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

4. Functional Description of the Drive-On-Chip with Functional Safety Design Example for Agilex 7 Devices

The Platform Designer high-level system includes many subsystems. These subsystems allow the system to work appropriately.
  • The clock_subsystem and board_subsystem contain blocks related to the board resources such buttons, switches, LEDs, reference clocks, resets. They provide the clocks and resets for the other subsystems.
  • The hps_subsystem is an instance of the Agilex 7 HPS that runs the HPS safe channel application in Linux. EMIF to on-board DDR4 chip includes presets and connections of the HPS2FPGA bridges to other subsystems. The subsystem includes an instance of DDR4 EMIF to interface with on-board memory chip with all presets and connections to the HPS2FPGA bridges to other subsystems.
  • The shared_mem_susbsystem enables cross comparison data to pass between the FPGA and HPS as part of the safety concept. A memory location where the FPGA channel and the HPS channel read and write the necessary safety payloads.
  • The esl_subsystem is an internal (FPGA fabric) implementation of the external safety logic. In a production functional safety application, you remove this block and you implement it in a separate device from the Agilex device.
  • The hardware_subsystem collects information off the device that you can use to implement safety features such as voltage and temperature monitoring and validation.
  • The safety_subsystem implements one channel of the the safety concept in the FPGA. This safety channel is currently attached to the speed monitoring of Axis0
  • The subsystems dniosv_subsystem, motor_model_subsystem_8, drive_subsystem_ and control_subsystem are blocks related to motor control and motor modeling. For more information on these blocks, refer to AN 994: Drive-On-Chip Design Example for Agilex 7 Devices.
Figure 12. Platform Designer Top-Level Design

Section Content
Drive-on-Chip Related Subsystems
HPS Safety Subsystem
Safety Subsystem
Shared Memory Subsystem
External Safety Logic
Hardware Subsystem
Voltage Thresholds
IP Input and Output Signals
Registers

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