Arria® 10 Core Fabric and General Purpose I/Os Handbook
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683461
Date
5/16/2025
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1. Logic Array Blocks and Adaptive Logic Modules in Arria® 10 Devices
2. Embedded Memory Blocks in Arria® 10 Devices
3. Variable Precision DSP Blocks in Arria® 10 Devices
4. Clock Networks and PLLs in Arria® 10 Devices
5. I/O and High Speed I/O in Arria® 10 Devices
6. External Memory Interfaces in Arria® 10 Devices
7. Configuration, Design Security, and Remote System Upgrades in Arria® 10 Devices
8. SEU Mitigation for Arria® 10 Devices
9. JTAG Boundary-Scan Testing in Arria® 10 Devices
10. Power Management in Arria® 10 Devices
2.1. Types of Embedded Memory
2.2. Embedded Memory Design Guidelines for Arria® 10 Devices
2.3. Embedded Memory Features
2.4. Embedded Memory Modes
2.5. Embedded Memory Clocking Modes
2.6. Parity Bit in Embedded Memory Blocks
2.7. Byte Enable in Embedded Memory Blocks
2.8. Memory Blocks Packed Mode Support
2.9. Memory Blocks Address Clock Enable Support
2.10. Memory Blocks Asynchronous Clear
2.11. Memory Blocks Error Correction Code Support
2.12. Embedded Memory Blocks in Arria® 10 Devices Revision History
3.4.1. Input Register Bank
3.4.2. Pipeline Register
3.4.3. Pre-Adder for Fixed-Point Arithmetic
3.4.4. Internal Coefficient for Fixed-Point Arithmetic
3.4.5. Multipliers
3.4.6. Adder
3.4.7. Accumulator and Chainout Adder for Fixed-Point Arithmetic
3.4.8. Systolic Registers for Fixed-Point Arithmetic
3.4.9. Double Accumulation Register for Fixed-Point Arithmetic
3.4.10. Output Register Bank
4.2.1. PLL Usage
4.2.2. PLL Architecture
4.2.3. PLL Control Signals
4.2.4. Clock Feedback Modes
4.2.5. Clock Multiplication and Division
4.2.6. Programmable Phase Shift
4.2.7. Programmable Duty Cycle
4.2.8. PLL Cascading
4.2.9. Reference Clock Sources
4.2.10. Clock Switchover
4.2.11. PLL Reconfiguration and Dynamic Phase Shift
5.1. I/O and Differential I/O Buffers in Arria® 10 Devices
5.2. I/O Standards and Voltage Levels in Arria® 10 Devices
5.3. Altera FPGA I/O IP Cores for Arria® 10 Devices
5.4. I/O Resources in Arria® 10 Devices
5.5. Architecture and General Features of I/Os in Arria® 10 Devices
5.6. High Speed Source-Synchronous SERDES and DPA in Arria® 10 Devices
5.7. Using the I/Os and High Speed I/Os in Arria® 10 Devices
5.8. I/O and High Speed I/O in Arria® 10 Devices Revision History
5.6.1. Arria® 10 LVDS SERDES Usage Modes
5.6.2. SERDES Circuitry
5.6.3. SERDES I/O Standards Support in Arria® 10 Devices
5.6.4. Differential Transmitter in Arria® 10 Devices
5.6.5. Differential Receiver in Arria® 10 Devices
5.6.6. PLLs and Clocking for Arria® 10 Devices
5.6.7. Timing and Optimization for Arria® 10 Devices
5.6.6.1. Clocking Differential Transmitters
5.6.6.2. Clocking Differential Receivers
5.6.6.3. Guideline: LVDS Reference Clock Source
5.6.6.4. Guideline: Use PLLs in Integer PLL Mode for LVDS
5.6.6.5. Guideline: Use High-Speed Clock from PLL to Clock LVDS SERDES Only
5.6.6.6. Guideline: Pin Placement for Differential Channels
5.6.6.7. LVDS Interface with External PLL Mode
5.7.1. I/O and High-Speed I/O General Guidelines for Arria® 10 Devices
5.7.2. Mixing Voltage-Referenced and Non-Voltage-Referenced I/O Standards
5.7.3. Guideline: Maximum Current Driving I/O Pins While Turned Off and During Power Sequencing
5.7.4. Guideline: Using the I/O Pins in HPS Shared I/O Banks
5.7.5. Guideline: Maximum DC Current Restrictions
5.7.6. Guideline: LVDS SERDES IP Core Instantiation
5.7.7. Guideline: LVDS SERDES Pin Pairs for Soft-CDR Mode
