AN 999: Drive-on-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example: Agilex™ 7 Devices

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About the Drive-on-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex™ 7 Devices 2. Getting Started 3. Rebuilding the Drive-on-Chip Design 4. Functional Description of the Drive-On-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex 7 Devices 5. HPS Channel Safety Software 6. Drive-on-Chip Design Recommendations and Disclaimers 7. Document Revision History for AN 999: Drive-on-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex 7 Devices
1. About the Drive-on-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex™ 7 Devices x
1.1. Features of the Drive-on-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex 7 Devices 1.2. About the Safety Concept 1.3. Other Drive-on-Chip Design Documents
1.2. About the Safety Concept x
1.2.1. High-Level Block Diagram of the Drive-On-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Software Requirements for the Drive-On-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex 7 Devices 2.2. Hardware Requirements for the Safe Drive-On-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex 7 Devices 2.3. Downloading and Installing the Design 2.4. Installing Python 2.5. Creating an SD Card Image 2.6. Setting Up your Development Board for the Drive-On-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex 7 Devices 2.7. Debugging and Monitoring the Drive-On-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex 7 Devices with Python GUI 2.8. Looking into the Drive-On-Chip Output
2.3. Downloading and Installing the Design x
2.3.1. Design Directory Structure
2.7. Debugging and Monitoring the Drive-On-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex 7 Devices with Python GUI x
2.7.1. GUI Safety Function Tab for the Drive-On-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex 7 Devices
3. Rebuilding the Drive-on-Chip Design x
3.1. Generating the Platform Designer System 3.2. Generating and Building the NiosV/g BSP for the Drive-On-Chip Design Example 3.3. Compiling the Hardware in the Intel Quartus Prime Software 3.4. Modifying the Motor Control Software Application 3.5. Generating .jic and .rbf files After Hardware Modifications 3.6. Recreate an SD Card Image 3.7. Modifying the HPS Safety Function Application
4. Functional Description of the Drive-On-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex 7 Devices x
4.1. Drive-on-Chip Related Subsystems 4.2. HPS Safety Subsystem 4.3. Safety Subsystem 4.4. Shared Memory Subsystem 4.5. External Safety Logic 4.6. Hardware Subsystem 4.7. Voltage Thresholds 4.8. IP Input and Output Signals 4.9. Registers
4.3. Safety Subsystem x
4.3.1. Safety Block 4.3.2. Quadrature Encoder Pulse 4.3.3. Interval Timer
4.3.1. Safety Block x
4.3.1.1. Safety Function Block 4.3.1.2. Cross-Comparison Block
5. HPS Channel Safety Software x
5.1. Meta Layer and Yocto Build 5.2. HPS Channel Speed Monitoring Safety Application
5.1. Meta Layer and Yocto Build x
5.1.1. Layer Configuration Files 5.1.2. Board Support Package Recipes (recipes-bsp)
5.2. HPS Channel Speed Monitoring Safety Application x
5.2.1. Main (hps_safe_channel.c) 5.2.2. Speed Estimation Thread (speed_estmation.c/.h) 5.2.3. Printing Thread (print_safety.c/.h) 5.2.4. Safety Function Application (srt.c/.h) 5.2.5. Access to Devices 5.2.6. Core Isolation and Core Affinity
1. About the Drive-on-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex™ 7 Devices
2. Getting Started
3. Rebuilding the Drive-on-Chip Design
4. Functional Description of the Drive-On-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex 7 Devices
5. HPS Channel Safety Software
6. Drive-on-Chip Design Recommendations and Disclaimers
7. Document Revision History for AN 999: Drive-on-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex 7 Devices

6. Drive-on-Chip Design Recommendations and Disclaimers

The Drive-on-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex™ 7 devices implements the CAT3 Pl D safety concept for Altera FPGAs. The design is based on the monitoring of axis speed in the Drive-On-Chip Design Example for Agilex™ 7 Devices. This design only shows how to implement the safety concept. Altera does not intend in any way for you to deploy this design in a real-world production environment. The design is not validated for any certification related to safety standards compliance.

This design only demonstrates the safety concept principles, but it does not meet the rigorous standards and requirements for deployment in production systems. You must put in place all mechanisms, validation, verification, checks, and extension of the safety concept for your design if such application is required.

The external safety logic block constitutes a fundamental part of the safety concept for FPGA. It must be an independent piece of hardware (another FPGA, microcontroller, CPU.) for the safety concept to be valid. This design includes the external safety logic in the same Agilex device fabric as the safety function logic to demonstrate the design in a single chip. You must implement the external safety logic as a separate entity.

The design provides a meta-layer for custom Yocto build that works for the Agilex GSRD 24.1 documented on the RocketBoards website. The meta layer provides the application and the modifications to the SD card collaterals to enable the HPS safety channel and the communication with devices in the FPGA fabric. However, you must modify or fix the meta layer and the software application components if you use any other version of the GSRD as a base to build the SD card image. Altera does not maintain the SW and SD card image as the GSRD for Agilex devices is updated on the RocketBoards website. The GSRD is not a production ready framework. You must validate the operating system of your choice and programming models to certify your system with functional safety standards.

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