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5 years ago

40Gbps Ethernet MACPHY IP Hardware Demo Design using QSFP

Hello! I am trying to test the 40Gbps Demo for Stratix V in Quartus 18.1 Standard Edition. After compiling the project, I get the following error, even though the target device is right: Error (1...

SengKok_L_Intel

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5 years ago

Do you able to instantiate a new 40G/100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP from the IP catalog?
Do you able to create an empty project by selecting this device 5SGXEA7K2F40C2?

Regards -SK

DanielGP
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5 years ago
1) Yes but only in a different project as you can check below:

2) Yes, I have already tested a few projects before. Recently, I tested the one with the your TSE IP and now I want to do the same but for 10Gbps Ethernet. Is there other option rather than this 40Gbps IP? What I need are two 10Gbps ethernet connections...

Thank you for the attention!
- SengKok_L_Intel
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  5 years ago
  If you can instantiate a new IP without a problem, then you can try to work around it by using the following settings to generate the 40G IP. If not, you might need to use v17.1std.
  - DanielGP
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    5 years ago
    Thank you, I will give it a try!
    
    Another issue, I have already read the User Guide but something is not clear to me yet. Can I use the 40Gbps IP to individually control each 10Gbps interface?
    
    Basically for my project I need to control two independent 10 Gbps ethernet connections. I bought this adapter to have 4x10G SFP+ interfaces. Is it possible to have two 10Gbps connections with the 40Gbps IP or should I use two 10 Gbps IPs? Or this is not even possible at all?
    
    Looking to the board pinout, I see there are 4 pair TX/RX, I assume one pair per interface. But then how do I manage the other ports (I2C, module signals, etc) separately?
    
    Sorry for all the questions.