Arria® 10 GX FPGA Development Kit User Guide

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Date 11/28/2025
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. Arria® 10 GX FPGA Development Kit Overview 2. Getting Started 3. Development Board Setup 4. Board Test System 5. Board Update Portal 6. Development Kit Components 7. Document Revision History for the Arria® 10 GX FPGA Development Kit User Guide A. Safety and Regulatory Compliance Information
1. Arria® 10 GX FPGA Development Kit Overview x
1.1. Block Diagram 1.2. Recommended Operating Conditions
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Before You Begin 2.2. Handling the Board 2.3. Software and Driver Installation
2.2. Handling the Board x
2.2.1. Handling the DIP Switches
2.3. Software and Driver Installation x
2.3.1. Installing the Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software 2.3.2. Installing the Development Kit 2.3.3. Installing the Intel® FPGA Download Cable Driver
3. Development Board Setup x
3.1. Applying Power to the Board 3.2. Default Switch and Jumper Settings 3.3. Default Switch and Resistor Settings 3.4. Factory Reset
4. Board Test System x
4.1. Preparing the Board 4.2. Running the Board Test System 4.3. Version Selector 4.4. Using the Board Test System
4.4. Using the Board Test System x
4.4.1. Using the Configure Menu 4.4.2. The Sys Info Tab 4.4.3. The GPIO Tab 4.4.4. The Flash Tab 4.4.5. The XCVR Tab 4.4.6. The PCIE Tab 4.4.7. The FMCA Tab 4.4.8. The FMCB Tab 4.4.9. The DDR3 Tab 4.4.10. The DDR4 Tab 4.4.11. The Power Monitor 4.4.12. The Clock Controller
5. Board Update Portal x
5.1. Connecting to the Board Update Portal Web Page
5.1. Connecting to the Board Update Portal Web Page x
5.1.1. Using the Board Update Portal to Update User Designs
6. Development Kit Components x
6.1. Board Overview 6.2. MAX® V CPLD System Controller 6.3. FPGA Configuration 6.4. Status Elements 6.5. User Input/Output 6.6. Clock Circuitry 6.7. Components and Interfaces 6.8. Memory 6.9. Board Power Supply 6.10. Daughter Cards
6.3. FPGA Configuration x
6.3.1. Configuring the FPGA Using Programmer
6.5. User Input/Output x
6.5.1. User-Defined Push Buttons 6.5.2. User-Defined DIP Switch 6.5.3. User-Defined LEDs 6.5.4. Character LCD 6.5.5. DisplayPort 6.5.6. SDI Video Input/Output Ports
6.6. Clock Circuitry x
6.6.1. Onboard Oscillators 6.6.2. Offboard Clock I/O
6.7. Components and Interfaces x
6.7.1. PCI Express* 6.7.2. 10/100/1000 Ethernet PHY 6.7.3. HiLo External Memory Interface 6.7.4. FMC 6.7.5. QSFP 6.7.6. SFP+ 6.7.7. I2C
6.8. Memory x
6.8.1. Flash 6.8.2. Programming the Flash Using Quartus® Prime Programmer
6.9. Board Power Supply x
6.9.1. Power Distribution System 6.9.2. Power Measurement
6.10. Daughter Cards x
6.10.1. External Memory Interface
6.10.1. External Memory Interface x
6.10.1.1. DDR3L 6.10.1.2. DDR4 6.10.1.3. RLDRAM 3 6.10.1.4. QDR-IV 6.10.1.5. FMC Loopback Card
6.10.1.5. FMC Loopback Card x
6.10.1.5.1. High Pin Count (HBC) 6.10.1.5.2. Low Pin Count (LPC)
A. Safety and Regulatory Compliance Information x
A.1. Safety and Regulatory Information A.2. Compliance Information
A.1. Safety and Regulatory Information x
A.1.1. Safety Warnings A.1.2. Safety Cautions
1. Arria® 10 GX FPGA Development Kit Overview
2. Getting Started
3. Development Board Setup
4. Board Test System
5. Board Update Portal
6. Development Kit Components
7. Document Revision History for the Arria® 10 GX FPGA Development Kit User Guide
A. Safety and Regulatory Compliance Information

4.4.9. The DDR3 Tab

The DDR3 tab allows you to read and write DDR3 memory on your board.
Figure 28. The DDR3 Tab
Table 21.  Controls on the DDR3 Tab
Control Description
Start Initiates DDR3 memory transaction performance analysis.
Stop Terminates transaction performance analysis.
Performance Indicators These controls display current transaction performance analysis information collected since you last clicked Start:
  • Write, Read, and Total performance bars—Show the percentage of maximum theoretical data rate that the requested transactions are able to achieve.
  • Write (MBps), Read (MBps), and Total (MBps)—Show the number of bytes of data analyzed per second.
  • Data bus: 72 bits (8 bits ECC) wide and the frequency is 1,066 MHz double data rate. 2,133 Megabits per second (Mbps) per pin. Equating to a theoretical maximum bandwidth of 136,512 Mbps or 17,064 MBps.
Error Control This control displays data errors detected during analysis and allows you to insert errors:
  • Detected Errors—Displays the number of data errors detected in the hardware.
  • Inserted Errors—Displays the number of errors inserted into the transaction stream.
  • Insert—Inserts a one-word error into the transaction stream each time you click the button. Insert is only enabled during transaction performance analysis.
  • Clear—Resets the Detected Errors and Inserted Errors counters to zeroes.
Address Range (Bytes) Determines the number of addresses to use in each iteration of reads and writes.
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