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7 years ago

Stratix 10 GX Dev Kit (L Tile) Programming Issues

Hi,

I am having trouble compiling .sof files to program the Dev kit.

I am able to use the BTS program and program provided .sof files using the BTS and Quartus programmer. However when I try to compile my own they fail on programming. The fail occurs at 12/13% every time and does not give me any error messages as to why it failed.

I am using Quartus 18.1. I'm trying to compile with projects in the examples folder from the FPGA Development Kit package (the production L tile package). I am also trying to create projects from scratch but I get the same result.

Are these provided projects for a different revision of the board? Or are the extra steps that need to be taken when using the example projects?

Thanks

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    As an update, I found some settings in a qsf file on the intel github page. Some key differences I think I have found are in the FPGA device numbers:

    From Intel Github qsf:

    #############################################################

    # Device setup

    #############################################################

    set_global_assignment -name FAMILY "Stratix 10"

    set_global_assignment -name DEVICE 1SG280LU3F50E3VG

    From board package:

    set_global_assignment -name FAMILY "Stratix 10"

    set_global_assignment -name DEVICE 1SG280LU2F50E2VG

    and in the VID settings:

    From the Intel Github qsf:

    #############################################################

    # VID

    #############################################################

    set_global_assignment -name USE_PWRMGT_SCL SDM_IO14

    set_global_assignment -name USE_PWRMGT_SDA SDM_IO11

    set_global_assignment -name VID_OPERATION_MODE "PMBUS MASTER"

    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_BUS_SPEED_MODE "400 KHZ"

    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_SLAVE_DEVICE_TYPE LTM4677

    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_SLAVE_DEVICE0_ADDRESS 4F

    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_SLAVE_DEVICE1_ADDRESS 00

    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_SLAVE_DEVICE2_ADDRESS 00

    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_SLAVE_DEVICE3_ADDRESS 00

    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_SLAVE_DEVICE4_ADDRESS 00

    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_SLAVE_DEVICE5_ADDRESS 00

    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_SLAVE_DEVICE6_ADDRESS 00

    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_SLAVE_DEVICE7_ADDRESS 00

    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_PAGE_COMMAND_ENABLE ON

    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_VOLTAGE_OUTPUT_FORMAT "AUTO DISCOVERY"

    set_global_assignment -name PWRMGT_TRANSLATED_VOLTAGE_VALUE_UNIT VOLTS

    and from memory the board package had the same settings in the Quartus project but the slave device 0 address being either 55 or 5F.

    Would these discrepancies be the cause of my compiling/programming issues? Is there any other settings other than pin assignments that need to be addressed before compiling the .sof files (no IP cores involved)?

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      Using the settings from the Intel Github resolved my issue