2.1. About Intel Quartus Prime Software................. 8 2.1.1. Activating Your License................8 2.2. Development Board Package................... 8 2.3. Installing the Intel FPGA Download Cable II Driver............. 9 3. Development Board Setup.....................10 3.1. Applying Power to the Development Board.............. 10 3.2. Default Switch and Jumper Settings............... 11 3.2.1.
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A.17. Board Operating Conditions................. 57 A.18. Over Temperature Warning LED................57 B. Additional Information....................58 B.1. Safety and Regulatory Information.................58 B.1.1. Safety Warnings..................59 B.1.2. Safety Cautions..................60 B.2. Compliance Information..................63 ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
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1. Overview 683288 | 2022.09.22 1.2. Box Contents Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development board, DDR4 DIMM module, USB2.0 Micro- USB cable, 240W power adapter, and NA/EU/JP/UK cords. Note: Intel provides only one DIMM module with each development kit. 1.3. Operating Conditions Table 2.
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The development board includes integrated Intel FPGA Download Cable II circuits for FPGA programming. However, for the host computer and board to communicate, you must install the on-board Intel FPGA Download Cable II driver on the host computer. Installation instructions for the on-board Intel FPGA Download Cable II driver for your operating system are available on the Intel website.
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3.2.1. Default Setting The Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit ships with its board switches preconfigured to support the design examples in the kit. If you suspect your board might not be correctly configured with the default settings, follow the instructions in Table 4 on page 11 to return to its factory settings before proceeding.
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4: FPGA PMBUS SDM_I2C Bus disable SDM_I2C Bus Enable enable SW5[1:4] OFF/OFF/OFF/X On-board Intel FPGA Download Cable II is the JTAG host when the external JTAG header (J10) is unoccupied. Type 1: JTAG input source PCIe EP Edge On-Board Intel connector...
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QSFPDD_0 connector — QSFPDD_1 connector — USB connector For programming the FPGA using on- board Intel FPGA Download Cable II External JTAG header For use with the external download cable DIMM A connector DDR4/DDRT Dual DIMM A DIMM B connector...
3.2.2. Perform Board Restore through Intel Quartus Prime Programmer The development kit ships with FPGA design examples stored in the QSPI flash device and system Intel MAX 10 pre-programmed. If you want to restore board QSPI flash with factory default image, follow these steps: 1.
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6. Click on the Configuration Device > Add Device to specify the flash device. In the Device list of the pop-up window, select CFI_2Gb for the configuration flash device. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
2. Set the DIPSWITCH SW2 to [on:off:off:X] (don't care the 4th bit). 3. Power on the board. 4. Open the Intel Quartus Prime Pro Edition software and click on Tools > Programmer to launch the Programmer tool. 5. In the Hardware Setup page, select AGI FPGA Development Kit, and in the Hardware frequency column, input 16000000 Hz.
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6. In the Programmer page, click Auto Detect to scan the JTAG devices. 7. Right click the VTAP10 device, Edit > Change Device, change it to MAX 10 > 10M50DAF256. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
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8. Right click the 10M50DAF256 device, Edit > Attach Flash Device, select Quad SPI Flash Memory QSPI_2Gb. 9. In the Programmer page, click QSPI_2Gb > Change File to select the .pof file. 10. Start the Programmer. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
If you are creating your own design and want to generate programming SRAM object file (.sof), you must add the correct SmartVID setting into the Intel Quartus Prime project for the Intel Agilex FPGA development kit to configure successfully. Before you add the following SmartVID setting into the Quartus settings file (.qsf), you must...
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2. Select the JavaFX version 17.0.2. 3. For Windows system, download the JavaFX Windows x64 SDK. 4. For Linux system, download the JavaFX Linux x64 SDK. Figure 12. JavaFX Version ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
683288 | 2022.09.22 4.1.3. Install OpenJDK and OpenJFX You have two downloaded zip files, follow these steps to install them. 1. On Windows system, Intel recommends you to unzip the files and put them in the following directory: C:\Program Files\Java\jre...
4.2. Test the Functionality of the Development Kit This section describes each control in the BTS. 4.2.1. The Bottom Info Bar The bottom information bar shows the status of the system connection, Intel Quartus Prime version and the JTAG clock. •...
