Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC IP Design Example User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Quick Start Guide 2. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G Ethernet Design Example 3. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/10G Ethernet Design Example 4. 1G/2.5G Ethernet Design Example with IEEE 1588v2 Feature 5. 1G/2.5G/10G Ethernet Design Example with IEEE 1588v2 Feature 6. 2.5G Ethernet Design Example 7. 2.5G Ethernet Design Example with IEEE 1588v2 Feature 8. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/10G MGE (Multi Gigabit Ethernet) PCS Only Ethernet Design Example 9. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G (USXGMII) Ethernet Design Example 10. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G (USXGMII) Ethernet Design Example with IEEE 1588v2 Feature 11. Interface Signals Description 12. Configuration Registers Description 13. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC IP Design Example User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs Archives 14. Document Revision History for the Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC IP Design Example User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs
1. Quick Start Guide x
1.1. Directory Structure 1.2. Generating the Design 1.3. Simulating the Design 1.4. Compiling and Configuring the Design Example in Hardware 1.5. Signal Tap Debugging
1.2. Generating the Design x
1.2.1. Procedure 1.2.2. Design Example Parameters
1.3. Simulating the Design x
1.3.1. Procedure 1.3.2. Testbench
1.4. Compiling and Configuring the Design Example in Hardware x
1.4.1. Procedure 1.4.2. Hardware Setup
1.5. Signal Tap Debugging x
1.5.1. Signals Description 1.5.2. Signals List
2. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G Ethernet Design Example x
2.1. Features 2.2. Hardware and Software Requirements 2.3. Functional Description 2.4. Simulation 2.5. Hardware Testing 2.6. Interface Signals 2.7. Configuration Registers
2.3. Functional Description x
2.3.1. Design Components 2.3.2. Clocking Scheme 2.3.3. Reset Scheme
2.5. Hardware Testing x
2.5.1. Test Procedure
3. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/10G Ethernet Design Example x
3.1. Features 3.2. Hardware and Software Requirements 3.3. Functional Description 3.4. Simulation 3.5. Hardware Testing 3.6. Interface Signals 3.7. Configuration Registers
3.3. Functional Description x
3.3.1. Design Components 3.3.2. Clocking Scheme 3.3.3. Reset Scheme
3.5. Hardware Testing x
3.5.1. Test Procedure
4. 1G/2.5G Ethernet Design Example with IEEE 1588v2 Feature x
4.1. Features 4.2. Hardware and Software Requirements 4.3. Functional Description 4.4. Simulation 4.5. Hardware Testing 4.6. Interface Signals 4.7. Configuration Registers
4.3. Functional Description x
4.3.1. Design Components 4.3.2. Clocking Scheme 4.3.3. Reset Scheme
4.4. Simulation x
4.4.1. Test Case—Design Example with the IEEE 1588v2 Feature
4.5. Hardware Testing x
4.5.1. Test Procedure
5. 1G/2.5G/10G Ethernet Design Example with IEEE 1588v2 Feature x
5.1. Features 5.2. Hardware and Software Requirements 5.3. Functional Description 5.4. Simulation 5.5. Hardware Testing 5.6. Interface Signals 5.7. Configuration Registers
5.3. Functional Description x
5.3.1. Design Components 5.3.2. Clocking Scheme 5.3.3. Reset Scheme
5.4. Simulation x
5.4.1. Test Case—Design Example with the IEEE 1588v2 Feature
5.5. Hardware Testing x
5.5.1. Test Procedure
6. 2.5G Ethernet Design Example x
6.1. Features 6.2. Hardware and Software Requirements 6.3. Functional Description 6.4. Simulation 6.5. Hardware Testing 6.6. Interface Signals 6.7. Configuration Registers
6.3. Functional Description x
6.3.1. Design Components 6.3.2. Clocking Scheme 6.3.3. Reset Scheme
6.5. Hardware Testing x
6.5.1. Test Procedure
7. 2.5G Ethernet Design Example with IEEE 1588v2 Feature x
7.1. Features 7.2. Hardware and Software Requirements 7.3. Functional Description 7.4. Simulation 7.5. Hardware Testing 7.6. Interface Signals 7.7. Configuration Registers
7.3. Functional Description x
7.3.1. Design Components 7.3.2. Clocking Scheme 7.3.3. Reset Scheme
7.4. Simulation x
7.4.1. Test Case—Design Example with the IEEE 1588v2 Feature
7.5. Hardware Testing x
7.5.1. Test Procedure
8. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/10G MGE (Multi Gigabit Ethernet) PCS Only Ethernet Design Example x
8.1. Features 8.2. Hardware and Software Requirements 8.3. Functional Description 8.4. Simulation 8.5. Hardware Testing 8.6. Interface Signals 8.7. Configuration Registers
8.3. Functional Description x
8.3.1. Design Components 8.3.2. Clocking Scheme 8.3.3. Reset Scheme
8.5. Hardware Testing x
8.5.1. Test Procedure
9. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G (USXGMII) Ethernet Design Example x
9.1. Features 9.2. Hardware and Software Requirements 9.3. Functional Description 9.4. Simulation 9.5. Hardware Testing 9.6. Interface Signals 9.7. Configuration Registers
9.3. Functional Description x
9.3.1. Design Components 9.3.2. Clocking Scheme 9.3.3. Reset Scheme
9.5. Hardware Testing x
9.5.1. Test Procedure
10. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G (USXGMII) Ethernet Design Example with IEEE 1588v2 Feature x
10.1. Features 10.2. Hardware and Software Requirements 10.3. Functional Description 10.4. Simulation 10.5. Hardware Testing 10.6. Interface Signals
10.3. Functional Description x
10.3.1. Design Components 10.3.2. Clocking Scheme 10.3.3. Reset Scheme
10.4. Simulation x
10.4.1. Test Case—Design Example with the IEEE 1588v2 Feature
10.5. Hardware Testing x
10.5.1. Test Procedure
11. Interface Signals Description x
11.1. Clock and Reset Interface Signals 11.2. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface Signals 11.3. Avalon® Streaming Interface Signals 11.4. PHY Interface Signals 11.5. Status Interface 11.6. IEEE 1588v2 Timestamp Interface Signals
12. Configuration Registers Description x
12.1. Register Access Definition 12.2. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC 12.3. PHY 12.4. Packet Generator and Traffic Monitor Register Map
12.3. PHY x
12.3.1. 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate PHY
1. Quick Start Guide
2. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G Ethernet Design Example
3. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/10G Ethernet Design Example
4. 1G/2.5G Ethernet Design Example with IEEE 1588v2 Feature
5. 1G/2.5G/10G Ethernet Design Example with IEEE 1588v2 Feature
6. 2.5G Ethernet Design Example
7. 2.5G Ethernet Design Example with IEEE 1588v2 Feature
8. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/10G MGE (Multi Gigabit Ethernet) PCS Only Ethernet Design Example
9. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G (USXGMII) Ethernet Design Example
10. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G (USXGMII) Ethernet Design Example with IEEE 1588v2 Feature
11. Interface Signals Description
12. Configuration Registers Description
13. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC IP Design Example User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs Archives
14. Document Revision History for the Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC IP Design Example User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

