Why do the Intel® FPGA P-Tile Avalon® Streaming IP for PCI Express* Design Examples in Gen3 configurations fail setup timing on the xcvr_reconfig_clk ?
Description Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.2, the Intel® FPGA P-Tile Avalon® Streaming IP for PCI Express* Design Examples in Gen3 configurations fail xcvr_reconfig_clk setup timing when the P-Tile Debug Toolkit is enabled. The timing violation does not affect the P-Tile Debug Toolkit results. Resolution A patch is available to fix this problem for the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.2. Download and install Patch 0.23 from the appropriate link below. Download the patch Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 21.2 Patch 0.23 for Windows (.exe) Download the patch Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 21.2 Patch 0.23 for Linux (.run) Download the Readme for Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 21.2 Patch 0.23 (.txt) This problem is fixed starting with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.3.31Views0likes0CommentsWhy doesn’t the P-Tile Debug Toolkit work in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.2 ?
Description Due to the problems below in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.2, the P-Tile Debug Toolkit does not work. The P-Tile Debug Toolkit in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro software version 21.2 only works on Linux* Operating System (OS) with GCC version 2.12 or higher. You can check the GCC version to run the command "ldd --version" in the shell. Some library files needed to run the P-Tile Debug Toolkit are not included in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Software version 21.2. Resolution To work around this problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Software version 21.2, follow the steps below to install the patch and library files. Download and install Patch 0.23 Download the patch Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 21.2 Patch 0.23 for Windows (.exe) Download the patch Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 21.2 Patch 0.23 for Linux (.run) Download the Readme for Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 21.2 Patch 0.23 (.txt) Download the P-Tile Debug Toolkit library files (link) Create a new directory named pySV at the folder below. QUARTUS_ROOTDIR/../ip/altera/intel_pcie/ptile/toolkit/ Extract the zip file to a temporary directory. Copy all contents in the extracted directory into the pySV directory created in Step 3. This problem is fixed starting with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.3.22Views0likes0CommentsWhy is “can’t read “portNum” error” message seen when launching the P-Tile Debug Toolkit ?
Description Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.2, “can’t read "portNum” error” message can happen when launching the P-Tile Debug Toolkit. Resolution A patch is available to fix this problem for the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.2. Download and install Patch 0.23 from the appropriate link below. Download the patch Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 21.2 Patch 0.23 for Windows (.exe) Download the patch Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 21.2 Patch 0.23 for Linux (.run) Download the Readme for Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 21.2 Patch 0.23 (.txt) This problem is fixed starting with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.3.31Views0likes0CommentsWhy are DFE taps adapted values incorrect in the P-Tile Debug Toolkit ?
Description Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.2, the DFE tap values reported in the P-Tile Debug Toolkit are incorrect. It is always -128 for DFE tap 1 and 0 for DFE tap2 to tap5. Resolution A patch is available to fix this problem for the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.2. Download and install patch 0.23 from the following links: Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 21.2 Patch 0.23 for Windows (.exe) Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 21.2 Patch 0.23 for Linux (.run) Readme for Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 21.2 Patch 0.23 (.txt) This problem is fixed starting with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.3.41Views0likes0CommentsWhy does Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software v21.1 quit unexpectedly when I am trying to add files to program multiple devices in the same JTAG chain?
Description Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software v21.1, the software may quit unexpectedly when you are trying to add files to program multiple devices in the same JTAG chain. This problem only affects Intel Agilex® 7 devices and Intel® Stratix® 10 devices. Resolution A patch is available to fix this problem for the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software v21.1. Download and install patch 0.39 from the following links: Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software v21.1 Patch 0.39 for Linux (.run) Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software v21.1 Patch 0.39 for windows (.exe) Readme for Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software v21.1 Patch 0.39 (.txt) This problem has been fixed in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software v21.2.34Views0likes0Commentsadd_instance: Component intel_niosv_m_unit version <x.y> is not installed - loaded latest installed version <x.y> instead. Please check for parameter mismatches.
Description Platform Designer may show an “add_instance” warning message from the Nios® V Processor Intel® FPGA IP in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software v21.4 when, Instantiating the Nios® V Processor Intel® FPGA IP. Performing an IP Upgrade on the same IP from software version 21.3 to 21.4. This is due to a mismatch with the IP version number in the Intel Quartus Prime Software. The full warning message reads as: add_instance: Component intel_niosv_m_unit version 21.1.0 is not installed - loaded latest installed version 21.1.1 instead. Please check for parameter mismatches. Resolution To work around this problem, download and install the patch for the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software v21.4. Download and install Patch for version 21.4 from the following links: Intel Quartus Prime Pro Software v21.4 Solution Patch 0.13 for Windows (.exe) Intel Quartus Prime Pro Software v21.4 Solution Patch 0.13 for Linux (.run) Readme for Intel Quartus Prime Pro Software v21.4 Solution Patch 0.13 (.txt)16Views0likes0CommentsWhy does the Interlaken (2nd Generation) Intel® FPGA IP fail to generate an evaluation mode programming file?
