent/JTAG to Avalon® Host Bridge Cores
5. Intel eSPI Agent Core
6. eSPI to LPC Bridge Core
7. Ethernet MDIO Core
8. Intel FPGA 16550 Compatible UART Core
9. UART Core
10. Lightweight UART Core
11. JTAG UART Core
12. Intel FPGA Avalon® Mailbox Core
13. Intel FPGA Avalon® Mutex Core
14. Intel FPGA Avalon® I2C (Host) Core
15. Intel FPGA I2C Agent to Avalon® -MM Host Bridge Core
16. EPCS/EPCQA Serial Flash Controller Core
17. Intel FPGA Serial Flash Controller Core
18. Intel FPGA Serial Flash Controller II Core
19. Intel FPGA Generic QUAD SPI Controller Core
20. Intel FPGA Generic QUAD SPI Controller II Core
21. Interval Timer Core
22. Intel FPGA Avalon FIFO Memory Core
23. On-Chip Memory (RAM and ROM) Intel FPGA IP
24. On-Chip Memory II (RAM or ROM) Intel FPGA IP
25. PIO Core
26. PLL Cores
27. DMA Controller Core
28. Modular Scatter-Gather DMA Core
29. Scatter-Gather DMA Controller Core
30. Video Sync Generator and Pixel Converter Cores
31. Intel FPGA Interrupt Latency Counter Core
32. Performance Counter Unit Core
33. Vectored Interrupt Controller Core
34. System ID Peripheral Core
35. Intel FPGA GMII to RGMII Converter Core
36. HPS GMII to RGMII Adapter IP
37. Intel FPGA MII to RMII Converter Core
38. HPS GMII to TSE 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Bridge Core IP
39. Intel FPGA HPS EMAC to Multi-rate PHY GMII Adapter Core
40. Intel FPGA MSI to GIC Generator Core
41. Cache Coherency Translator IP
42. Altera ACE5-Lite Cache Coherency Translator
8.2.1. Unsupported Features
8.2.2. Interface
8.2.3. General Architecture
8.2.4. 16550 UART General Programming Flow Chart
8.2.5. Configuration Parameters
8.2.6. DMA Support
8.2.7. FPGA Resource Usage
8.2.8. Timing and Fmax
8.2.9. Avalon® -MM Agent
8.2.10. Over-run/Under-run Conditions
8.2.11. Hardware Auto Flow-Control
8.2.12. Clock and Baud Rate Selection
14.5.2.1. Transfer Command FIFO (TFR_CMD)
14.5.2.2. Receive Data FIFO (RX_DATA)
14.5.2.3. Control Register (CTRL)
14.5.2.4. Interrupt Status Enable Register (ISER)
14.5.2.5. Interrupt Status Register (ISR)
14.5.2.6. Status Register (STATUS)
14.5.2.7. TFR CMD FIFO Level (TFR CMD FIFO LVL)
14.5.2.8. RX Data FIFO Level (RX Data FIFO LVL)
14.5.2.9. SCL Low Count (SCL LOW)
14.5.2.10. SCL High Count (SCL HIGH)
14.5.2.11. SDA Hold Count (SDA HOLD)
22.6.1. altera_avalon_fifo_init()
22.6.2. altera_avalon_fifo_read_status()
22.6.3. altera_avalon_fifo_read_ienable()
22.6.4. altera_avalon_fifo_read_almostfull()
22.6.5. altera_avalon_fifo_read_almostempty()
22.6.6. altera_avalon_fifo_read_event()
22.6.7. altera_avalon_fifo_read_level()
22.6.8. altera_avalon_fifo_clear_event()
22.6.9. altera_avalon_fifo_write_ienable()
22.6.10. altera_avalon_fifo_write_almostfull()
22.6.11. altera_avalon_fifo_write_almostempty()
22.6.12. altera_avalon_write_fifo()
22.6.13. altera_avalon_write_other_info()
22.6.14. altera_avalon_fifo_read_fifo()
22.6.15. altera_avalon_fifo_read_other_info()
23.1. Core Overview
23.2. Component-Level Design for On-Chip Memory
23.3. Platform Designer System-Level Design for On-Chip Memory
23.4. Simulation for On-Chip Memory
23.5. Quartus® Prime Project-Level Design for On-Chip Memory
23.6. Board-Level Design for On-Chip Memory
23.7. Example Design with On-Chip Memory
23.8. On-Chip Memory (RAM and ROM) Intel FPGA IP Revision History
24.1. Core Overview
24.2. Embedded Memory Architecture and Features
24.3. Component-Level Configurations
24.4. Interface Signals
24.5. Control and Status Registers
24.6. Software Programming Model
24.7. Platform Designer System-Level Design for On-Chip Memory II
24.8. Simulation for On-Chip Memory II
24.9. Quartus® Prime Project-Level Design for On-Chip Memory II
24.10. Board-Level Design for On-Chip Memory II
24.11. Example Design with On-Chip Memory II
24.12. On-Chip Memory II (RAM and ROM) Intel FPGA IP Revision History
28.1. Core Overview
28.2. Feature Description
28.3. mSGDMA Descriptors
28.4. mSGDMA Descriptors with Prefetcher
28.5. mSGDMA IP Interface
28.6. mSGDMA Interrupt
28.7. Register Map of mSGDMA
28.8. Parameters
28.9. mSGDMA Programming Model
28.10. mSGDMA Prefetcher Programming Model
28.11. Driver Implementation
28.12. Example Code Using mSGDMA Core
28.13. Modular Scatter-Gather DMA Prefetcher Core
28.14. Modular Scatter-Gather DMA Dispatcher Core
28.15. Modular Scatter-Gather DMA Write Master Core
