LVDS Tunneling Protocol and Interface IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. Overview 2. Configuring and Generating the IP 3. Simulating the IP 4. Validating the IP 5. Troubleshooting and Debugging Issues 6. Appendix A: Functional Description 7. Appendix B: Registers 8. Document Revision History for the LVDS Tunneling Protocol and Interface IP User Guide
1. Overview x
1.1. About the LVDS Tunneling Protocol and Interface IP 1.2. About the Document 1.3. Applicable Applications 1.4. Key Concepts 1.5. IP Design Flow 1.6. Design Considerations/Guidelines
1.1. About the LVDS Tunneling Protocol and Interface IP x
1.1.1. IP Release Information 1.1.2. IP Features 1.1.3. IP High-level Block Diagram 1.1.4. Licensing the IP 1.1.5. Device Family Support 1.1.6. Device Speed Grade Support 1.1.7. IP Performance and Resource Utilization
1.2. About the Document x
1.2.1. Target Audience 1.2.2. Conventions Used in the Document 1.2.3. Acronyms 1.2.4. Reference Documents and Training
1.4. Key Concepts x
1.4.1. Interface Tunneling Principle 1.4.2. LTPI Tunneling Methodology 1.4.3. Clock Topology 1.4.4. LTPI Frame 1.4.5. System-level Block Diagram 1.4.6. Link Management 1.4.7. Signal Description
1.4.4. LTPI Frame x
1.4.4.1. Link Detect and Link Speed Selection Frames 1.4.4.2. Link Detect Frame 1.4.4.3. Link Speed Frame 1.4.4.4. Advertise, Configure, and Accept Frames 1.4.4.5. Advertise Frames 1.4.4.6. Configure Frame 1.4.4.7. Accept Frame 1.4.4.8. LTPI Operational Frames 1.4.4.9. Default I/O Frame 1.4.4.10. Default Data Frame
1.4.6. Link Management x
1.4.6.1. Link Training 1.4.6.2. Link Configuration 1.4.6.3. Operational Mode
1.4.7. Signal Description x
1.4.7.1. Clock and Power Signals 1.4.7.2. Channel Signals 1.4.7.3. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Primary Interface Signals 1.4.7.4. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Secondary Interface Signals 1.4.7.5. Avalon® Memory-Mapped CSR Interface Signals 1.4.7.6. Miscellaneous Interface Signals
2. Configuring and Generating the IP x
2.1. Configuring the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Project 2.2. Configuring the LVDS Tunneling Protocol and Interface IP 2.3. Generating HDL for Synthesis and Simulation 2.4. Generating the Simulation Design Example 2.5. Compiling the Design Example in Hardware
2.2. Configuring the LVDS Tunneling Protocol and Interface IP x
2.2.1. Configuring the LVDS Tunneling Protocol and Interface IP Parameters
2.3. Generating HDL for Synthesis and Simulation x
2.3.1. Generated File Structure
2.4. Generating the Simulation Design Example x
2.4.1. Generated Directory Structure and Files
3. Simulating the IP x
3.1. Design Example Features 3.2. Design Example Components 3.3. Configuring the Design Example Parameters 3.4. Simulating the Design Example
3.4. Simulating the Design Example x
3.4.1. Simulation Testbench Flow 3.4.2. Simulation Output
6. Appendix A: Functional Description x
6.1. GPIO Channel 6.2. I2C Channel 6.3. UART Channel 6.4. Data Channel 6.5. OEM Channel
1. Overview
2. Configuring and Generating the IP
3. Simulating the IP
4. Validating the IP
5. Troubleshooting and Debugging Issues
6. Appendix A: Functional Description
7. Appendix B: Registers
8. Document Revision History for the LVDS Tunneling Protocol and Interface IP User Guide

5. Troubleshooting and Debugging Issues

This section describes debug methods that support debugging your simulation design example. The following troubleshooting table provides additional guidance.
Table 45.  Troubleshooting Steps for Simulation Design Example
Issue Troubleshooting Checklist
LTPI link is not established Follow these troubleshooting steps to resolve the issue:​
  1. Enable Enable Status Interface and Enable Error Interface from the General tab in the IP configuration of your design.​
  2. Monitor the pll_locked signal. Confirm that all specified clock inputs are correct​.
  3. Monitor the link_aligned signal. If this signal is low, it indicates that the HPM and SCM LVDS connection is not properly established.​
  4. Once the link alignment is established, the local_link_state signal should transition through the following states, in the following order:
    1. link_detect
    2. link_speed
    3. advertise
    4. configuration
    5. operational​
  5. Check the similarity of the HPM and SCM capabilities when the design does not proceed from the configuration state to the operational state.
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