Intel® Simics® Simulator for Altera® FPGAs: Agilex™ 5 and Agilex™ 3 Virtual Platform User Guide
ID
786901
Date
9/29/2025
Public
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
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
2.1.5.1. 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
1.1. Terminology
This document uses the following terms:
Term | Description |
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eSW | Embedded software that runs on a virtual platform. |
Target script | Top-level .simics script in a virtual platform. This script defines the configuration parameters, run time commands, instantiation of the hardware model components, and any network configuration. |
Host PC | A computer on which the Intel® Simics® simulator runs. The Intel® Simics® host system is sometimes referred to as "host" or "host machine." |
Model | A model corresponds to a single building block within an Intel® Simics® virtual platform. Typically, an Intel® Simics® FPGA model aligns with an instance of an Altera® FPGA IP or a discrete board-level component such as a flash device. A virtual platform is created by instantiating models and connecting them together. |
Skeleton model | A type of Intel® Simics® model that includes the component interfaces and access to component registers with read/write supporting bit field restrictions and reset values. There are no side effects to reading/writing to registers. |
Target system | This is the physical hardware that the virtual platform simulates. A target system is sometimes referred to as a "target machine". |
Virtual platform | A virtual platform represents a target system that runs in an Intel® Simics® simulation environment. A virtual platform typically includes a processor model and any peripheral devices the processor accesses. |