System Specification
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                Device Selection
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                Early System and Board Planning
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                Pin Connection Considerations for Board Design
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                I/O and Clock Planning
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                Design Entry
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                Design Implementation, Analysis, Optimization, and Verification
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                Design Checklist
                            
                        
                            
                                Appendix: Cyclone® 10 GX Transceiver Design Guidelines
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                Conclusion
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                Document Revision History
                            
                        
                    
                I/O and Clock Planning
Planning and allocating I/O and clock resources is an important task with the high pin counts and advanced clock management features in Cyclone 10 GX devices. Various considerations are important to effectively plan the available I/O resources to maximize utilization and prevent issues related to signal integrity. Good clock management systems are also crucial to the performance of an FPGA design.
The I/O and clock connections of your FPGA affect the rest of your system and board design, so it is important to plan these connections early in your design cycle.