Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Date 11/04/2025
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Document Table of Contents x
1. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Quick Reference 2. About the Serial Lite III Streaming IP 3. Getting Started 4. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Core Design Examples 5. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Functional Description 6. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Clocking Guidelines 7. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Configuration and Status Registers 8. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Debugging Guidelines 9. Serial Lite III Streaming IP User Guide Archives 10. Document Revision History for the Serial Lite III Streaming IP User Guide
2. About the Serial Lite III Streaming IP x
2.1. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Protocol 2.2. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Protocol Operating Modes 2.3. Performance and Resource Utilization
2.2. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Protocol Operating Modes x
2.2.1. Continuous Mode 2.2.2. Burst Mode
3. Getting Started x
3.1. Installing and Licensing IPs 3.2. IP Evaluation Mode 3.3. Specifying IP Core Parameters and Options 3.4. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Parameters 3.5. Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller for Stratix® V and Arria® V GZ Designs 3.6. IP Generation Output ( Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 3.7. IP Core Generation Output ( Quartus® Prime Standard Edition) 3.8. Simulating
3.2. IP Evaluation Mode x
3.2.1. Altera® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode Timeout Behavior
3.3. Specifying IP Core Parameters and Options x
3.3.1. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Parameter Editor 3.3.2. Arria® 10 and Cyclone® 10 GX Designs
3.4. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Parameters x
3.4.1. Parameters 3.4.2. Parameter Settings for Stratix® 10 Devices 3.4.3. Parameter Settings for Arria® 10 and Cyclone® 10 GX Devices 3.4.4. Parameter Settings for Stratix V and Arria V GZ Devices
3.8. Simulating x
3.8.1. Simulating IP Cores 3.8.2. Simulation Parameters 3.8.3. Simulating and Verifying the Design
4. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Core Design Examples x
4.1. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Core Design Example for Stratix® 10 Devices 4.2. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Core Design Example for Arria® 10 and Cyclone® 10 GX Devices 4.3. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Design Examples for Stratix® V Devices
5. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Functional Description x
5.1. IP Architecture 5.2. Transmission Overheads and Lane Rate Calculations 5.3. Reset 5.4. Link-Up Sequence 5.5. Error Detection, Reporting, and Recovering Mechanism 5.6. CRC-32 Error Injection 5.7. FIFO ECC Protection 5.8. User Data Interface Waveforms 5.9. Signals 5.10. Accessing Configuration and Status Registers
5.1. IP Architecture x
5.1.1. Serial Lite III Streaming Source Core 5.1.2. Serial Lite III Streaming Sink Core 5.1.3. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Core Duplex Core 5.1.4. Interlaken PHY IP Duplex Core or Native PHY IP Duplex Core - Interlaken Mode or PCS Gearbox Mode 5.1.5. Stratix® 10, Arria® 10, Cyclone® 10 GX, Stratix® V, and Arria® V GZ Variations
5.1.1. Serial Lite III Streaming Source Core x
5.1.1.1. Source Application Module 5.1.1.2. Source Adaptation Module 5.1.1.3. Interlaken PHY IP TX Core or Native PHY IP TX Core - Interlaken Mode 5.1.1.4. Source Clock Generator
5.1.2. Serial Lite III Streaming Sink Core x
5.1.2.1. Sink Application Module 5.1.2.2. Sink Adaptation Module 5.1.2.3. Lane Alignment Module 5.1.2.4. Interlaken PHY IP RX Core or Native PHY IP RX Core - Interlaken Mode 5.1.2.5. Sink Clock Generator
5.9. Signals x
5.9.1. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Interface Signals 5.9.2. Signals for Stratix® 10 Devices 5.9.3. Signals for Arria® 10 and Cyclone® 10 GX Devices 5.9.4. Signals for Stratix® V and Arria® V GZ Devices
6. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Clocking Guidelines x
6.1. Standard Clocking Mode 6.2. Advanced Clocking Mode 6.3. Standard Clocking Mode vs Advanced Clocking Mode 6.4. Clocking Implementation Guidelines 6.5. Core Latency
6.1. Standard Clocking Mode x
6.1.1. Standard Clocking Mode in Serial Lite III Streaming IP Core ( Stratix® 10 Devices) 6.1.2. Standard Clocking Mode in Arria® 10, Cyclone® 10 GX, Stratix® V, and Arria® V Devices
6.2. Advanced Clocking Mode x
6.2.1. Advanced Clocking Mode Structure for Serial Lite III Streaming Intel FPGA IP Core ( Stratix® 10 Devices) 6.2.2. Advanced Clocking Mode Structure For Arria® 10, Cyclone® 10 GX, Stratix® V, and Arria® V Devices
6.4. Clocking Implementation Guidelines x
6.4.1. Choosing TX PLL Type
7. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Configuration and Status Registers x
7.1. Register Map 7.2. Configuration and Status Registers
8. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Debugging Guidelines x
8.1. Creating a Signal Tap Debug File to Match Your Design Hierarchy 8.2. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Link Debugging
8.2. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Link Debugging x
8.2.1. Source Core Link Debugging 8.2.2. Sink Core Link Debugging
1. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Quick Reference
2. About the Serial Lite III Streaming IP
3. Getting Started
4. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Core Design Examples
5. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Functional Description
6. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Clocking Guidelines
7. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Configuration and Status Registers
8. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Debugging Guidelines
9. Serial Lite III Streaming IP User Guide Archives
10. Document Revision History for the Serial Lite III Streaming IP User Guide

