Agilex™ 7 FPGA I-Series Transceiver-SoC Development Kit User Guide

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Date 11/05/2025
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. Overview 2. Getting Started 3. Development Kit Setup 4. Board Test System 5. Development Kit Hardware and Configuration 6. Custom Projects for the Development Kit 7. Document Revision History for the Agilex™ 7 FPGA I-Series Transceiver-SoC Development Kit User Guide A. Development Kit Components B. Developer Resources C. Safety and Regulatory Compliance Information
1. Overview x
1.1. Block Diagram 1.2. Feature Summary 1.3. Box Contents 1.4. Recommended Operating Conditions
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Before You Begin 2.2. Handling the Board 2.3. Software and Driver Installation
2.3. Software and Driver Installation x
2.3.1. Installing the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software 2.3.2. Installing the Altera® SoC EDS 2.3.3. Installing the Development Kit 2.3.4. Installing the Intel® FPGA Download Cable Driver
3. Development Kit Setup x
3.1. Default Settings 3.2. Powering Up the Development Kit 3.3. Performing Board Restore
3.3. Performing Board Restore x
3.3.1. Restoring Board System MAX® 10 with Default Factory Image 3.3.2. Restoring Board QSPI Flash with Default Factory Image
4. Board Test System x
4.1. Set Up BTS GUI Running Environment 4.2. Test the Functionality of the Development Kit 4.3. BTS Test Areas 4.4. Control Onboard Clock through Clock Controller GUI 4.5. Monitor Onboard Power Regulator through Power Monitor GUI 4.6. Identify Test Pass or Fail based on BTS GUI Test Status 4.7. BTS Test Areas
4.1. Set Up BTS GUI Running Environment x
4.1.1. Downloading OpenJDK 4.1.2. Downloading OpenJFX 4.1.3. Installing OpenJDK and OpenJFX 4.1.4. Setting Up the Quartus® Prime Software for BTS Operation 4.1.5. Running BTS GUI
4.2. Test the Functionality of the Development Kit x
4.2.1. The Bottom Information Bar 4.2.2. The Configure Menu 4.2.3. The Sys Info Tab 4.2.4. The GPIO Tab 4.2.5. The XCVR Tab 4.2.6. The Memory Tab Start Stop Reset Performance Indicators Test Control Error Control
4.2.5. The XCVR Tab x
4.2.5.1. The QSFPDD NRZ Tab 4.2.5.2. The QSFPDD PAM4 Tab 4.2.5.3. The FMCB NRZ Tab 4.2.5.4. The QSFPDD800 PAM4 Tab 4.2.5.5. The MXPM NRZ Tab 4.2.5.6. The MXPM PAM4 Tab 4.2.5.7. The SDI NRZ Tab
5. Development Kit Hardware and Configuration x
5.1. Configuring the FPGA and Accessing HPS Debug Access Port by JTAG 5.2. Configuring the FPGA Device Using the AS Mode (Default Mode) 5.3. Configuring the FPGA Device Using the Avalon® -ST Mode 5.4. Daughter Cards
5.4. Daughter Cards x
5.4.1. HPS Out of Box Experience (OOBE) Daughter Card
6. Custom Projects for the Development Kit x
6.1. Adding SmartVID Settings in the Quartus® Prime QSF File 6.2. Golden Top
A. Development Kit Components x
A.1. System Management A.2. Power A.3. Clocks A.4. General Input/Output A.5. Memory Interfaces A.6. Communication Interfaces A.7. Daughter Cards A.8. Connectors and Cables
C. Safety and Regulatory Compliance Information x
C.1. Safety and Regulatory Information C.2. Compliance Information
C.1. Safety and Regulatory Information x
C.1.1. Safety Warnings C.1.2. Safety Cautions
1. Overview
2. Getting Started
3. Development Kit Setup
4. Board Test System
5. Development Kit Hardware and Configuration
6. Custom Projects for the Development Kit
7. Document Revision History for the Agilex™ 7 FPGA I-Series Transceiver-SoC Development Kit User Guide
A. Development Kit Components
B. Developer Resources
C. Safety and Regulatory Compliance Information

4.2.6. The Memory Tab

This tab allows you to read and write DDR4 DIMM-2A (DIMM-I) and DDR4 DIMM-2B (DIMM-II) memory on your board. RDIMMS only tests DIMM-II while RDIMMD tests DIMM-I and DIMM-II. Download the design through the Configure menu.

Figure 24. The RDIMMS Tab

The following sections describe controls on this tab.

Start

Initiates DDR4 memory transaction performance analysis.

Stop

Terminates transaction performance analysis.

Reset

Resets transaction performance analysis.

Performance Indicators

These controls display current transaction performance analysis information collected since you last clicked Start:

  • Write and Read performance bars: Show the percentage of maximum theoretical data rate that the requested transactions are able to achieve.
  • Write (MBps) and Read (MBps): Show the number of bytes analyzed per second.
  • Data Bus: 72 bits (8 bits ECC) wide, reference clock is 166.666 MHz, and the frequency is 1,333.33 MHz double data rate 2,666.66 MT/s.

Test Control

  • Test Size: You can choose the size of the memory to test. The available options are 64 KB, 256 KB, 1 MB, 16 MB, 64 MB, 256 MB, 1 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, and 16 GB (default).
  • Offset (Hex): You can define the memory start address to test.
  • Test Mode: Infinite Read and Write (default), Single Read and Write.
  • Test Pattern: PRBS (default), User Defined Constant, Walking '0', Walking '1'.

Error Control

This control displays data errors detected during analysis and allows you to insert errors:

  • Detected Errors: Displays the number of data errors detected in the hardware.
  • Inserted Errors: Displays the number of errors inserted into the transaction stream.
  • Insert: Insert a one-word error into the transaction stream each time you click the button. Insert is only enabled during transaction performance analysis.
  • Clear: Resets the Detected Errors counter and Inserted Errors counter to zeros.
Figure 25. The RDIMMD TabThis tab is similar with RDIMMS. You can set Test Size to 32 GB with two RDIMMs.
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