Agilex™ 7 Hard Processor System Component Reference Manual

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Date 10/08/2025
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Document Table of Contents x
1. Introduction to the Agilex™ 7 Hard Processor System Component 2. Configuring the Agilex™ 7 Hard Processor System Component 3. Simulating the Agilex™ 7 HPS Component 4. Simulating the Agilex™ 7 HPS bridges (H2F, LWH2F, F2H)
1. Introduction to the Agilex™ 7 Hard Processor System Component x
1.1. Cortex*-A53 MPCore Processor 1.2. CoreSight* Debug Components 1.3. Interconnect 1.4. FPGA Bridges 1.5. Memory Controllers 1.6. Support Peripherals 1.7. Introduction to the HPS Component Revision History
1.6. Support Peripherals x
1.6.1. Interface Peripherals 1.6.2. On-Chip Memories
2. Configuring the Agilex™ 7 Hard Processor System Component x
2.1. Parameterizing the HPS Component 2.2. FPGA Interfaces 2.3. HPS Clocks and Resets 2.4. HPS EMIF 2.5. I/O Delays 2.6. Pin MUX and Peripherals 2.7. Generating and Compiling the HPS Component 2.8. Using the Address Span Extender Component 2.9. Configuring the HPS Component Revision History
2.2. FPGA Interfaces x
2.2.1. General Interfaces 2.2.2. HPS-FPGA AXI Bridges 2.2.3. HPS Boot Source 2.2.4. DMA Controller Interface 2.2.5. Interrupts
2.2.1. General Interfaces x
2.2.1.1. Enable MPU Standby and Event Interfaces 2.2.1.2. Enable General Purpose Signals 2.2.1.3. Enable Debug APB Interface 2.2.1.4. Enable System Trace Macrocell (STM) Hardware Events 2.2.1.5. Enable FPGA Cross Trigger Interface 2.2.1.6. Enable DDR Arm* Trace Bus (ATB)
2.2.2. HPS-FPGA AXI Bridges x
2.2.2.1. FPGA-to-HPS Slave Interface 2.2.2.2. HPS to FPGA AXI-4 Master Interface 2.2.2.3. Lightweight HPS to FPGA Master Interface
2.2.5. Interrupts x
2.2.5.1. FPGA-to-HPS 2.2.5.2. HPS-to-FPGA
2.3. HPS Clocks and Resets x
2.3.1. Input Clocks 2.3.2. Internal Clocks and Output Clocks 2.3.3. Resets
2.3.1. Input Clocks x
2.3.1.1. External Clock Source 2.3.1.2. FPGA-to-HPS Clocks Source 2.3.1.3. Peripheral FPGA Clocks
2.3.2. Internal Clocks and Output Clocks x
2.3.2.1. Main PLL Output Clocks – Desired Frequencies 2.3.2.2. HPS to FPGA User Clocks 2.3.2.3. HPS Peripheral Clocks – Desired Frequencies 2.3.2.4. Clock Sources 2.3.2.5. PLL Report
2.4. HPS EMIF x
2.4.1. Debugging HPS EMIF with the EMIF Debug Toolkit
2.6. Pin MUX and Peripherals x
2.6.1. Pin Mux GUI 2.6.2. Pin Mux Report 2.6.3. EMAC ptp Interface
2.6.1. Pin Mux GUI x
2.6.1.1. Auto-Place IP 2.6.1.2. Advanced
3. Simulating the Agilex™ 7 HPS Component x
3.1. Simulation Flows 3.2. Clock and Reset Interfaces 3.3. FPGA-to-HPS AXI* Slave Interface 3.4. HPS-to-FPGA AXI* Master Interface 3.5. Lightweight HPS-to-FPGA AXI* Master Interface 3.6. HPS-to-FPGA MPU Event Interface 3.7. Interrupts Interface 3.8. HPS-to-FPGA Debug APB Interface 3.9. FPGA-to-HPS System Trace Macrocell Hardware Event Interface 3.10. HPS-to-FPGA Cross-Trigger Interface 3.11. HPS-to-FPGA Trace Port Interface 3.12. FPGA-to-HPS DMA Handshake Interface 3.13. General Purpose Input Interface 3.14. EMIF Conduit 3.15. Simulating the Agilex™ 7 HPS Component Revision History
3.1. Simulation Flows x
3.1.1. Setting Up the HPS Component for Simulation 3.1.2. Generating the HPS Simulation Model in Platform Designer 3.1.3. RTL Simulation Setup Scripts
3.1.3. RTL Simulation Setup Scripts x
3.1.3.1. QuestaSIM* Simulation Steps 3.1.3.2. Cadence® Xcelium* Simulation Steps 3.1.3.3. Synopsys* VCS* MX Simulation Steps 3.1.3.4. Riviera-PRO* Simulation Steps 3.1.3.5. VSIM Command Line Aliases and Variables
3.2. Clock and Reset Interfaces x
3.2.1. Clock Interface 3.2.2. Reset Interface
4. Simulating the Agilex™ 7 HPS bridges (H2F, LWH2F, F2H) x
4.1. Setting up the HPS Component for Simulation 4.2. Generating the Testbench System 4.3. Editing the Testbench Scripts 4.4. Running the Testbench 4.5. Simulating the Agilex™ 7 HPS Bridges (H2F, LWH2F, F2H) Revision History
4.3. Editing the Testbench Scripts x
4.3.1. my_simple_tb.sv 4.3.2. test_lwh2f.sv 4.3.3. test_h2f.sv
4.4. Running the Testbench x
4.4.1. Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Simulation Steps
1. Introduction to the Agilex™ 7 Hard Processor System Component
2. Configuring the Agilex™ 7 Hard Processor System Component
3. Simulating the Agilex™ 7 HPS Component
4. Simulating the Agilex™ 7 HPS bridges (H2F, LWH2F, F2H)

3.1.3. RTL Simulation Setup Scripts

Platform Designer generates scripts for several simulators that you can use to complete the simulation process, as listed in the following table.
Simulator Script Name Directory
Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition (Questa_fe) msim_setup.tcl <project directory>/<Platform Designer design name>/sim/mentor
Cadence® Xcelium* xcelium_setup.sh <project directory>/<Platform Designer design name>/sim/xcelium
Synopsys* VCS* MX vcsmx_setup.sh <project directory>/<Platform Designer design name>/sim/synopsys/vcsmx
Aldec® Riviera-PRO* rivierapro_setup.tcl <project directory>/<Platform Designer design name>/sim/aldec
Note: The (1) Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition is licensed together with the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software. You need to purchase a separate license to use the (2) Siemens* EDA QuestaSIM* , (3) Cadence® NCSim, (4) Synopsys* VCS* , and (5) Synopsys* VCS* MX simulators. For information about the purchase of licenses, access the respective official websites.

The following sections show the detailed steps on creating the test scripts for the supported simulators.


Section Content
QuestaSIM Simulation Steps
Cadence Xcelium Simulation Steps
Synopsys VCS MX Simulation Steps
Riviera-PRO Simulation Steps
VSIM Command Line Aliases and Variables

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