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jpang10
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5 years ago

PCIe hard IP Bringup on Cyclone 10 GX custom board

Hello, We are having trouble bringing up the PCIe Hard IP on our custom board. The hard IP is set up for gen 1 x1. It appears that coreclkout is stuck low and not toggling. Current setup: We ar...
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SengKok_L_Intel
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5 years ago

The coreclkout is derived from the PCIe Refclk, below are the posibilities of this problem:


  1. How do you connect the npor signal? Please ensure this signal is asserted or you may just tie it as "1" in the design.
  2. You may try to use the PCIe refclk as the sampling clock in signal tap and check if the serdes_pll_locked signal can be asserted? If not, it could be something wrong with the refclk.


Regards -SK