3.4.1. Parameters

Table 10.   Serial Lite III Streaming IP Parameter Description
Parameter Value Default Description
General Design Options

PMA mode

Duplex, Tx, Rx

 Duplex

Select the variation of the IP.

Number of PMA lanes

1

 1 Specifies the number of lanes.

Meta frame length in words

 200–8191 200

Specifies the metaframe length.
PMA reference clock frequency <Range supported by the transceiver PLLs> 106.25 MHz Specifies the reference clock frequency of the transceiver.
System PLL frequency 876.5625 MHz 876.5625 MHz Specifies the system PLL frequency.
Enable M20K ECC support Yes/No No Select to use error correcting code (ECC) protection to strengthen the FIFO buffers from single-event upset (SEU) changes. Enables built-in error correcting code (ECC) support on the M20K embedded block memory for single-error correction, double-adjacent-error correction, and triple-adjacent-error detection.
PMA Type FGT FGT Selects the transceiver type.
User Interface
Streaming Mode

BASIC,

FULL

 FULL Specifies the streaming mode.
  • BASIC: This is a pure streaming mode where data is sent without burst, sync, empty cycle, and frame delimiter to increase bandwidth.
  • FULL: This mode sends a burst and sync cycle at the start of frame and a burst and empty cycle at the end of frame. Provide a gap of one empty cycle between two data frames.
Required idle cycles between bursts 1, 2 2 Supports two values to optimize for bandwidth efficiency or maintain backward compatibility with existing Serial Lite III Streaming IPs (legacy).
  • 1: Recommended for high bandwidth streaming. The same Burst Gap setting must be set for both TX and RX IP cores.
  • 2: For backward compatibility with Quartus II software version 15.1 and older RX IP core.
Adaptation FIFO partial full threshold 8 - 18 15

Specifies the partial full threshold of the transmit FIFO. The ready_tx signal deasserts when data reaches this level in the FIFO.

Clocking mode

Standard clocking mode,

Advanced clocking mode

Standard clocking mode

Specifies the clocking mode.

Refer to Clocking Guidelines for more information.
User input

User clock frequency,

PMA data rate

 User clock frequency

Select User clock frequency to specify the user clock input and allow the IP to determine the transceiver data rate.

Select PMA data rate to specify the desired data rate and allow the IP to determine the user clock frequency.

User clock frequency required

Minimum: 50 MHz

Maximum: Limited by the supported transceiver data rates

398.4375 MHz

Specifies the desired frequency for the user clock input for the transmit (Standard Clocking Mode and Advanced Clocking Mode) and receive user interface (Standard Clocking Mode).

This frequency in turn determines the required transceiver data rate to support the calculated transmit and receive bandwidths.

PMA data rate

10 Gbps – 28.05 Gbps

28.05 Gbps

The effective data rate at the output of the transceivers, incorporating transmission and other overheads.

The parameter editor automatically calculates this value by adding the input data rate with transmission overheads to provide you with a selection of user clock frequency.

Aggregate user bandwidth

number of lanes * required user clock frequency * 64

25.5 Gbps

This value is derived by multiplying the number of lanes and user interface data rate.
Enable debug endpoint Yes/No No When Yes, the Serial Lite III Streaming IP includes an embedded Debug Endpoint that internally connects to the Avalon memory-mapped interface. The IP can perform certain tests and debug functions through JTAG using the System Console.
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