Stratix® 10 MX FPGA Development Kit User Guide

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Date 11/13/2025
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Document Table of Contents
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 MX FPGA Development Kit User Guide
1. Overview x
1.1. General Development Kit Description 1.2. Recommended Operating Conditions 1.3. Handling the Development 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. Applying Power to the Development Kit 3.2. Default Switch and Jumper Settings
4. Development Kit Components x
4.1. Components Overview 4.2. MAX® 10 FPGA System Controller 4.3. MAX® 10 FPGA Power Manager 4.4. FPGA Configuration 4.5. Status and User I/O Elements 4.6. Interfaces and Ports 4.7. HiLo Daughter Cards 4.8. Clocks 4.9. Power
4.6. Interfaces and Ports x
4.6.1. PCI Express 4.6.2. Memory Interface 4.6.3. High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2) 4.6.4. QSFP 4.6.5. I2C 4.6.6. Flash Memory
4.6.2. Memory Interface x
4.6.2.1. On-board DDR4 Memory Interface 4.6.2.2. DDR4/DDR-T DIMM Memory Interface 4.6.2.3. HiLo Memory Interface
4.7. HiLo Daughter Cards x
4.7.1. DDR4 4.7.2. QDR-IV
4.9. Power x
4.9.1. Power Guidelines 4.9.2. Power Distribution System 4.9.3. Power Sequence 4.9.4. Power Measurement 4.9.5. Power Fast Discharging 4.9.6. Thermal Limitations and Protection 4.9.7. Cooling Design 4.9.8. Mechanical Information 4.9.9. Top Cover Removal
5. Board Test System x
5.1. Preparing the Board 5.2. Running the Board Test System 5.3. Using the Board Test System
5.3. Using the Board Test System x
5.3.1. The Configure Menu 5.3.2. The Sys Info Tab 5.3.3. The QSFP Tab 5.3.4. The PCIE Tab 5.3.5. The Component DDR4 Tab 5.3.6. The HiLo DDR4 Tab 5.3.7. The DDR4 Dimm Tab 5.3.8. The HBM2 Top Tab 5.3.9. The HBM2 Bottom Tab 5.3.10. Power Monitor 5.3.11. Clock Controller
A. Additional Information x
A.1. Add SmartVID settings in the QSF file A.2. Safety and Regulatory Information A.3. Compliance and Conformity Statement
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 MX FPGA Development Kit User Guide

2.1. About the Quartus® Prime Software

The Quartus® Prime design software is a multi-platform design environment that easily adapts to your specific needs in all phases of FPGA, CPLD and SoC designs. The Quartus® Prime software delivers the highest performance and productivity for Altera® FPGAs, CPLDs, and SoCs.

The Quartus® Prime Design Suite software includes everything needed to design for using Altera® FPGAs, SoCs and CPLDs from design entry and synthesis to optimization, verification and simulation.

Quartus® Prime Software

The Quartus® Prime Design Suite software is available in three editions based on specific design requirements: Pro, Standard, and Lite Edition.

The Quartus® Prime Pro Edition is optimized to support the advanced features in Altera's next generation FPGAs and SoCs.

The Stratix® 10 MX FPGA Development Kit is only supported on Quartus® Prime Pro Edition. There is no paid license fee required for Stratix® 10 support in Quartus® Prime Pro Edition.

Included in the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition are the Quartus® Prime software, Nios® II EDS and the IP Library.

To install Altera® 's development tools, download the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software from the Quartus Prime Pro Edition page from the Download Center.

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