[Agilex 7F] How to setup my EMIF IPs for the toolkit?
Hi, I've been trying to reconfigure my existing EMIF IPs to make them reachable from the EMIF toolkit and be able to generate some eye diagrams. The topology I have : 2x EMIF calib IPs 7x EMIF IPs One calib IP is connected to 3 EMIFs and the other to the 4 remaining. For the calib IPs, I selected "Add EMIF Debug Interface". For the EMIFs I did not do anything since "Note: Calibration Debug Options are set from EMIF Calibration IP which applies to all EMIFs connected to an I/O row". When opening the system console, I can see the instances in the System Explorer tab, but not in the Toolkit Explorer (I loaded the sof file). Am I doing something wrong? Note that I DO NOT want to start again from an example design, or let me know if it won't change anything for me in terms of settings, behavior, ... Also, if there's a way to generate the eye diagram "by hand" from the exported cal_debug port, I am more than interested. If there's any other way to automate the process of generating the eye diagrams, I would also be interested! Thanks!
Hard reset with USB-Blaster and Quartus
Hello there, I am working on few JTAG operations using Quartus prime standard (v24) with USB-Blaster (cable). After every operation I need to hard reset to perform the next operation. Unless Hard-reset is performed, the data received in TDO is not correct. Is there any command to make sure we do not have to perform hard-reset (Just to note, soft-reset is always performed). A quick response to this would be appreciated. Thanks in advance :) BR, Alkesh
Agilex 5 EMAC GMII loopthrough: signals are not toggling in Fabric
I am trying to route GMII signals through the Agilex5 HPS to the Fabric. In the .dts I am using, I have the following settings for the two EMACs: &gmac0 { status = "okay"; mac-mode = "gmii"; phy-mode = "gmii"; // must be added, and if no PHY, then add fixed link //phy-handle = <&emac0_phy0>; max-frame-size = <9000>; fixed-link { speed = <1000>; full-duplex; }; mdio0 { #address-cells = <1>; #size-cells = <0>; compatible = "snps,dwmac-mdio"; emac0_phy0: ethernet-phy@0 { reg = <0>; }; }; }; &gmac1 { status = "okay"; mac-mode = "gmii"; phy-mode = "gmii"; //phy-handle = <&emac1_phy0>; max-frame-size = <9000>; fixed-link { speed = <1000>; full-duplex; }; mdio0 { #address-cells = <1>; #size-cells = <0>; compatible = "snps,dwmac-mdio"; emac1_phy0: ethernet-phy@0 { reg = <0>; }; }; }; In the RTL I am connecting the two EMACs as followed: logic user_clk_pll_125, user_clk_pll_25, user_clk_pll_2_5; // 1G / 100M / 10M (* noprune *) logic [7:0] tx_dummy_counter; (* noprune *) logic emac0_mac_tx_clk_o_wire, emac0_mac_tx_clk_i_wire, emac0_mac_rx_clk_wire, emac0_mac_rst_tx_n_wire, emac0_mac_rst_rx_n_wire; (* noprune *) logic emac0_mac_txen_wire, emac0_mac_txer_wire, emac0_mac_rxdv_wire, emac0_mac_rxer_wire, emac0_mac_col_wire, emac0_mac_crs_wire; (* noprune *) logic [7:0] emac0_mac_rxd_wire; (* noprune *) logic [2:0] emac0_mac_speed_wire; (* noprune *) logic [7:0] emac0_mac_txd_o_wire; (* noprune *) logic [7:0] rx_dummy_counter; (* noprune *) logic emac1_mac_tx_clk_o_wire, emac1_mac_tx_clk_i_wire, emac1_mac_rx_clk_wire, emac1_mac_rst_tx_n_wire, emac1_mac_rst_rx_n_wire; (* noprune *) logic emac1_mac_txen_wire, emac1_mac_txer_wire, emac1_mac_rxdv_wire, emac1_mac_rxer_wire, emac1_mac_col_wire, emac1_mac_crs_wire; (* noprune *) logic [7:0] emac1_mac_rxd_wire; (* noprune *) logic [2:0] emac1_mac_speed_wire; (* noprune *) logic [7:0] emac1_mac_txd_o_wire; assign emac0_mac_rx_clk_wire = emac1_mac_tx_clk_o_wire; // 1G assign emac1_mac_rxdv_wire = emac0_mac_txen_wire; assign emac1_mac_rxer_wire = emac0_mac_txer_wire; assign emac1_mac_rxd_wire = emac0_mac_txd_o_wire; assign emac1_mac_col_wire = 1'b0; assign emac1_mac_crs_wire = 1'b0; assign emac0_mac_rx_clk_wire = emac0_mac_tx_clk_o_wire; // 1G assign emac0_mac_rxdv_wire = emac1_mac_txen_wire; assign emac0_mac_rxer_wire = emac1_mac_txer_wire; assign emac0_mac_rxd_wire = emac1_mac_txd_o_wire; assign emac0_mac_col_wire = 1'b0; assign emac0_mac_crs_wire = 1'b0; The GMII signals are exported from the Agilex HPS as followed: When the system boots, the following can be seen is dmesg: [ 1.443647] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: Adding to iommu group 0 [ 1.450679] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: IRQ eth_wake_irq not found [ 1.457291] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: IRQ eth_lpi not found [ 1.463542] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: RX VLAN HW Stripping [ 1.469741] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: SMTG Hub Cross Timestamp supported [ 1.477398] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: User ID: 0x76, Synopsys ID: 0x31 [ 1.484534] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: XGMAC2 [ 1.489489] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: DMA HW capability register supported [ 1.496943] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: RX Checksum Offload Engine supported [ 