Embedded Peripherals IP User Guide

ID 683130
Date 10/24/2025
Public
Document Table of Contents
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

5.4. Interface Signals

Table 20.  Interface Signals
Signal Names Width (bit) Direction Description
Clock Interface
clk 1 Input Input clock signal.
Reset Interface
reset_n 1 Input Synchronous reset signal.
Avalon® memory-mapped interface Agent Interface 7
avmm_read 1 Input Use this signal to enable read from the status register, error register, posted RX fifo or non-posted RX fifo.
avmm_readdata[31:0] 32 Output Use this signal to read data from the status register , error register, posted RX fifo or non-posted RX fifo.
avmm_write 1 Input Use this signal to enable write to posted TX fifo or non-posted TX fifo.
avmm_writedata[31:0] 32 Input Use this signal to write data to posted TX fifo or non-posted TX fifo.
avmm_address[4:0] 5 Input Avalon address determines address to access the respective register/fifo.
Interrupt Signal
irq 1 Output Interrupt signal reflects update to status register. It is also triggered when the error register bit is asserted.
eSPI Interface
espi_clk 1 Input eSPI serial clock signal.

Frequency range: 20 MHz to 66 MHz.

espi_reset_n 1 Input eSPI reset signal.
espi_cs_n 1 Input eSPI chip select signal.
espi_data[1:0]/[3:0] 2 or 4 Input/Output eSPI bidirectional data bus. Data bus configuration is determined by the eSPI Mode of Operation parameter.
  • 2-bit data bus:
    • Single I/O
    • Single and Dual I/O
  • 4-bit data bus:
    • Single and Quad I/O
    • Single, Dual, and Quad I/O
espi_alert_n 1 Output eSPI alert signal.
Conduit
slp_s5_n 1 Output S5 sleep control signal is sent when the power to non-critical systems should be shut off in S5.
slp_s4_n 1 Output S4 sleep control signal is sent when the power to non-critical systems should be shut off in S4.
slp_s3_n 1 Output S3 sleep control signal is sent when the power to non-critical systems should be shut off in S3.
slp_a_n 1 Output Use sleep A signal to support ASW devices that need power in the SX platform when the Intel® ME is on.
slp_lan_n 1 Output LAN sub-system sleep control signal is sent when the power to external wired LAN PHY can be shut off.
slp_wlan_n 1 Output Wireless LAN sub-system sleep control signal is sent when the power to external wireless LAN PHY can be shut off.
sus_stat_n 1 Output Suspend status signal is sent when the system is about to enter a low power state.
sus_pwrdn_ack 1 Output Suspend power down acknowledgement signal.
sus_warn_n 1 Output Suspend warning signal.
oob_rst_warn 1 Output Host sends this signal before the OOB processor is about to reset.
host_rst_warn 1 Output Host sends this signal before the host is about to reset.
smiout_n 1 Output Host sends this signal indicating the occurrence of SMI event.
nmiout_n 1 Output Host sends this signal indicating the occurrence of NMI event.
host_c10 1 Output Indicates that the host CPU has entered deep power down state C10 or deeper.
pch_to_ec[7:0] 8 Output 8 independent Virtual Wire placeholder from the platform controller hub (eSPI host) to the eSPI agent IP.
ec_to_pch[7:0] 8 Input 8 independent Virtual Wire placeholder from eSPI agent IP to the platform controller hub (eSPI host).
sus_ack_n 1 Input Suspend acknowledgement signal.
oob_rst_ack 1 Input OOB reset acknowledgement signal.
wake_n 1 Input This signal wakes host up from Sx on any event. It can also wake up on LID switch or AC insertion event.
pme_n 1 Input This signal wakes host up from Sx through PCI defined PME.
sci_n 1 Input General purpose alert signal which results in OS invoking ACPI method.
smi_n 1 Input General purpose alert signal which results in BIOS invoking SMI code.
rcin_n 1 Input To request CPU reset on behalf of the keyboard controller.
host_rst_ack 1 Input Host reset acknowledgement signal.
slave_boot_load_done 1 Input Indicates boot load completion.
slave_boot_load_status 1 Input Indicates boot load status.
pc_port<n>_<direction>[(m-1):0] m = 8/16/32 Input/Output Peripheral channel I/O ports with configurable data width and direction.

n = configurable value from 00 to A0.

For example: pc_port80_out[15:0]

rsmrst_n 1 Input This signal provides input reset to some of the Virtual Wire indexes.
vw_irq0 [7:0] 8 8 Input The virtual interrupt signal is triggered by an external source to enable communication with eSPI core.
vw_irq1 [7:0]8 8 Input
pltrst_n 1 Output Platform Reset Signal.
7 Use Avalon® memory-mapped interface to access the status register with Avalon address set to 00h and also the FIFO in the PC channel with Avalon address set to 04h.
8 The eSPI client can send multiple VW IRQ index groups in a single eSPI packet, up to the Operating Maximum VW Count programmed in its Virtual Wire Capabilities and Configuration Channel. For more information, refer to Table 9: Virtual Wire Index in the Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface (eSPI) Base Specification.