Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX FPGA Development Kit User Guide

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Date 8/15/2018
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. Overview 2. Getting Started 3. Development Kit Setup 4. Development Kit Components 5. Board Test System A. Additional Information B. Revision History
1. Overview x
1.1. General Development Kit Description 1.2. Recommended Operating Conditions 1.3. Handling the Board
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Installing the Quartus Prime Software 2.2. Development Kit Package 2.3. Installing the Intel® FPGA Download Cable Driver
3. Development Kit Setup x
3.1. Setting up the Development Kit 3.2. Default Switch and Jumper Settings
4. Development Kit Components x
4.1. Board Overview 4.2. Cyclone 10 GX FPGA 4.3. MAX 10 System Controller 4.4. FPGA Configuration 4.5. Status and User I/O Elements 4.6. Clocks 4.7. Memory 4.8. Power 4.9. Transceivers Interfaces and Communication Ports
4.5. Status and User I/O Elements x
4.5.1. Switches 4.5.2. Pushbuttons 4.5.3. LEDs
4.7. Memory x
4.7.1. EMIF with DDR3 4.7.2. QSPI Flash
4.9. Transceivers Interfaces and Communication Ports x
4.9.1. Transceiver Channels 4.9.2. PCIe Interface 4.9.3. SFP+ Interface 4.9.4. USB3.1 Type-C Interface 4.9.5. FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) Interface 4.9.6. 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet Connector 4.9.7. I2C/PMBUS
5. Board Test System x
5.1. Preparing the Board 5.2. Running the Board Test System 5.3. Using the Board Test System
5.3. Using the Board Test System x
5.3.1. The Configure Menu 5.3.2. The System Info Tab 5.3.3. The GPIO Tab 5.3.4. The EPCQ Tab 5.3.5. The XCVR Tab Status Port PMA Setting Data Type Error Control Run Control 5.3.6. The FMC Tab 5.3.7. The DDR3 Tab 5.3.8. Power Monitor 5.3.9. Clock Controller
A. Additional Information x
A.1. Safety and Regulatory Information A.2. Compliance and Conformity Statements
A.1. Safety and Regulatory Information x
A.1.1. Safety Warnings A.1.2. Safety Cautions
B. Revision History x
B.1. Document Revision History for Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX FPGA Development Kit User Guide
1. Overview
2. Getting Started
3. Development Kit Setup
4. Development Kit Components
5. Board Test System
A. Additional Information
B. Revision History

5.3.5. The XCVR Tab

This tab allows you to perform loopback tests on the PCIe* and SFP+ ports.

Figure 15. The XCVR Tab

Status

Displays the following status information during a loopback test:
  • PLL lock: Shows the PLL locked or unlocked state.
  • Pattern sync: Shows the pattern synced or not synced state. The pattern is considered synced when the start of the data sequence is detected.
  • Details: Shows the PLL lock, pattern sync status and number of errors for a single channel.

Port

Allows you to specify which interface to test. The following port tests are available:
  • PCIe*
  • SFP+

PMA Setting

Allows you to make changes to the PMA parameters that affect the active transceiver interface. The following settings are available for analysis:
  • Serial Loopback: Routes signals between the transmitter and the receiver.
  • VOD: Specifies the voltage output differential of the transmitter buffer.
  • Pre-emphasis tap:
    • 1st pre: Specifies the amount of pre-emphasis on the pre-tap of the transmitter buffer.
    • 2nd pre: Specifies the amount of pre-emphasis on the second pre-tap of the transmitter buffer.
    • 1st post: Specifies the amount of pre-emphasis on the first post tap of the transmitter buffer.
    • 2nd post: Specifies the amount of pre-emphasis on the second post tap of the transmitter buffer.
  • Equalizer: Specifies the AC gain setting for the receiver equalizer in four stage mode.
  • DC gain: Specifies the DC gain setting for the receiver equalizer in four stage mode.
  • VGA: Specifies the VGA gain value.

Data Type

Specifies the type of data contained in the transactions. The following data types are available for analysis:
  • PRBS 7: Selects pseudo-random 7-bit sequences.
  • PRBS 15: Selects pseudo-random 15-bit sequences.
  • PRBS 23: Selects pseudo-random 23-bit sequences.
  • PRBS 31: Selects pseudo-random 31-bit sequences.
  • high_freq: Selects highest frequency divide-by-2 data pattern 10101010.
  • low_freq: Selects lowest frequency divide-by-33 data pattern.

Error Control

Displays data errors detected during analysis and allows you to insert errors:
  • Detected errors: Displays the number of data errors detected in the hardware.
  • Inserted errors: Displays the number of errors inserted into the transmit data stream.
  • Insert: Inserts a one-word error into the transmit data stream each time you click the button. Insert is only enabled during transaction performance analysis.
  • Clear: Resets the Detected errors and Inserted errors counters to zeroes.

Run Control

  • Start: Initiates the selected ports transaction performance analysis.
    Note: Always click Clear before Start.
  • Stop: Terminates transaction performance analysis.
  • TX and RX performance bars: Show the percentage of maximum theoretical data rate that the requested transactions are able to achieve.
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