Stratix® 10 TX Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit User Guide

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Date 11/21/2025
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Document Table of Contents x
1. Overview 2. Getting Started 3. Development Kit Setup 4. Development Kit Components 5. Board Test System A. Additional Information B. Document Revision History for the Stratix® 10 TX Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit User Guide
1. Overview x
1.1. General Development Kit Description 1.2. Recommended Operating Conditions 1.3. Handling the Kit
2. Getting Started x
2.1. About the Quartus® Prime Software 2.2. Development Kit Package 2.3. Installing the Intel® FPGA Download Cable II Driver
3. Development Kit Setup x
3.1. Setting up the Development Kit 3.2. Factory Default Switch and Jumper Settings
4. Development Kit Components x
4.1. Development Kit Overview 4.2. Stratix® 10 TX FPGA 4.3. MAX® V CPLD 4.4. FPGA Configuration 4.5. Status and Setup Elements 4.6. User Input-Output Components 4.7. Clocks 4.8. Transceiver Channels 4.9. Communication Ports 4.10. Flash Memory 4.11. System Power
4.4. FPGA Configuration x
4.4.1. Configuring the FPGA over Embedded Intel® FPGA Download Cable II 4.4.2. Configuring the FPGA through Flash Memory 4.4.3. Configuring the FPGA over External Intel® FPGA Download Cable
4.7. Clocks x
4.7.1. Transceiver Dedicated Clocks 4.7.2. General-Purpose Clocks 4.7.3. Embedded Intel® FPGA Download Cable II Clock
4.10. Flash Memory x
4.10.1. Parallel NOR Flash Memory 4.10.2. EPCQL Flash Memory
4.11. System Power x
4.11.1. Power Guidelines 4.11.2. Power Supply 4.11.3. Power Management 4.11.4. Power Distribution System 4.11.5. Thermal Limitations and Protection Guidelines
5. Board Test System x
5.1. Preparing the Development Kit 5.2. Running the Board Test System 5.3. Using the Board Test System 5.4. Simple Socket Server
5.3. Using the Board Test System x
5.3.1. The Configure Menu 5.3.2. The System Info Tab 5.3.3. The GPIO Tab 5.3.4. The EPCQ Tab 5.3.5. The FMC+ Tab 5.3.6. The PAM4 Tab 5.3.7. The MXP Tab 5.3.8. The QSFPDD1x2 Tab 5.3.9. The QSFPDD2x1 Tab 5.3.10. Power Monitor 5.3.11. Clock Controller
A. Additional Information x
A.1. Add SmartVID settings in QSF file A.2. Safety and Regulatory Information A.3. Compliance and Conformity Information
A.2. Safety and Regulatory Information x
A.2.1. Safety Warnings A.2.2. Safety Cautions
1. Overview
2. Getting Started
3. Development Kit Setup
4. Development Kit Components
5. Board Test System
A. Additional Information
B. Document Revision History for the Stratix® 10 TX Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit User Guide

4.10.2. EPCQL Flash Memory

The Stratix® 10 TX Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit has an Altera 1024 Mb EPCQL flash for non-volatile storage of the FPGA configuration data, board information, test application data and user code space. The quad-serial flash provided has a x4 data width, the development board has a x4 data width which can supports an AS x4 configuration scheme.

The table below shows the memory map for this flash memory. This memory provides non-volatile storage for FPGA bit stream, Nios® II factory software and other information.

Table 19.  EPCQL Flash Memory Map
Block Description Size (KB) Address Comments
Board Test System (BTS) Scratch 512 07F8.0000 - 07FF.FFFF BTS System Testing
Board Information 64 07F7.0000 - 07F7.FFFF Board Information
Ethernet Option Bits 64 07F6.0000 - 07F6.FFFF MAC Address Information
Reserved 64 07F5.0000 - 07F5.FFFF Reserved
Reserved 4096 0500.0000 - 053F.FFFF Reserved
Factory Hardware (sof) 81920 0000.0000 - 04FF.FFFF SOF File
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