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

4.4. FPGA Configuration

This section describes the FPGA, flash memory and MAX V CPLD System Controller device programming methods supported by the Stratix® 10 TX transceiver signal integrity development kit.

Three configuration methods are mostly used on the Stratix® 10 TX transceiver signal integrity development kit.

Embedded Intel® FPGA Download Cable II is the default method for configuring the FPGA at any time using the Quartus® Prime Programmer in JTAG mode with the supplied USB cable.

MAX V configures the FPGA device via AvST mode using stored images from CFI flash devices either at power-up or pressing the MAX_RESETn/PGM_CONFIG push button.

JTAG external header for debugging. Altera recommends that you use lower JTAG clock frequency value such as 16 MHz.


Section Content
Configuring the FPGA over Embedded Intel FPGA Download Cable II
Configuring the FPGA through Flash Memory
Configuring the FPGA over External Intel FPGA Download Cable

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