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ESama
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6 years ago

Cyclone 10 GX Transceiver PHY in PCS Direct vs Enhanced

Hello I 'm working on an Intel Cyclone 10 GX developpement kit board with a native Transceiver PHY (Arria 10/cyclone 10) IP. When I configure the transceiver in a "PCS Direct" mode every thing is O...
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Deshi_Intel
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6 years ago

HI Etienne,

When you use "PCS Direct" mode, you basically bypass most of the PCS block function.

However when you enable "basic enhanced" mode, certain PCS block function is enabled depends on what PCS block and how you enable and configure them in NativePHY IP accordingly.

Feel free to checkout below guideline to find out more about PCS block usage.

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/programmable/us/en/pdfs/literature/hb/cyclone-10/ug_cyclone10_xcvr_phy.pdf

Thanks.

Regards,

dlim