GPIO IP User Guide: Arria® 10 and Cyclone® 10 GX Devices

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Date 9/29/2025
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1. GPIO IP User Guide: Arria® 10 and Cyclone® 10 GX Devices
1. GPIO IP User Guide: Arria® 10 and Cyclone® 10 GX Devices x
1.1. Release Information for GPIO IP 1.2. GPIO IP Features 1.3. GPIO IP Data Paths 1.4. GPIO IP Interface Signals 1.5. Verifying Resource Utilization and Design Performance 1.6. GPIO FPGA IP Parameter Settings 1.7. Register Packing 1.8. GPIO FPGA IP Timing 1.9. GPIO FPGA IP Design Examples 1.10. IP Migration Flow for Arria® V, Cyclone® V, and Stratix® V Devices 1.11. GPIO IP User Guide Archives 1.12. Document Revision History for the GPIO IP User Guide: Arria® 10 and Cyclone® 10 GX Devices
1.3. GPIO IP Data Paths x
1.3.1. Input Path 1.3.2. Output and Output Enable Paths
1.4. GPIO IP Interface Signals x
1.4.1. Shared Signals 1.4.2. Data Bit-Order for Data Interface 1.4.3. Input and Output Bus High and Low Bits 1.4.4. Data Interface Signals and Corresponding Clocks
1.8. GPIO FPGA IP Timing x
1.8.1. Timing Components 1.8.2. Delay Elements 1.8.3. Timing Analysis 1.8.4. Timing Closure Guidelines
1.8.3. Timing Analysis x
1.8.3.1. Single Data Rate Input Register 1.8.3.2. Full-Rate or Half-Rate DDIO Input Register 1.8.3.3. Single Data Rate Output Register 1.8.3.4. Full-Rate or Half-Rate DDIO Output Register
1.9. GPIO FPGA IP Design Examples x
1.9.1. GPIO FPGA IP Synthesizable Quartus® Prime Design Example 1.9.2. GPIO FPGA IP Simulation Design Example
1.10. IP Migration Flow for Arria® V, Cyclone® V, and Stratix® V Devices x
1.10.1. Migrating Your ALTDDIO_IN, ALTDDIO_OUT, ALTDDIO_BIDIR, and ALTIOBUF IP Cores 1.10.2. Guideline: Swap datain_h and datain_l Ports in Migrated IP
1. GPIO IP User Guide: Arria® 10 and Cyclone® 10 GX Devices

1.8.4. Timing Closure Guidelines

For the GPIO input registers, the input I/O transfer is likely to fail the hold time if you do not set the input delay chain. This failure is caused by the clock delay being larger than the data delay.

To meet the hold time, add delay to the input data path using the input delay chain. In general, the input delay chain is around 60 ps per step at the –1 speed grade. To get an approximate input delay chain setting to pass the timing, divide the negative hold slack by 60 ps.

However, if the I/O PLL drives the clocks of the GPIO input registers (simple register or DDIO mode), you can set the compensation mode to source synchronous mode. The Fitter automatically configures the I/O PLL to improve the setup and hold slack for the input I/O timing analysis.

For the GPIO output and output enable registers, you can add delay to the output data and clock using the output and output enable delay chains.

  • If you observe setup time violation, you can increase the output clock delay chain setting.
  • If you observe hold time violation, you can increase the output data delay chain setting.
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