28.16. Modular Scatter-Gather DMA Read Master Core
28.17. Modular Scatter-Gather DMA Core Revision History
28.7.1. Status Register (Offset 0x0)
28.7.2. Control Register (Offset 0x4)
28.7.3. Read and Write Fill Level Register (Offset 0x8)
28.7.4. Response Fill Level Register (Offset 0xC)
28.7.5. Sequence Number Register (Offset 0x10)
28.7.6. Component Configuration 1 Register (Offset 0x14)
28.7.7. Component Configuration 2 Register (Offset 0x18)
28.7.8. Component Specification Register (Offset 0x1C)
28.7.9. Response Register (when MM response port is enabled)
28.7.10. Prefetcher Register
28.11.1. alt_msgdma_standard_descriptor_async_transfer
28.11.2. alt_msgdma_extended_descriptor_async_transfer
28.11.3. alt_msgdma_standard_descriptor_sync_transfer
28.11.4. alt_msgdma_extended_descriptor_sync_transfer
28.11.5. alt_msgdma_descriptor_sync_transfer
28.11.6. alt_msgdma_construct_standard_st_to_mm_descriptor
28.11.7. alt_msgdma_construct_standard_mm_to_st_descriptor
28.11.8. alt_msgdma_construct_standard_mm_to_mm_descriptor
28.11.9. alt_msgdma_construct_extended_st_to_mm_descriptor
28.11.10. alt_msgdma_construct_extended_mm_to_st_descriptor
28.11.11. alt_msgdma_construct_extended_mm_to_mm_descriptor
28.11.12. alt_msgdma_construct_prefetcher_standard_mm_to_mm_descriptor
28.11.13. alt_msgdma_construct_prefetcher_standard_st_to_mm_descriptor
28.11.14. alt_msgdma_construct_prefetcher_standard_mm_to_st_descriptor
28.11.15. alt_msgdma_construct_prefetcher_extended_mm_to_mm_descriptor
28.11.16. alt_msgdma_construct_prefetcher_extended_st_to_mm_descriptor
28.11.17. alt_msgdma_construct_prefetcher_extended_mm_to_st_descriptor
28.11.18. alt_msgdma_prefetcher_add_standard_desc_to_list
28.11.19. alt_msgdma_prefetcher_add_extended_desc_to_list
28.11.20. alt_msgdma_start_prefetcher_with_std_desc_list
28.11.21. alt_msgdma_start_prefetcher_with_extd_desc_list
28.11.22. alt_msgdma_register_callback
28.11.23. alt_msgdma_open
28.11.24. alt_msgdma_init
28.14.7.1.1. Status Register (Offset 0x0)
28.14.7.1.2. Control Register (Offset 0x4)
28.14.7.1.3. Read and Write Fill Level Register (Offset 0x8)
28.14.7.1.4. Response Fill Level Register (Offset 0xC)
28.14.7.1.5. Sequence Number Register (Offset 0x10)
28.14.7.1.6. Component Configuration 1 Register (Offset 0x14)
28.14.7.1.7. Component Configuration 2 Register (Offset 0x18)
28.14.7.1.8. Component Specification Register (Offset 0x1C)
28.14.7.1.9. Response Register (when MM response port is enabled)
29.7.1. Data Structure
29.7.2. SG-DMA API
29.7.3. alt_avalon_sgdma_do_async_transfer()
29.7.4. alt_avalon_sgdma_do_sync_transfer()
29.7.5. alt_avalon_sgdma_construct_mem_to_mem_desc()
29.7.6. alt_avalon_sgdma_construct_stream_to_mem_desc()
29.7.7. alt_avalon_sgdma_construct_mem_to_stream_desc()
29.7.8. alt_avalon_sgdma_enable_desc_poll()
29.7.9. alt_avalon_sgdma_disable_desc_poll()
29.7.10. alt_avalon_sgdma_check_descriptor_status()
29.7.11. alt_avalon_sgdma_register_callback()
29.7.12. alt_avalon_sgdma_start()
29.7.13. alt_avalon_sgdma_stop()
29.7.14. alt_avalon_sgdma_open()
33.5.6.1. altera_vic_driver.enable_preemption
33.5.6.2. altera_vic_driver.enable_preemption_into_new_register_set
33.5.6.3. altera_vic_driver.enable_preemption_rs_<n>
33.5.6.4. altera_vic_driver.linker_section
33.5.6.5. altera_vic_driver.<name>.vec_size
33.5.6.6. altera_vic_driver.<name>.irq<n>_rrs
33.5.6.7. altera_vic_driver.<name>.irq<n>_ril
33.5.6.8. altera_vic_driver.<name>.irq<n>_rnmi
33.5.6.9. Default Settings for RRS and RIL
33.5.6.10. VIC BSP Design Rules for Intel FPGA HAL Implementation
33.5.6.11. RTOS Considerations
1.2. Device Support
The following IP cores are only supported in Quartus® Prime Standard Edition:
- EPCS Serial Flash Controller Core
- Scatter-Gather DMA Controller Core
- Video Sync Generator and Pixel Converter Cores
- Avalon® Streaming Interface Test Pattern Generator1
- Modular ADC Core (only for MAX® 10 devices)
- Modular Dual ADC Core (only for MAX® 10 devices)
Note: Quartus® Prime Standard Edition supports older FPGA devices: Stratix® V and below, Arria® V and below, Cyclone® V and below. For more information, refer to the Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software and Device Support Release Notes.
