MAX® 10 Analog to Digital Converter User Guide

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Date 3/10/2025
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Document Table of Contents x
1. MAX® 10 Analog to Digital Converter Overview 2. MAX® 10 ADC Architecture and Features 3. MAX® 10 ADC Design Considerations 4. MAX® 10 ADC Implementation Guides 5. Modular ADC Core Intel® FPGA IP and Modular Dual ADC Core Intel® FPGA IP References 6. MAX® 10 Analog to Digital Converter User Guide Archives 7. Document Revision History for the MAX® 10 Analog to Digital Converter User Guide
1. MAX® 10 Analog to Digital Converter Overview x
1.1. ADC Block Counts in MAX® 10 Devices 1.2. ADC Channel Counts in MAX® 10 Devices 1.3. MAX® 10 ADC Vertical Migration Support 1.4. MAX® 10 Single or Dual Supply Devices 1.5. MAX® 10 ADC Conversion
1.5. MAX® 10 ADC Conversion x
1.5.1. Voltage Representation Conversion
2. MAX® 10 ADC Architecture and Features x
2.1. MAX® 10 ADC Hard IP Block 2.2. Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core IP Cores 2.3. Altera® FPGA ADC HAL Driver 2.4. ADC Toolkit for Testing ADC Performance 2.5. ADC Logic Simulation Output
2.1. MAX® 10 ADC Hard IP Block x
2.1.1. ADC Block Locations 2.1.2. Single or Dual ADC Devices 2.1.3. ADC Analog Input Pins 2.1.4. ADC Prescaler 2.1.5. ADC Clock Sources 2.1.6. ADC Voltage Reference 2.1.7. ADC Temperature Sensing Diode 2.1.8. ADC Sequencer 2.1.9. ADC Timing
2.1.7. ADC Temperature Sensing Diode x
2.1.7.1. Temperature Measurement Code Conversion 2.1.7.2. Temperature Measurement Sampling Rate
2.1.8. ADC Sequencer x
2.1.8.1. Guidelines: ADC Sequencer in Modular Dual ADC Core IP Core
2.2. Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core IP Cores x
2.2.1. Modular ADC Core IP Core Configuration Variants 2.2.2. Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core IP Cores Architecture
2.2.1. Modular ADC Core IP Core Configuration Variants x
2.2.1.1. Configuration 1: Standard Sequencer with Avalon-MM Sample Storage 2.2.1.2. Configuration 2: Standard Sequencer with Avalon-MM Sample Storage and Threshold Violation Detection 2.2.1.3. Configuration 3: Standard Sequencer with External Sample Storage 2.2.1.4. Configuration 4: ADC Control Core Only
2.2.2. Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core IP Cores Architecture x
2.2.2.1. ADC Control Core 2.2.2.2. Sequencer Core 2.2.2.3. Sample Storage Core 2.2.2.4. Response Merge Core 2.2.2.5. Dual ADC Synchronizer Core 2.2.2.6. Threshold Detection Core
2.5. ADC Logic Simulation Output x
2.5.1. Fixed ADC Logic Simulation Output 2.5.2. User-Specified ADC Logic Simulation Output
3. MAX® 10 ADC Design Considerations x
3.1. Guidelines: ADC Ground Plane Connection 3.2. Guidelines: Board Design for Power Supply Pin and ADC Ground (REFGND) 3.3. Guidelines: Board Design for Analog Input 3.4. Guidelines: Board Design for ADC Reference Voltage Pin
4. MAX® 10 ADC Implementation Guides x
4.1. Creating MAX® 10 ADC Design 4.2. Customizing and Generating Modular ADC Core IP Core 4.3. Parameters Settings for Generating ALTPLL IP Core 4.4. Parameters Settings for Generating Modular ADC Core or Modular Dual ADC Core IP Core 4.5. Completing ADC Design
5. Modular ADC Core Intel® FPGA IP and Modular Dual ADC Core Intel® FPGA IP References x
5.1. Modular ADC Core Parameters Settings 5.2. Modular Dual ADC Core Parameters Settings 5.3. Valid ADC Sample Rate and Input Clock Combination 5.4. Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core Interface Signals 5.5. Modular ADC Core Register Definitions 5.6. ADC HAL Device Driver for Nios® Processor
5.1. Modular ADC Core Parameters Settings x
5.1.1. Modular ADC Core IP Core Channel Name to MAX® 10 Device Pin Name Mapping
5.2. Modular Dual ADC Core Parameters Settings x
5.2.1. Modular Dual ADC Core IP Core Channel Name to MAX® 10 Device Pin Name Mapping
5.4. Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core Interface Signals x
5.4.1. Command Interface of Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core 5.4.2. Response Interface of Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core 5.4.3. Threshold Interface of Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core 5.4.4. CSR Interface of Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core 5.4.5. IRQ Interface of Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core 5.4.6. Peripheral Clock Interface of Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core 5.4.7. Peripheral Reset Interface of Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core 5.4.8. ADC PLL Clock Interface of Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core 5.4.9. ADC PLL Locked Interface of Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core
5.5. Modular ADC Core Register Definitions x
5.5.1. Sequencer Core Registers 5.5.2. Sample Storage Core Registers
5.6. ADC HAL Device Driver for Nios® Processor x
5.6.1. Driver API
1. MAX® 10 Analog to Digital Converter Overview
2. MAX® 10 ADC Architecture and Features
3. MAX® 10 ADC Design Considerations
4. MAX® 10 ADC Implementation Guides
5. Modular ADC Core Intel® FPGA IP and Modular Dual ADC Core Intel® FPGA IP References
6. MAX® 10 Analog to Digital Converter User Guide Archives
7. Document Revision History for the MAX® 10 Analog to Digital Converter User Guide

