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EnricoPicco
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3 years ago

Stratix 10 Transceiver Toolkit User Defined Test Pattern

Hello, I am using a Stratix 10 TX board. I want to use its transceiver to drive the SMA cables, but I have no experience with this kind of transceivers and any help is indeed appreciated. I am ...
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Ash_R_Intel
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3 years ago

Hi,

There is a 'Data Pattern Generator' block within the E-tile PMA. You choose it to send user-defined data.

Refer for the description: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683723/current/data-pattern-generation.html


For related registers and example refer below links:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683723/current/user-defined-pattern-example.html

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683723/current/prbs-usage-model.html


You may also want to instantiate the Avalon-St Data pattern verifier block (available in IP Catalog) for validation of received data.


Recommend you to go through XCVR toolkit training video for usage in general.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwhyJuphy8I


Regards


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EnricoPicco
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3 years ago

Hi,

thanks a lot for the answer.

It is still not clear not me how to access these PMA registers. For example, in the E-Tile PHY User Guide there is this example that you provided (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683723/current/user-defined-pattern-example.html ).It is clear to me that I have to operate the steps listed there, but I don't know how to do that.

For example, let's take the first row:

"Write 0x84[7:0] = 0x03"

I guess it means that I have to write the value "0x03" in the byte at the address "0x84"? But how do I assess this command? I really don't understand and I think I am missing something here.

Regards,

Enrico