1.2.2. Design Example Parameters

Table 2.  Parameters in the Example Design Tab
Parameter Description
Select Design Available example designs for the IP parameter settings. When you select an example design from the Preset library, this field shows the selected design.
Example Design Files

The files to generate for the different development phase.

  • Simulation—generates the necessary files for simulating the example design.
  • Synthesis—generates the synthesis files. Use these files to compile the design in the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software for hardware testing and perform static timing analysis.
Generate File Format The format of the RTL files for simulation—Verilog or VHDL.
Generate Debug Signal Tap This option provides a default signal tap analyzer with pre-identified debug signals for the design example altera_eth_top.stp file generated in the project folder.
Select Board Supported hardware for design implementation. When you select an Altera FPGA development board, the Target Device is the one that matches the device on the Development Kit.

If this menu is not available, there is no supported board for the options that you select.

Agilex 5 FPGA E-Series 065B Premium Development Kit (ES1) : This option allows you to test the design example on the selected Altera FPGA IP development kit. This option automatically selects the Target Device to match the device on the IP development kit. If your board revision has a different device grade, you can change the target device.

None: This option excludes the hardware aspects for the design example.
Select Device Initialization Clock 25 MHz, 100 MHz, or 125 MHz external clock to the OSC_CLK_1 device pin for design example that uses transceivers.
Change Target Device Select this parameter to display and select all devices for the IP development kit.
Specify Number of Channels The number of Ethernet channels.

For Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 devices, the default number of channels is 2 and this parameter is not selectable.
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