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AEsqu
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3 years ago

bandwidth / charge pump data setting registers

Hello,

I use the avalon fsm to program the pll reconfig for a cyclone 5 FPGA.

I was wondering were I could find the bandwidth (address=8, 4 bits data) and charge pump (address=9, 3 bits data) setting registers

data values that corresponds to the settings indicated by the GUI of Quartus when creating a PLL.

For example, I do not know which register value is matching a charge pump current of 20 uA or a filter BW of 4000.

I cannot find a spreadsheet calculator (that the doc refers to) that would show me the register data values to write either on the Intel website.

I'm also wondering if it is necessary to write along with the c/m/n/k, .. parameters

those charge pump and bandwidth values (I was assuming that the PLL would keep the previous settings it had on power cycle, but I have the impression this is not the case when reconfiguring the PLL using the pll_reconfig block).

Kind Regards,

Alex.

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      AEsqu
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      3 years ago

      Hello Farabi,

      I can only select with the PLL reconfig calculator

      a bandwidth setting of low (binary = 4'b1000)

      but I'm not sure if medium is supported as well, is it not?

      As for the charge pump, it is all black and nothing can be selected.

      Am I missing something?

      Alex.

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      AEsqu
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      3 years ago

      Some picture showing the bw selection from the Megawizard vs the only slow possible selection in the spreadsheet.

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        AEsqu
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        3 years ago

        Well, in the Megawizard, if I select low, medium or high BW,

        they all end-up using 4000 Ohm resistor value.

        So I guess that would explain why there is only one SLOW option value in the spreadsheet.

        But it does affect the charge pump current.

        When I select low BW, the charge pump current is 10 uA.

        When I select medium BW, the charge pump current is 20 uA.

        When I select high BW, the charge pump current is 30 uA.

        What are the charge pump binaries values associated with 10, 20 and 30 uA then?

        Alex.

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    AEsqu
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    3 years ago

    I see the value changing when trying to pick the box in the spreadsheet below low (is it medium then?)

    low 10 uA would be binary values 010

    medium 20 uA would be 100

    high 30 uA would be ??? (spreadsheet keeps 100)

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    Farabi
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    3 years ago

    Hi Alex,

    Referring to your PLL type, you are using integer-PLL, and at the spreadsheet, you need to select integer-PLL type.

    currently, you selected fPLL type in the spreadsheet and this is not align with your PLL type in Quartus.

    If the box turns black, that means you can't modify the parameter.

    regards,

    Farabi

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      AEsqu
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      3 years ago

      Thanks Farabi,

      I did not know I could change the PLL type.

      After changing it I can see this:

      low 10 uA binary values are 3'b010

      medium 20 uA binary values are 3'b011

      high 30 uA binary values are 3'b100

      Ticket can be closed, I can reprogram the PLL nicely with the avalon fsm.

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        Farabi
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        3 years ago

        Hi,

        I’m glad that your question has been addressed, I now transition this thread to community support. If you have a new question, feel free to open a new thread to get the support from Intel experts. Otherwise, the community users will continue to help you on this thread. Thank you.

        regards,
        Farabi