Description Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.1, the Interlaken (2nd Generation) Intel® FPGA IP doesn't support the Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode for time-limited programming file (.sof) generation. Resolution To work around this problem, follow the steps below: Download a copy of uflex_ilk_tx_ext.ocp and uflex_ilk_rx_regroup_n.ocp files Place a copy of uflex_ilk_tx_ext.ocp under <IP_generation_folder>/altera_uflex_ilk_<xxxx>/synth/uflex_ilk_mac/ Place a copy of uflex_ilk_rx_regroup_n.ocp under <IP_generation_folder>/altera_uflex_ilk_<xxxx>/synth/uflex_ilk_regroup/ Add the lines below to the Intel® Quartus® Prime IP File of your IP variant <IP_generation_folder>/<IP_name>.qip Recompile your design set_global_assignment -library "altera_uflex_ilk_<xxxx>" -name SOURCE_FILE [file join $::quartus(qip_path) "altera_uflex_ilk_<xxxx>/synth/uflex_ilk_mac/uflex_ilk_tx_ext.ocp"] set_global_assignment -library "altera_uflex_ilk_<xxxx>" -name SOURCE_FILE [file join $::quartus(qip_path) "altera_uflex_ilk_<xxxx>/synth/uflex_ilk_regroup/uflex_ilk_rx_regroup_n.ocp"] * Remember to substitute <xxxx> with the four-digit number that was assigned to your IP variant after IP generation This problem is fixed starting with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software 21.2.26Views0likes0CommentsError: dse: couldn't load library "..\22.1\quartus\dspba\backend\windows64\dspip_recipes.dll":
Description Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime® Pro Edition Software version 22.1 Windows version, you may see the below error when generating the Unified FFT Intel® FPGA IPs: Error: dse: couldn't load library "..\22.1\quartus\dspba\backend\windows64\dspip_recipes.dll": invalid argument while executing "__altera__safe_load {C:\intelFPGA_pro\22.1\quartus\dspba\backend\windows64\dspip_recipes.dll}" ("uplevel" body line 1) invoked from within "uplevel 1 [list __altera__safe_load {*}$args]" (procedure "load" line 2) invoked from within "load $path_to_lib " (procedure "load_dsdk_wrapper" line 8) invoked from within "load_dsdk_wrapper" (procedure "call_dsdk" line 3) invoked from within "call_dsdk "none" "." "report" $freq" (procedure "elaboration_callback" line 67) invoked from within "elaboration_callback" Resolution A patch is available to fix this problem for the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 22.1 Windows version. Download and install Patch 0.16 from the attachment below. Download the patch Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 22.1 Patch 0.16 for Windows (.exe) Download the Readme for Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 22.1 Patch 0.16 (.txt)30Views0likes0CommentsWhy does it take a long time until the SDI II Intel® FPGA IP Receiver detects video standard when receiving SD-SDI video standard?
Description Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 22.3 and Standard Edition software version 21.1 and earlier, it might take a long time until the SDI II Intel® FPGA IP Receiver detects video standard when receiving SD-SDI video standard. This problem might occur when the clock sources of the rx_coreclk and the xcvr_refclk in the SDI II Intel FPGA IP are 0 ppm tolerance. Resolution A patch is available to fix this problem for the Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software version 18.1. Download and install patch 0.23std from the appropriate link below, then re-generate your programming file. Download patch 0.23std for Windows (Quartus-18.1std-0.23std-windows.exe) Download patch 0.23std for Linux (Quartus-18.1std-0.23std-linux.run) Download the Readme for patch 0.23std (Quartus-18.1std-0.23std-readme.txt) This problem is scheduled to be fixed in a future release of the Intel Quartus Prime Pro/Standard Edition Software.39Views0likes0CommentsWhy doesn’t the F-Tile Transceiver Toolkit Receiver PRBS checker work in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software v21.4 ?
Description Due to problems in the F-Tile Transceiver Toolkit in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software v21.4, the Receiver PRBS checker doesn’t run in FHT and FGT physical medium attachment (PMA). Resolution A patch is available to fix this problem for the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.4. Download and install Patch 0.24 from the following links: Patch 0.24 for Windows Patch 0.24 for Linux Readme for patch 0.24 This problem is fixed beginning with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 22.1.29Views0likes0Comments