AN 942: Signal Tap Tutorial with Design Block Reuse: for Intel® Agilex™ F-Series FPGA Development Board

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Date 12/10/2021
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Document Table of Contents x
1. Introduction 2. Core Partition Reuse Debug—Developer 3. Core Partition Reuse Debug—Consumer 4. Root Partition Reuse Debug—Developer 5. Root Partition Reuse Debug—Consumer 6. Document Revision History for AN 942: Signal Tap Tutorial with Design Block Reuse for Intel® Agilex™ F-Series FPGA Development Board
1. Introduction x
1.1. Tutorial Software and Hardware 1.2. Tutorial Files 1.3. Signal Tap with Core Partition Reuse 1.4. Signal Tap with Root Partition Reuse
2. Core Partition Reuse Debug—Developer x
2.1. Step 1: Creating a Core Partition 2.2. Step 2: Creating Partition Boundary Ports 2.3. Step 3: Compiling and Checking Debug Nodes 2.4. Step 4: Exporting the Core Partition and Creating the Black Box File 2.5. Step 5: Copying Files to Consumer Project 2.6. Step 6: Creating a Signal Tap File (Optional) 2.7. Step 7: Programming the Device and Verifying the Hardware 2.8. Step 8: Verifying Hardware with Signal Tap
3. Core Partition Reuse Debug—Consumer x
3.1. Step 1: Adding Files and Running Synthesis 3.2. Step 2: Creating a Signal Tap File 3.3. Step 3: Creating a Partition for blinking_led_top 3.4. Step 4: Compiling the Design and Verifying Debug Nodes 3.5. Step 5: Programming the Device and Verifying the Hardware 3.6. Step 6: Verifying Hardware with Signal Tap
4. Root Partition Reuse Debug—Developer x
4.1. Step 1: Creating a Reserved Core Partition and Defining a Logic Lock Region 4.2. Step 2: Generating and Instantiating SLD JTAG Bridge Agent in the Root Partition 4.3. Step 3: Generating and Instantiating the SLD JTAG Bridge Host 4.4. Step 4: Generating HDL Instance of Signal Tap 4.5. Step 5: Compiling Export Root Partition and Copying Files to Consumer Project 4.6. Step 6: Programming the Device and Verifying the Hardware 4.7. Step 7: Generating a Signal Tap File for the Root Partition 4.8. Step 8: Verifying the Hardware with Signal Tap
5. Root Partition Reuse Debug—Consumer x
5.1. Step 1: Adding Files to Customer Project 5.2. Step 2: Generating and Instantiating SLD JTAG Bridge Host in Reserved Core Partition 5.3. Step 3: Synthesizing, Creating Signal Tap File, and Compiling 5.4. Step 4: Programming the Device and Verifying the Hardware 5.5. Step 5: Verifying the Hardware of Reserved Core Partition with Signal Tap 5.6. Step 6: Verifying Hardware of Root Partition with Signal Tap
1. Introduction
2. Core Partition Reuse Debug—Developer
3. Core Partition Reuse Debug—Consumer
4. Root Partition Reuse Debug—Developer
5. Root Partition Reuse Debug—Consumer
6. Document Revision History for AN 942: Signal Tap Tutorial with Design Block Reuse for Intel® Agilex™ F-Series FPGA Development Board

4.5. Step 5: Compiling Export Root Partition and Copying Files to Consumer Project

When you export the root partition, you include all resources outside of the reserved core partition. The logic inside the reserved core, including the SLD JTAG Bridge Host, are not exported.

  1. Click Compile Design on the Compilation Dashboard.
  2. To export the root partition to a .qdb file, click Project > Export Design Partition. Select root_partition for the Partition name, final for Snapshot and turn on Include entity-bound SDC files for the selected partition:
  3. Copy the root_partition.qdb and top.sdc files to the Root_Partition_Reuse/Consumer/ directory.
    When you include entity bound .sdc files with the partition export, you need to only copy the top-level .sdc file, which is not bound to an entity. The top-level design uses constraints for analysis only, and does not drive any logic or routing.

When reusing the root partition, the Consumer integrates the root_partition.qdb and top.sdc files into the Consumer project. The Consumer can also include a separate .sdc file to constrain the logic that they use in the reserved core partition.

The Logic Lock (Standard) boundary is visible in the Chip Planner in the Consumer project for reference only. The Consumer cannot modify this region.

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