E-Tile Hard IP Intel Agilex® 7 Design Example User Guide: Ethernet, E-tile CPRI PHY and Dynamic Reconfiguration

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Date 8/08/2023
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2.2.1.4. 10GE/25GE Custom PCS with Optional RS-FEC Simulation Design Example

The simulation block diagram below is generated using the following settings in the IP parameter editor:
  1. Under the IP tab:
    1. Custom PCS with optional RSFEC as the core variant.
    2. Enable RSFEC to use the RS-FEC feature.
  2. Under the Custom PCS Channel(s) tab:
    1. PCS+RSFEC as the custom PCS mode.
Figure 9. Simulation Block Diagram for E-tile Ethernet IP for Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA 10GE/25GE Custom PCS with Optional RS-FEC Design Example

The testbench sends traffic through the IP core, exercising the transmit side and receive side of the IP core.

The successful test run displays output confirming the following behavior:

  1. Wait for PLL to lock.
  2. Wait for RX transceiver reset to complete.
  3. Wait for RX alignment.
  4. Send three sets of packet.
  5. Receive and verify the packets.
  6. Displaying Testbench complete.

The following sample output illustrates a successful simulation test run for a 10GE, custom PCS, RS-FEC IP core variation.

Ref clock is 184.320000 MHz
Channel 0 - waiting for EHIP Ready....
Channel 0 - EHIP READY is 1 at time             382745000
Channel 0 - Waiting for RX Block Lock
Channel 0 - EHIP RX Block Lock  is high at time             387137583
Channel 0 - Waiting for RX alignment
Channel 0 - RX deskew locked
Channel 0 - RX lane aligmnent locked
Channel 0 - TX enabled
*** Channel 0 - Sending packets ***
Start frame detected, byteslip 0, time 389768227
** Channel 0 - RX checker has received packets correctly!
** Channel 0 - RX checker is reset.
*** Channel 0 - Second attempt of sending packets ***
Start frame detected, byteslip 0, time 395241712
** Channel 0 - RX checker has received packets correctly!
** Channel 0 - RX checker is reset.
*** Channel 0 - Third attempt of sending packets ***
Start frame detected, byteslip 0, time 400721512
** Channel 0 - RX checker has received packets correctly!
Channel 1 - waiting for EHIP Ready....
Channel 1 - EHIP READY is 1 at time             403524543
Channel 1 - Waiting for RX Block Lock
Channel 1 - EHIP RX Block Lock  is high at time             403524543
Channel 1 - Waiting for RX alignment
Channel 1 - RX deskew locked
Channel 1 - RX lane aligmnent locked
Channel 1 - TX enabled
*** Channel 1 - Sending packets ***
Start frame detected, byteslip 0, time 406113519
** Channel 1 - RX checker has received packets correctly!
** Channel 1 - RX checker is reset.
*** Channel 1 - Second attempt of sending packets ***
Start frame detected, byteslip 0, time 411605943
** Channel 1 - RX checker has received packets correctly!
** Channel 1 - RX checker is reset.
*** Channel 1 - Third attempt of sending packets ***
Start frame detected, byteslip 0, time 417092055
** Channel 1 - RX checker has received packets correctly!
Channel 2 - waiting for EHIP Ready....
Channel 2 - EHIP READY is 1 at time             419907712
Channel 2 - Waiting for RX Block Lock
Channel 2 - EHIP RX Block Lock  is high at time             419907712
Channel 2 - Waiting for RX alignment
Channel 2 - RX deskew locked
Channel 2 - RX lane aligmnent locked
Channel 2 - TX enabled
*** Channel 2 - Sending packets ***
Start frame detected, byteslip 0, time 422502903
** Channel 2 - RX checker has received packets correctly!
** Channel 2 - RX checker is reset.
*** Channel 2 - Second attempt of sending packets ***
Start frame detected, byteslip 0, time 428007954
** Channel 2 - RX checker has received packets correctly!
** Channel 2 - RX checker is reset.
*** Channel 2 - Third attempt of sending packets ***
Start frame detected, byteslip 0, time 433494066
** Channel 2 - RX checker has received packets correctly!
Channel 3 - waiting for EHIP Ready....
Channel 3 - EHIP READY is 1 at time             436322349
Channel 3 - Waiting for RX Block Lock
Channel 3 - EHIP RX Block Lock  is high at time             436322349
Channel 3 - Waiting for RX alignment
Channel 3 - RX deskew locked
Channel 3 - RX lane aligmnent locked
Channel 3 - TX enabled
*** Channel 3 - Sending packets ***
Start frame detected, byteslip 0, time 438905013
** Channel 3 - RX checker has received packets correctly!
** Channel 3 - RX checker is reset.
*** Channel 3 - Second attempt of sending packets ***
Start frame detected, byteslip 0, time 444384812
** Channel 3 - RX checker has received packets correctly!
** Channel 3 - RX checker is reset.
*** Channel 3 - Third attempt of sending packets ***
Start frame detected, byteslip 0, time 449864611
** Channel 3 - RX checker has received packets correctly!
** PASSED
**
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$finish called from file "basic_avl_tb_top.sv", line 285.
$finish at simulation time         452773953718