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About the System PLL in Agilex 5
Regarding the System PLL in Agilex 5, the reference clock input can be supplied not only from the dedicated transceiver input pins but also from HVIO pins.
However, when assigning the pins, the following Critical Warning occurs.
Critical Warning(24190):
User has specified a QSF location assignment to drive XPIN_GTS_CLK[0] using PIN_BK19.
The PIN_BK19 is on HVIO bank and is not optimal for HSSI PLL refclk usage.
Try to use the HSSI native local/global refclk IO instead. Additionally, this HVIO location assignment could cause the Reset Sequencer to be placed into a invalid shoreline.
To avoid this, besides the PLL refclk, you must also specify location assignment for the UX native refclk.
Is the operation acceptable, and what are the jitter characteristics?
Also, are there specific ways to address the Critical Warning?
6 Replies
- Ash_R_Altera
Regular Contributor
Hi,
I found this explanation for the warning in Quartus help:
Regards
- Ash_R_Altera
Regular Contributor
Please let me know if the provided solution resolves your issue.
- mario
New Contributor
Thank you.
I would like to confirm whether assigning the System PLL reference clock to an HVIO pin is considered not recommended.
According to the following user guide, it appears that supplying a reference clock from an HVIO pin is possible: https://docs.altera.com/viewer/book-attachment/7knH5a7~TA2WJGdpfH~dQA/dlqlFRJhjLOWTYNYgDTWiQ-7knH5a7~TA2WJGdpfH~dQA- Ash_R_Altera
Regular Contributor
Hi,
Using the refclk pin from HVIO bank is definitely an accepted solution. However, there is a restriction as mentioned in the following document page:
Also, as the warning message suggests, the pin should be a clock pin which can be routed to global network.
Regards
- Ash_R_Altera
Regular Contributor
I’d appreciate it if you could confirm whether the issue is now resolved.
Regards
- Ash_R_Altera
Regular Contributor
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