Shared reconfiguration controller for 2 (separate) transceivers
For my design I'm using a Cyclone V FPGA with 3 transceivers. My design requires 2 separate (duplex) transceiver fiber links. To accomplish this I'm using 2 separate transceiver instances and I assumed it would require 2 separate reconfiguration controllers as well. But as it turns out when I try to compile my design it doesn't work. I'm getting "Error (11687): Channel stm_fbr_tx_out(n) is assigned to location PIN_U1, channel adc_fbr_tx_out(n) is assigned to location PIN_Y3, however channels with different reconfiguration controllers cannot be placed in the same channel triplet. Modify your design so the two channels share the same reconfigure controller."
I tried to find how I can make this work (without combining the 2 separate transceivers into 1 (with 2 lanes), but I can't find any eg. documentation about this. Can I even have 2 completely separate transceivers with a single reconfiguration controller. And if so: how do I all tie it together?
Any help would be greatly appreciated since I'm completely stuck at the moment.
Hi Zying,
One small question. Is it correct that when I create 2 separate transceiver instances, I need a (single) reconfig-controller with the following settings: "Number of reconfig interfaces = 4" and "Optional interface grouping = 2,2" ?
Kind regards,
Arno