5.6. ADC HAL Device Driver for Nios® Processor

The Modular ADC Core and Modular Dual ADC Core IP core provides a HAL device driver. You can integrate the device driver into the HAL system library for Nios® processor systems.

The IP cores provide software files that define low-level access to the hardware. You can use the macros definition and functions in the software files to initialize the cores.

  • altera_modular_adc_sequencer_regs.h—this file defines the register map for the sequencer core. It provides symbolic constants to access the low-level hardware.
  • altera_modular_adc_sample_store_regs.h—this file defines the register for sample storage core. It provides symbolic constants to access the low-level hardware.
  • altera_modular_adc.h or altera_modular_dual_adc.h—include this file into your application. It automatically includes the other header files and defines additional functions.
  • altera_modular_adc.c or altera_modular_dual_adc.c—this file implements helper functions that are defined in the header file.

In the same design, there can only be a single type of IP core, either Modular ADC Core or Modular Dual ADC Core IP.

In Quartus® Prime Standard Edition software version 22.1, you need to apply the following software settings based on the IP core configuration (Core Variant).

  1. All instantiated IP core(s) apply Standard sequencer with external sample storage.
    1. Enable external_sample_storage in BSP Editor > BSP Driver tab.
  2. Instantiated IP cores have different Core Variant.
    1. Enable different_sample_storage in BSP Editor > BSP Driver tab.
    2. Modify alt_sys_init.c
      1. For Avalon-MM sample storage (_CORE_VARIANT = 0 or 1),

        Change ALTERA_MODULAR_ADC_INSTANCE to ALTERA_MODULAR_ADC_INSTANCE_AVL_MEM

        Change ALTERA_MODULAR_ADC_INIT to ALTERA_MODULAR_ADC_INIT_AVL_MEM
      2. For external sample storage (_CORE_VARIANT = 2),

        Change ALTERA_MODULAR_ADC_INSTANCE to ALTERA_MODULAR_ADC_INSTANCE_EXT

        Change ALTERA_MODULAR_ADC_INIT to ALTERA_MODULAR_ADC_INIT_EXT

Note: The value of _CORE_VARIANT can be found in system.h.

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