Stratix® 10 SEU Mitigation User Guide

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Date 10/10/2025
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Document Table of Contents x
1. Stratix® 10 SEU Mitigation Overview 2. Stratix® 10 Mitigation Techniques for CRAM 3. Secure Device Manager ECC Detection 4. Stratix® 10 SEU Mitigation Implementation Guides 5. Advanced SEU Detection IP References 6. Stratix® 10 Fault Injection Debugger References 7. Stratix® 10 SEU Mitigation User Guide Archives 8. Document Revision History for the Stratix® 10 SEU Mitigation User Guide
1. Stratix® 10 SEU Mitigation Overview x
1.1. SEU Mitigation Techniques for Stratix® 10 Devices 1.2. Configuration RAM 1.3. Memory Blocks Error Correction Code (ECC) Support 1.4. Secure Device Manager ECC Error 1.5. Triple-Module Redundancy 1.6. Failure Rates
2. Stratix® 10 Mitigation Techniques for CRAM x
2.1. CRAM Error Detection and Correction 2.2. Internal Scrubbing and Priority Scrubbing 2.3. SEU Sensitivity Processing 2.4. Designating the Sensitivity of the Design Hierarchy 2.5. Evaluating a System's Response to Functional Upsets
2.1. CRAM Error Detection and Correction x
2.1.1. Error Message Queue 2.1.2. SEU_ERROR Pin Behavior
2.2. Internal Scrubbing and Priority Scrubbing x
2.2.1. Internal Scrubbing 2.2.2. Priority Scrubbing
2.3. SEU Sensitivity Processing x
2.3.1. Advanced SEU Detection IP
2.3.1. Advanced SEU Detection IP x
2.3.1.1. Release Information for Advanced SEU Detection IP 2.3.1.2. On-Chip Lookup Sensitivity Processing 2.3.1.3. Off-Chip Lookup Sensitivity Processing 2.3.1.4. SMH Lookup
2.3.1.3. Off-Chip Lookup Sensitivity Processing x
2.3.1.3.1. Off-Chip Lookup Sensitivity Processing Operation Flow
2.3.1.4. SMH Lookup x
2.3.1.4.1. SMH Revision 4 File Format
2.4. Designating the Sensitivity of the Design Hierarchy x
2.4.1. Hierarchy Tagging
2.5. Evaluating a System's Response to Functional Upsets x
2.5.1. Quartus® Prime Fault Injection Debugger
3. Secure Device Manager ECC Detection x
3.1. SDM ECC Error Message Bits 3.2. SDM ECC Error Signals Behavior
4. Stratix® 10 SEU Mitigation Implementation Guides x
4.1. Setting the SEU_ERROR Pin 4.2. Setting Up the SEU Mitigation Features 4.3. Enabling Priority Scrubbing 4.4. Performing Hierarchy Tagging 4.5. Programming Sensitivity Map Header File into Memory 4.6. Performing Lookup for Sensitivity Map Header 4.7. Using the Fault Injection Debugger 4.8. Analyzing SEU Errors Using Signal Tap 4.9. Quartus® Prime Software SEU FIT Reports
4.7. Using the Fault Injection Debugger x
4.7.1. Enabling the Fault Injection Debugger 4.7.2. Launching and Setting Up the Fault Injection Debugger 4.7.3. Configuring Your Device and the Fault Injection Debugger 4.7.4. Constraining Regions for Fault Injection 4.7.5. Injecting Errors 4.7.6. Injecting Double Adjacent Errors
4.7.5. Injecting Errors x
4.7.5.1. Injecting Errors to a Random Location 4.7.5.2. Injecting Errors to a Specific Location
4.7.6. Injecting Double Adjacent Errors x
4.7.6.1. Injecting Double Adjacent Errors: Command-Line Interface 4.7.6.2. Injecting Double Adjacent Errors: GUI with Tcl Console
4.9. Quartus® Prime Software SEU FIT Reports x
4.9.1. Enabling the Projected SEU FIT by Component Usage Report 4.9.2. SEU FIT Parameters Report 4.9.3. Projected SEU FIT by Component Usage Report
4.9.3. Projected SEU FIT by Component Usage Report x
4.9.3.1. Component FIT Rates 4.9.3.2. Raw FIT 4.9.3.3. Utilized FIT 4.9.3.4. Mitigated FIT 4.9.3.5. Architectural Vulnerability Factor
4.9.3.3. Utilized FIT x
4.9.3.3.1. Comparing .smh Critical Bits Report to Utilized Bit Count 4.9.3.3.2. Considerations for Small Designs
5. Advanced SEU Detection IP References x
5.1. Advanced SEU Detection IP Parameter Settings 5.2. Advanced SEU Detection IP Ports
6. Stratix® 10 Fault Injection Debugger References x
6.1. Fault Injection Debugger Interface Parameters 6.2. Fault Injection Debugger Command-Line Interface
1. Stratix® 10 SEU Mitigation Overview
2. Stratix® 10 Mitigation Techniques for CRAM
3. Secure Device Manager ECC Detection
4. Stratix® 10 SEU Mitigation Implementation Guides
5. Advanced SEU Detection IP References
6. Stratix® 10 Fault Injection Debugger References
7. Stratix® 10 SEU Mitigation User Guide Archives
8. Document Revision History for the Stratix® 10 SEU Mitigation User Guide

4.2. Setting Up the SEU Mitigation Features

Use the Error Detection CRC settings in the Device and Pin Options window to set the minimum SEU interval, enable error detection and internal scrubbing features, enable the generation of .smh file, and enable fault injection.
  1. From the Quartus® Prime menu, click Assignments > Device.
  2. In the Device window, click Device and Pin Options.
  3. In the Device and Pin Options window, select Error Detection CRC category and specify the following settings:
    Table 7.   Error Detection CRC Setting Option
    Option QSF Setting Description
    Enable error detection check set_global_assignment -name ENABLE_ED_CRC_CHECK <ON/OFF> Turn on to enable the error detection feature. This option is required for sensitivity processing and fault injection, or if you want to observe the SEU_ERROR pin behavior.
    Minimum SEU interval set_global_assignment -name MINIMUM_SEU_INTERVAL <1000>

    Enter a value of 0 to 10000 milliseconds to set the minimum time between two checks of the same bit. To check as frequently as possible, enter 0.

    The actual minimum interval may be higher than the value you specify. The System Message window reports the actual value when you select a generated .sof file as an input file in the Quartus® Prime Programming File Generator or Programmer.
    Note: To determine the minimum SEU detection interval of the device, set Minimum SEU interval to 0 or any value that is lower than the actual minimum interval.
    Enable internal scrubbing set_global_assignment -name INTERNAL_SCRUBBING <ON/OFF> Turn on to enable the error correction feature. You require this option for sensitivity processing.
    Generate SEU sensitivity map file (.smh) set_global_assignment -name ENABLE_CRAM_INTEGRITY_CHECK <ON/OFF> Turn on to generate the .smh file. You require this option for sensitivity processing.
    Allow SEU fault injection set_global_assignment -name ALLOW_SEU_FAULT_INJECTION <ON/OFF> Turn on to enable injecting fault using the Fault Injection Debugger.
  4. Click OK.
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