| Component Name | Agilex™ 3 | Agilex™ 5 | Agilex™ 7 | Stratix® 10 | Arria® 10 | Cyclone® 10 GX | MAX® 10 | Arria® V, Stratix® V, Cyclone® V |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon-ST Serial Peripheral Interface Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SPI Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SPI Agent/JTAG to Avalon Host Bridge Cores | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Intel eSPI Agent Core | Yes | — | — | — | Yes | — | Yes | — |
| eSPI to LPC Bridge Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| Ethernet MDIO Core | — | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Intel FPGA 16550 Compatible UART Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| UART Core | — | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lightweight UART Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | —, Yes, Yes |
| JTAG UART Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Intel FPGA Avalon Mailbox Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Intel FPGA Avalon Mutex Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Intel FPGA Avalon I2C (Host) Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Intel FPGA I2C Agent to Avalon-MM Host Bridge Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| EPCS/EPCQA Serial Flash Controller Core | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Yes |
| Intel FPGA Serial Flash Controller Core | — | — | — | — | Yes | Yes | — | Yes |
| Intel FPGA Serial Flash Controller II Core | — | — | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Yes |
| Intel FPGA Generic QUAD SPI Controller Core | — | — | — | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Intel FPGA Generic QUAD SPI Controller II Core | — | — | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Interval Timer Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Intel FPGA Avalon FIFO Memory Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| On-Chip Memory (RAM and ROM) Intel FPGA IP | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| On-Chip Memory II (RAM or ROM) Intel FPGA IP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| PIO Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PLL Cores | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DMA Controller Core | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Modular Scatter-Gather DMA Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scatter-Gather DMA Controller Core | — | — | — | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| Video Sync Generator and Pixel Converter Cores | — | — | — | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| Intel FPGA Interrupt Latency Counter Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Performance Counter Unit Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Vectored Interrupt Controller Core | — | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| System ID Peripheral Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Intel FPGA GMII to RGMII Converter Core | — | — | — | — | Yes | — | — | Yes, —, — |
| HPS GMII to RGMII Adapter IP | — | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Intel FPGA MII to RMII Converter Core | — | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Intel FPGA HPS GMII to TSE 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Bridge Core | — | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | Yes, —, — |
| Intel FPGA HPS EMAC to Multi-rate PHY GMII Adapter Core | — | — | — | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Intel FPGA MSI to GIC Generator Core | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cache Coherency Translator Intel FPGA IP | — | — | Yes | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Altera ACE5-Lite Cache Coherency Translator | Yes | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other IP cores described in this user guide support all Intel® FPGA device families unless specified in their respective chapter.
Different device families support different I/O standards, which may affect the ability of the core to interface to certain components. For details about supported I/O types, refer to the device handbook for the target device family.
1 Avalon® Streaming Interface Test Pattern Checker Core is supported in the Quartus® Prime Standard Edition and Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software.