Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP FPGA – HyperRAM MSGDMA Reference Design

Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP FPGA – HyperRAM MSGDMA Reference Design

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8/4/2017

Introduction

This stand-alone tutorial describes a simple benchmarking reference design for Synaptic Laboratories Ltd's HyperBus Memory Controller (HBMC) intellectual property (IP) core targeted specifically for the Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP Evaluation Kit. This reference design is based on Intel's MSGDMA reference project. The tutorial describes the key aspects of a pre-configured .qsys reference project and the process of generating and compiling the project. The tutorial then describes how to compile the example Nios® II processor source code that controls Intel's MSGDMA and run the reference design on the development board. This reference design is actively maintained by Synaptic Laboratories Ltd. Includes a free trial IP.

Design Details

Device Family

Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP FPGA

Quartus Edition

Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition

Quartus Version

17.0

IP Cores (25)
IP Core IP Core Category
Nios II Gen2 Processor NiosII
Avalon-MM Pipeline Bridge QsysInterconnect
Read Master QsysInterconnect
Write Master QsysInterconnect
IRQ Mapper QsysInterconnect
JTAG UART ConfigurationProgramming
MM Interconnect QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Adapter QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Error Adapter QsysInterconnect
Memory-Mapped Demultiplexer QsysInterconnect
Memory-Mapped Multiplexer QsysInterconnect
Avalon-MM Slave Agent QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Single Clock FIFO QsysInterconnect
Memory-Mapped Burst Adapter QsysInterconnect
Avalon-MM Slave Translator QsysInterconnect
Avalon-MM Master Agent QsysInterconnect
Memory-Mapped Traffic Limiter QsysInterconnect
Avalon-MM Master Translator QsysInterconnect
Memory-Mapped Router QsysInterconnect
Memory-Mapped Width Adapter QsysInterconnect
On-Chip Memory (RAM or ROM) OnChipMemory
PIO (Parallel I/O) Other
Reset Controller QsysInterconnect
System ID Peripheral Other
Interval Timer Peripherals

Detailed Description

Prepare the design template in the Quartus Prime software GUI (version 14.1 and later)


Note: After downloading the design example, you must prepare the design template. The file you downloaded is of the form of a <project>.par file which contains a compressed version of your design files (similar to a .qar file) and metadata describing the project. The combination of this information is what constitutes a <project>.par file. In releases 16.0 or newer, you can simply double click on the <project>.par file and Quartus will launch that project.


The second means to bring up the project template is through the New Project Wizard (File -> New Project Wizard). After entering the project name and folder on the first panel, the second panel will ask you to specify an empty project or project template. Select project template. You will see a list of Design Templates projects that you have loaded prior as well as various "Baseline Pinout Designs" that contain the pinout and settings for a variety of development kits. If you don't see your design template in the list, click on the link that states install the Design Templates circled below:



Browse to the <project>.par file you downloaded, click next, followed by Finish, and your design template will be installed and displayed in the Project Navigator pane in Quartus.


Note: When a design is stored in the Design Store as a design template, it has been previously regression tested against the stated version of Quartus software. The regression ensures the design template passes analysis/synthesis/fitting/assembly steps in the Quartus design flow.



Prepare the design template in the Quartus Prime software command-line


At the command-line, type the following command:

quartus_sh --platform_install -package <project directory>/<project>.par


Once the process completes, then type:

quartus_sh --platform -name <project>



Note:

* Vendor: Third party from Synaptic Laboratories Ltd.

* ACDS Version: 17.0.0 Standard


Design Details

Device Family

Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP FPGA

Quartus Edition

Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition

Quartus Version

17.0