3. When configuration finishes, the design begins running in the FPGA. The corresponding GUI application tabs that interface with the design are now enabled. If you use the Intel Quartus Prime Programmer for configuration, instead of the BTS GUI, you might need to restart the GUI.
The JTAG chain control shows all the devices currently in the JTAG chain. Note: Change the settings of SW5 to bypass or enable power for Intel MAX 10 and Intel Agilex FPGA. System Intel MAX 10 and FPGA should all be in the JTAG chain when configured and running the BTS GUI.
4.2.5. The XCVR Tab The XCVR tab allows you to run transceivers tests on your board. You can run the QSFPDD test using optical fiber modules. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
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Detail: Shows the PLL lock and pattern sync status. Control Use the following controls to select an interface to apply PMA settings, data type, and error control: • QSFPDD0 x8 • QSFPDD1 x8 ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
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PRBS23: Pseudo-random 23-bit sequences. • PRBS31: Pseudo-random 31-bit sequences (default). • High_freq: Selects the highest frequency divided-by-2 data pattern 10101010. • Low_freq: Selects the lowest frequency divided-by-33 data pattern. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
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• Start: This control initiates the loopback tests. • Data Rate: Displays the XCVR type and data rate of each channel. Figure 21. XCVR-Data Rate ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
4 channels. 4.2.6. The RAM Tab This tab allows you to read and write DDR4-COMP0, DDR4-COMP1, and DDR4-RDIMM memory on your board. Download DDR4 designs through BTS Configure. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
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Offset (Hex): You can define the memory start address to test. • Test Mode: Infinite Read and Write (default), Single Read and Write. • Test Pattern: PRBS (default), User Defined Constant, Walking ‘0’, Walking ‘1'. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
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Insert error is only enabled during transaction performance analysis. • Clear: Resets the Detected Errors counter and Inserted Errors counter to zeros. Figure 24. The COMP-1 Tab Same with DDR4-COMP0. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
24. It can also be started with the BTS GUI icon “Clock”. The Clock Controller communicates with the System Intel MAX 10 device through either USB port J8 or 10-pin JTAG header J10. Then System Intel MAX 10 controls these programmable clock parts through a 2-wire I C bus.
Sets the programmable oscillator frequency for the selected clock to the value in the output controls for the Si5391. Frequency changes might take several OUTx milliseconds to take effect. You might see glitches on the clock during this time. Intel recommends resetting the FPGA logic after changing frequencies. Import Si5391 has a two-time writable non-volatile memory (NVM).
Plug the DDR4 DIMM module which is shipped alone with this development kit in J1/J2. BTS GUI only supports fabric memory interfaces namely DDR4 Comp-CH0, Comp-CH1, and DIMM. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
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4. Board Test System 683288 | 2022.09.22 QSFPDD0/QSFPDD1 Plug QSFPDD0/QSFPDD1 loopback module in J3/J4 before you configure QSFPDD NRZ example build through BTS GUI. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
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Updated the PCIe and CXL Interfaces section. • Updated Figure: Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Board Image—Front. • Updated the header of Table: Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit Ordering Information. • Updated Table: Factory Default Switch Settings. • Removed the Factory Reset section.
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To activate the CXL hard IP and receive CXL soft R-Tile Wrapper and Soft Support logic, purchase or activation of a separate CXL IP license is required for proper use with the Intel Quartus Prime Design Software. Contact your local Intel sales representative for pricing details.
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A. Development Kits Components 683288 | 2022.09.22 Figure 30. MCIO Connector MCIO Connectors for CXL/PCIe Interface ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
Intel Premier Support and quote ID #14016163317. A.6. Network Interfaces The development kit supports two QSFPDD connectors each, connecting to the Intel Agilex's F-tile (12A) transceivers. Each port can operate at 4x 58G or 8x 28G. These two ports support ZQSFP56 SR optical modules as well as the 3M DAC electrical cables.