5.7.8. Guideline: Minimizing High Jitter Impact on Arria® 10 GPIO Performance
5.7.9. Guideline: Usage of I/O Bank 2A for External Memory Interfaces
6.1. Key Features of the Arria® 10 External Memory Interface Solution
6.2. Memory Standards Supported by Arria® 10 Devices
6.3. External Memory Interface Widths in Arria® 10 Devices
6.4. External Memory Interface I/O Pins in Arria® 10 Devices
6.5. Memory Interfaces Support in Arria® 10 Device Packages
6.6. External Memory Interface IP Support in Arria® 10 Devices
6.7. External Memory Interface Architecture of Arria® 10 Devices
6.8. External Memory Interface in Arria® 10 Devices Revision History
6.5.1. Arria® 10 Package Support for DDR3 x40 with ECC
6.5.2. Arria® 10 Package Support for DDR3 x72 with ECC Single and Dual-Rank
6.5.3. Arria® 10 Package Support for DDR4 x40 with ECC
6.5.4. Arria® 10 Package Support for DDR4 x72 with ECC Single-Rank
6.5.5. Arria® 10 Package Support for DDR4 x72 with ECC Dual-Rank
6.5.6. HPS External Memory Interface Connections in Arria® 10
9.1. BST Operation Control
9.2. I/O Voltage for JTAG Operation
9.3. Performing BST
9.4. Enabling and Disabling IEEE Std. 1149.1 BST Circuitry
9.5. Guidelines for IEEE Std. 1149.1 Boundary-Scan Testing
9.6. IEEE Std. 1149.1 Boundary-Scan Register
9.7. JTAG Boundary-Scan Testing in Arria® 10 Devices Revision History
10.1. Power Consumption
10.2. Power Reduction Techniques
10.3. Power Sense Line
10.4. Voltage Sensor
10.5. Temperature Sensing Diode
10.6. Power-On Reset Circuitry
10.7. Power Sequencing Considerations for Arria® 10 Devices
10.8. Power Supply Design
10.9. Power Management in Arria® 10 Devices Revision History
7.3.3.6. User Mode
You can enable the optional INIT_DONE pin to monitor the initialization stage. After the INIT_DONE pin is pulled high, initialization completes and your design starts executing. The user I/O pins then function as specified by your design.
During device initialization stage, the FPGA registers, core logic, and I/O are not released from reset at the same time. The increase in clock frequency, device size, and design complexity require a reset strategy that considers the differences in the release from reset. Altera recommends that you use the following implementations to reset your design properly and until the device has fully entered user mode:
- Hold the entire design in reset for a period of time by following the CONF_DONE high to user mode (tCD2UM) or CONF_DONE high to user mode with CLKUSR option turned on (tCD2UMC) specifications as defined in the Arria® 10 Device Datasheet before starting any operation after the device enters into user mode. For example, the tCD2UM range for Arria® 10 device is between 175 us to 830 us.
- Use an internal init_done signal to hold the reset of your core registers, core logic, and I/O registers until the device has fully entered user mode. The internal init_done signal is high (enabled) until the entire device enters user mode.
twentynm_controller u1 ( .initdonecore(init_done) );
- If you have an external device that reacts based on an Altera FPGA output pin, perform the following steps to avoid false reaction:
- Ensure that the external device ignores the state of the FPGA output pin until the external INIT_DONE pin goes high. Refer to the tCD2UM or tCD2UMC specifications in the Arria® 10 Device Datasheet for more information.
- Keep the input state to the external device constant by using the external logic until the external INIT_DONE pin goes high.
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