1.504396] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: COE Type 1 [ 1.509603] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: TX Checksum insertion supported [ 1.516623] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: TSO supported [ 1.522089] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: Enable RX Mitigation via HW Watchdog Timer [ 1.530076] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: device MAC address 42:ca:f5:1e:55:80 [ 1.537533] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: Enabled L3L4 Flow TC (entries=16) [ 1.544737] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: Enabled RFS Flow TC (entries=10) [ 1.551847] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: TSO feature enabled [ 1.557831] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: SPH feature enabled [ 1.563815] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: TX COE limited to 2 tx queues [ 1.570665] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet: Using 40/40 bits DMA host/device width [ 1.581335] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: Adding to iommu group 1 [ 1.588338] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: IRQ eth_wake_irq not found [ 1.594945] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: IRQ eth_lpi not found [ 1.601179] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: RX VLAN HW Stripping [ 1.607380] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: SMTG Hub Cross Timestamp supported [ 1.614905] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: User ID: 0x76, Synopsys ID: 0x31 [ 1.622027] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: XGMAC2 [ 1.626982] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: DMA HW capability register supported [ 1.634436] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: RX Checksum Offload Engine supported [ 1.641890] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: COE Type 1 [ 1.647097] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: TX Checksum insertion supported [ 1.654117] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: TSO supported [ 1.659583] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: Enable RX Mitigation via HW Watchdog Timer [ 1.667568] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: device MAC address 3e:47:0a:4f:7b:96 [ 1.675024] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: Enabled L3L4 Flow TC (entries=16) [ 1.682221] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: Enabled RFS Flow TC (entries=10) [ 1.689330] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: TSO feature enabled [ 1.695314] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: SPH feature enabled [ 1.701298] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: TX COE limited to 2 tx queues [ 1.708147] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet: Using 40/40 bits DMA host/device width [ 1.718293] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: Adding to iommu group 2 [ 1.725245] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: IRQ eth_wake_irq not found [ 1.731850] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: IRQ eth_lpi not found [ 1.738075] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: RX VLAN HW Stripping [ 1.744242] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: SMTG Hub Cross Timestamp supported [ 1.751730] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: User ID: 0x76, Synopsys ID: 0x31 [ 1.758854] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: XGMAC2 [ 1.763807] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: DMA HW capability register supported [ 1.771261] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: RX Checksum Offload Engine supported [ 1.778712] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: COE Type 1 [ 1.783917] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: TX Checksum insertion supported [ 1.790936] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: TSO supported [ 1.796400] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: Enable RX Mitigation via HW Watchdog Timer [ 1.804372] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: Enabled L3L4 Flow TC (entries=16) [ 1.811565] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: Enabled RFS Flow TC (entries=10) [ 1.818673] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: TSO feature enabled [ 1.824656] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: SPH feature enabled [ 1.830639] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: TX COE limited to 2 tx queues [ 1.837487] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet: Using 40/40 bits DMA host/device width ... [ 11.730428] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet eth2: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0 [ 11.747001] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet eth2: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-1 [ 11.770275] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet eth2: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-2 [ 11.778338] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet eth2: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-3 [ 11.782322] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet eth2: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-4 [ 11.787412] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet eth2: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-5 [ 11.790998] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet eth2: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-6 [ 11.796018] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet eth2: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-7 [ 11.813781] fpga_manager fpga0: Stratix10 SOC FPGA Manager registered [ 11.913063] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet eth2: PHY [stmmac-2:01] driver [Micrel KSZ9031 Gigabit PHY] (irq=POLL) [ 11.913393] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet eth2: No Safety Features support found [ 11.913478] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet eth2: IEEE 1588-2008 Advanced Timestamp supported [ 12.001908] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet eth2: registered PTP clock [ 12.007839] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet eth2: FPE workqueue start [ 12.007940] socfpga-dwmac 10830000.ethernet eth2: configuring for phy/rgmii-id link mode [ 12.155854] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet eth1: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0 [ 12.159161] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet eth1: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-1 [ 12.180998] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet eth1: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-2 [ 12.191086] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet eth1: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-3 [ 12.199787] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet eth1: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-4 [ 12.208205] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet eth1: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-5 [ 12.218464] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet eth1: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-6 [ 12.229854] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet eth1: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-7 [ 12.247722] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet eth1: No Safety Features support found [ 12.247967] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet eth1: IEEE 1588-2008 Advanced Timestamp supported [ 12.331440] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet eth1: registered PTP clock [ 12.332900] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet eth1: FPE workqueue start [ 12.332987] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet eth1: configuring for fixed/gmii link mode [ 12.343803] socfpga-dwmac 10820000.ethernet eth1: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control off [ 12.344209] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready [ 12.449807] of-fpga-region soc:base_fpga_region: FPGA Region probed [ 12.469882] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet eth0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0 [ 12.479649] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet eth0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-1 [ 12.482568] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet eth0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-2 [ 12.490255] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet eth0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-3 [ 12.493314] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet eth0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-4 [ 12.501735] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet eth0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-5 [ 12.514200] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet eth0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-6 [ 12.536765] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet eth0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-7 [ 12.582718] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet eth0: No Safety Features support found [ 12.583005] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet eth0: IEEE 1588-2008 Advanced Timestamp supported [ 12.591157] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet eth0: registered PTP clock [ 12.601012] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet eth0: FPE workqueue start [ 12.601201] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet eth0: configuring for fixed/gmii link mode [ 12.611650] socfpga-dwmac 10810000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control off [ 12.615095] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready ... (this log was from testing 100M, but the same occurs for 1G) In signal tap, no wires are toggled (even though it seems the output clocks are fine) Please help!