RPM jitter <250fs. Figure 32. F-Tile Bank 12A Circuit A.7. Port Controller A Texas Instrument FPC202 dual-port controller serves as the low-speed signal aggregator for the two QSFP ports. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
P1_AUX_SDA P1_AUX_SCL FPC202RHUR QFN-58 A.8. FPGA Configuration You can use the Intel Quartus Prime Programmer to configure the FPGA with your SRAM Object File (.sof). FPGA Configuration Setup Ensure the following: • The Intel Quartus Prime Programmer and the Intel FPGA Download Cable II driver are installed on the host computer.
The Intel MAX 10 System Controller (U34) interfaces to the Intel Agilex FPGA in the AVST x8 mode. The Intel MAX 10 also interfaces to the QSPI flash in the active serial (AS) x4 mode. For the AS x4 mode,...
Intel MAX 10 Download Cable The on-board Intel FPGA Download Cable II is implemented in an Intel MAX 10 device. A micro-USB connector connects to a CY7C68013A USB2 PHY provides the data to Intel MAX 10. This allows configuration of the FPGA using a USB cable directly connected to a PC running the Intel Quartus Prime software without requiring the external download cable dongle.
VID regulators, analog-to-digital converters (ADC), and temperature sensors. You can use the Intel Agilex or Intel MAX 10 as the I2C host to access these devices, change clock frequencies or get status information of the board such as voltage and temperature readings.
Gen5 by selecting the inputs of a clock multiplex/buffer Si53307. Another input of the clock buffer is from PCIe Edge connector as a system clock of PCIe Gen5. • Si510 provides a 50MHz clock to System Intel MAX 10 and power Intel MAX 10 devices. Figure 36.
The power utilization is displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) that can graph power consumption versus time. A.13.1. Power Guidelines The Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA development kit has two modes of operation as described below. In a Standard PCIe-Compliant System...
683288 | 2022.09.22 Figure 38. Powering Board Using Included Power Supply Included Power Supply A.13.2. Power Distribution System The following figure below shows the power distribution system on the Intel Agilex I- Series FPGA development board. ® ™ Intel Agilex...
Power Sequence Start 1 Group1 2 Group2 3 Group3 A.13.3. Power Sequence Intel Agilex FPGA requires proper power-up sequencing. For more details on the power sequencing groups, refer to Table: Voltage Rails Group in the Intel Agilex Power Management User Guide.
Group3_PG VCCR_CORE VCCA_PLL A.13.4. Power Measurement Power measurements are provided for six FPGA power rails by reading the power value of various power regulators via their I2C connection. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
THERMn MAX31730ATC+ are brought to the Intel MAX 10 to allow it to immediately sense a temperature fault condition. An over temperature warning LED D9 (Red-colored) is controlled by the Intel MAX 10 device to indicate an over temperature warning.
The heatsink is securely mounted to the board using screws for easy assembly and removal. A thermal material is also used between the FPGA and heatsink to ensure good thermal contact. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
85°C A.18. Over Temperature Warning LED A red colored LED (D9) is connected to the Intel MAX 10 to indicate when an over temperature fault condition has been detected. The Intel MAX 10 can turn on this LED to indicate an over temperature warning.
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To avoid shock, you must ensure that the power cord is connected to a properly wired and grounded receptacle. Ensure that any equipment to which this product is attached to is also connected to properly wired and grounded receptacles. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
Certain components such as heat sinks, power regulators, and processors may be hot. Heatsink fans are not guarded. Power supply fan may be accessible through guard. Care should be taken to avoid contact with these components. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
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Public Switched Telecommunication Network (PSTN) as it might result in disruption of the network. No formal telecommunication certification to FCC, R&TTE Directive, or other national requirements have been obtained. ® ™ Intel Agilex I-Series FPGA Development Kit User Guide Send Feedback...
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Failure to use wrist straps can damage components within the system. Attention: Please return this product to Intel for proper disposition. If it is not returned, refer to local environmental regulations for proper recycling. Do not dispose of this product in unsorted municipal waste.
B. Additional Information 683288 | 2022.09.22 Please return this product to Intel for proper disposition. If it is not returned, refer to local environmental regulations for proper recycling. Do not dispose of product in unsorted municipal waste. B.2. Compliance Information...