Intel® Simics® Simulator for Altera® FPGAs: Agilex™ 5 and Agilex™ 3 Virtual Platform User Guide
                    
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                        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
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                        3.4.2. SD Card Device
This is an SD card device model based on SD (v3.00) protocol specifications. The SD card is connected to the SD/eMMC controller via the Combo PHY interface. The following commands are supported:
| Command Class | Commands Supported | 
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| Class 0: Basic command. | CMD0, CMD2, CMD3S, CMD4, CMD7, CMD8, CMD9. CMD10, CMD11, CMD12, CMD13, CMD15. | 
| Class 2: Block-oriented read commands. | CMD19S, CMD20, CMD16, CMD17, CMD18, CMD21, CMD23. | 
| Class 4: Block-oriented write commands. | CMD24, CMD25. | 
| Class5: Erase commands. | CMD32, CMD33, CMD38. | 
| Class 8: Application specific commands. | CMD55, ACMD6, ACDM13, ACDM22, ACDM23, ACDM41, ACDM42, ACDM51. | 
| Class 9: I/O read/write commands (SDIO commands). | CMD52, CMD53. | 
| Class 10: Switch function commands. | CMD6S. | 
Limitations
- Model limited to SD v3.00 protocol specification.
- While you can set the SD card size to any size you like, you cannot change the SD card size after the virtual platform is instantiated.
- Only the commands indicated in the earlier table are supported.
- Device lock/unlock operation (password protection) not supported.
- The SD card is fixed to the SD mode (no SDIO).
Component: sd_card