QSYS 25.3pro failed to generate VHDL simulation files for altera_remote_update_core
Hello, If I use altera_remote_update_core in a QSYS project using Quartus Version 25.3pro, the IP Generation fails with the following error message Info: sib_flash_subsys_remote_update_0: "Generating: altera_remote_update_core" Error: invalid command name "else" Info: while executing Info: "else { Info: do_vhdl_sim_cbx altera_remote_update_core Info: }" Info: (procedure "do_vhdl_sim" line 8) Info: invoked from within Info: "do_vhdl_sim altera_remote_update_core" Error: Generation stopped, 1 or more modules remaining Despite the error message being not very meaningful, I realized, that this fails only, when I select Simulation Model "VHDL". If I select simulation model "none" or "verilog" IP Generation works fine. The error is reproduceable by a simple QSYS project, which only contains altera_remote_update IP core. The error only occurs in Quartus 25.3pro. Using the exactly same project with Quartus 24.1pro works without error. Please advice, I would appreciate any help on this topic. Thanks best regards Fabian
Arria 10 SoC Dev Kit Baremetal HPS examples issue & workflow
Hi, I recently acquired an Arria 10 SoC dev kit but I'm really struggling to run either the examples on embedded-software/bare-metal or the ones included in SoC EDS pro 20.1, trying to follow the instructions for both of them, they seem to rely on a old version of SoC EDS which included within ARM DS-5 and the toolchain, but now SoC EDS & ARM DS are separated and I cannot build the examples. With the new applications the flow for using this examples should remain the same? I mean: use Pogrammer to program the included .sof inside ghrd (or generate a updated one) -> open ARM-DS from SoC-EDS with environmental variables assigned and build with new toolchain arm-none-eabi -> run from ARM-DS (can i without license?) Seems like most of the tools used for running this examples have been discontinued (for example ) so at this point I don't know which workflow should I actually follow. PD: finally I was able to generate de application.axf from this example Altera-SoCFPGA-HardwareLib-16550-CV-GNU with an old toolchain but I don't know how to program it without a license, for now I don't want to debug anything, just do some simple tests printing by uartEPM9320LI84-20
Hello! Could you please clarify something? Within the same batch of EPM9320LI84-20 FPGAs, the marking quality varies significantly, which is especially noticeable in the letter A in the ALTERA logo. This is not an isolated case within the batch—there are several chips with the same issue. Could this happen during manufacturing? As you understand, these chips were discontinued long ago and are no longer available from official distributors, so we have to source them from less reliable suppliers. Please respond as soon as possible. Thank you!
About old Stratix II GX EP2SGX90 Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Board...
I can see that the old version of Quartus has come back, so I will give it a chance. Could Altera offical upload the "SIIGX_SI_Kit-v1.0.1.exe" file again for "Stratix II GX EP2SGX90 Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Board"? Any help would be appreciated.Agilex 5 IOPLL Max Numbers and Tool Display Mismatch
Hello everyone Let me discuss the title. [Question] What is the maximum number of IOPLLs (Bank IOPLLs, Fabric Feeding IOPLLs, and perspective of whether System PLL can be used for other purpose ) on an A5EC008BB32AE5S, both device wide and bank/block wise? In particular, I would like to know the official opinion on how Quartus Pro Edition (Fitter/Report) and Power and Thermal Calculator count the upper limit on IO96B (HSIO) banks and the upper limit on HVIO blocks. Please check the attached file for details. Best RegardsFitter cannot ...
I am trying to set up a basic SDI transmitter on an Agilex 5. Currently, my setup is a 148.5 MHz refclk, a GTS PMA Direct PHY IP configured for 12G SDI, a GTS Reset Sequencer, and a GTS System PLL configured to take in the refclk and output 742.5 MHz (this is based on the minimum system PLL frequency recommendation in the SDI II IP documentation). I have my serial output differential pair on pins BE129 and BE126 which are the GTS Left 1B TX 0 channels, and my refclk coming in as a differential pair on pins AY120 and AY115 which are the refclk pins for GTS Left 1B. According to the documentation for the SoM, these refclk pins should be configured to 148.5 MHz. For some reason, when I try to compile, the fitter fails in the plan stage with error 14566 "The Fitter cannot place 1 periphery component due to conflicts with existing constraints (1 I/O pad). Fix the errors described in the submessages, and then rerun the Fitter." The submessages read, "Illegal constraint of I/O pad to the location PIN_AY115" (175019), "No legal location could be found out of 1 considered location. Reasons why each location could not be used are summarized below:" (16234), "There is no routing connectivity between the I/O pad and the destination I/O input buffer" (175006), "The I/O pad could not be placed in any location to satisfy its connectivity requirements" (175022), and "The destination I/O input buffer could not be placed in any location to satisfy its connectivity requirements" (175022). There isn't very much logic surrounding the system (basically just a counter to create some dummy input data), so I'm not sure why it wouldn't be able to connect specifically the n side of the refclk. Has anyone encountered similar issues/errors and could maybe point me in the right direction? Any help would be appreciated.
