Intel® Simics® Simulator for Altera® FPGAs: Agilex™ 5 and Agilex™ 3 Virtual Platform User Guide

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Date 9/29/2025
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. About This Document 2. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Intel® Simics® Virtual Platforms 3. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Universal Virtual Platform Component Intel® Simics® Models 4. Running a Simulation with the Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 HPS Model 5. Supported Use Cases 6. Troubleshooting Issues When Migrating Software from Intel® Simics® to Hardware A. Document Revision History for Intel Simics Simulator for Altera FPGAs Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Virtual Platform User Guide
1. About This Document x
1.1. Terminology 1.2. List of Acronyms
2. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Intel® Simics® Virtual Platforms x
2.1. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Universal Virtual Platform
2.1. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Universal Virtual Platform x
2.1.1. Agilex™ 5 Universal Virtual Platform Overview 2.1.2. Agilex™ 3 Universal Virtual Platform Overview 2.1.3. Agilex™ 5 Universal Virtual Platform User-Configurable Parameters 2.1.4. Agilex™ 3 Universal Virtual Platform User-Configurable Parameters 2.1.5. Universal Virtual Platforms Key Capabilities
2.1.1. Agilex™ 5 Universal Virtual Platform Overview x
2.1.1.1. Agilex™ 5 HPS Component 2.1.1.2. HPS Subsystem Component 2.1.1.3. FPGA Fabric Design 2.1.1.4. qsys_top Component 2.1.1.5. FPGA Component 2.1.1.6. Board Component 2.1.1.7. System Component 2.1.1.8. Target Script
2.1.5. Universal Virtual Platforms Key Capabilities x
2.1.5.1. Boot-To-Operating System Prompt 2.1.5.2. Basic Ethernet 2.1.5.3. CPU Power-On and Boot Core Selection ( Agilex™ 5 only) 2.1.5.4. Reset Flow 2.1.5.5. General Purpose I/O (GPIO) Loopback 2.1.5.6. USB Disks Hot-Plug Support 2.1.5.7. On-Chip Memory IP FPGA Fabric Example Design 2.1.5.8. FPGA-to-HPS Bridges 2.1.5.9. Exercising Peripheral Subsystem in FPGA Fabric Design 2.1.5.10. USB Controller Host/Device Mode Configuration 2.1.5.11. HPS Component and Stepping Silicon Features Selection 2.1.5.12. UART1/UART2 Serial Console Selection
3. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Universal Virtual Platform Component Intel® Simics® Models x
3.1. HPS Intel® Simics® Model 3.2. Virtual Platform HPS Subsystem Components 3.3. Virtual Platform qsys_top Components 3.4. Virtual Platform Board Components 3.5. Modeling Support Limitations
3.1. HPS Intel® Simics® Model x
3.1.1. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 HPS Intel® Simics® Model Architecture 3.1.2. PSS Subsystem Components 3.1.3. MPU and APS Subsystem 3.1.4. MPFE Subsystem 3.1.5. Additional Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 HPS Components 3.1.6. Agilex™ 5 B0 Features Support
3.2. Virtual Platform HPS Subsystem Components x
3.2.1. External Memory Interface (EMIF) 3.2.2. Security Device Manager (SDM)
3.3. Virtual Platform qsys_top Components x
3.3.1. FPGA Fabric
3.4. Virtual Platform Board Components x
3.4.1. Marvel EMAC PHY 3.4.2. SD Card Device 3.4.3. ONFI NAND Memory Device 3.4.4. SPI Flash Device 3.4.5. AT24Cxx EEPROM Device 3.4.6. I3C Device 3.4.7. USB Disk Device 3.4.8. Intel® Simics® Text Console
4. Running a Simulation with the Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 HPS Model x
4.1. Prerequisites 4.2. Intel® Simics® Simulation Setup for the Agilex™ 5 or Agilex™ 3 Device 4.3. Starting the Simulation 4.4. Getting Device Information from the Intel® Simics® Model
1. About This Document
2. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Intel® Simics® Virtual Platforms
3. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Universal Virtual Platform Component Intel® Simics® Models
4. Running a Simulation with the Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 HPS Model
5. Supported Use Cases
6. Troubleshooting Issues When Migrating Software from Intel® Simics® to Hardware
A. Document Revision History for Intel Simics Simulator for Altera FPGAs Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Virtual Platform User Guide

4. Running a Simulation with the Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 HPS Model

This section describes how to start running an Intel® Simics® simulation for the Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 HPS Intel® Simics® Model using the Agilex™ 5 Universal Virtual Platform and Agilex™ 3 Universal Virtual Platform. The instructions in this section exercise the boot flow from U-Boot FSBL to a Linux prompt booting from an SD card flash device.

For information about exercising other use cases, refer to Supported Use Cases.


Section Content
Prerequisites
Intel Simics Simulation Setup for the Agilex 5 or Agilex 3 Device
Starting the Simulation
Getting Device Information from the Intel Simics Model

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