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Questions tagged [intel-fpga]

A popular manufacturer of FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) and CPLDs (Complex Programmable Logic Devices), formerly Altera.

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What's wrong with this schematic for powering up Cyclone IV FPGA?

I have followed all the guide lines for powering up the Cyclone IV. However, the 3.3v Regulator is heating too much and also the Cyclone IV FPGA. What's wrong with my schematic? Is there a problem in ...
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Altera FlipFlop stuck at GND

I'm trying to make a counter that counts: 0,1,2,3,4,5 I need this for a frequency divider of 6 So I made this table: From this I get: J0= 1 K0= 1 J1 = NOT Q0 AND Q1 K1 = Q1 J2 = Q1 AND Q2 K2 =...
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Identify valid FPGA configuration image in serial flash device?

How can I know if there's valid FPGA configuration image in the specific location of the serial configuration device before I perform reconfiguration and experience successful or faulty attempt? ...
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can't send characters using fpga cyclone iv

I'm trying to connect my FPGA Cylone IV (CoreEP4CE6) with Raspberry Pi 3 for communication through UART. The process (uart_rx) for receiving data is working fine, however, when I place another process ...
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How do I know if not using FPGA dedicated clock input for a PLL pin is bad for my design?

PLLs are hard blocks in silicon. They are connected to specific pins for their clock input and drive specific pins for clock output. It is possible that we choose a "non-dedicated" pin for clock input/...
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Altera has created EPCS and EPCQ devices, can only these be used to store FPGA configuration data?

FPGA configuration data must be stored in external non-volatile memory. Can we use just any flash memory or only specific types? What about EEPROMs or any other nonvolatile memory device? Edit: I am ...
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Program FPGA using STM32

I am interested in using an STM32 to flash an sof or pof file onto a Cyclone IV FPGA. The sof/pof will be stored in SPI flash memory, and the plan is to use the STM32 as a programmer. I haven't been ...
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Is it possible to infer a floating-pt multiplier in hdl coding without instantiating the IP?

My architecture details FPGA Implementation Floating-pt format (IEEE 754) At least 17 to 18 arithmetic operations (adders and multipliers) involved. Currently instantiating the floating-pt IPs of ...
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Get more AS-attached flash chip information from ALTASMI

I am playing with the attaching various configuration flash devices to the Altera Cyclone 3. In particular, I want to replace EPCS16 (2MB) with W25Q128 (16MB) - for both size and cost reasons. Is ...
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Word alignment / bitslip in LVDS Receiver

I am simulating the Soft LVDS IP core as receiver by passing a bit stream with IP core parameters configured as follows: Power Supply Mode: Dual (for 10M50DAF484C7G) Functional mode: RX Number of ...
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How to compare a re-writable 4 bit value to a given 4 bit input in Verilog?

The goal of this project to design a computational lock alarm in Verilog to be run on an Altera board (note on the board 0 is actually ON and 1 is OFF). Based on the design criteria I created a state ...
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Is it possible to power down all the PLLs and VCO of a MAX 10 Device?

We are developing a board in which we would like not to use the analog features, like PLL, VCO and ADCs of a MAX10. UG-M10CLKPLL par. 2.3.6 states : "The only time that the VCO is completely disabled ...
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Two-Terminal Passive Analog Component Tester Using the DE1-SoC Development Board

I am having hard time understanding this problem. I have to draw a Level 1 block diagram for this system. I really appreciated it if somebody can help me. I am new to DE1-Soc. use the Intel DE1-SoC ...
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How to have an in-system check in an FPGA based system that it has been reset?

I have a system based on Altera's MAX10 device that is doing the following tasks: receives the data and stores it on an on-chip flash memory only once. reads all the data from on-chip flash, stores ...
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I2S output in VHDL

I am making an I2S output in VHDL for a project. This is my first project using VHDL and the problem may be my basic VHDL understanding. This is my code: ...
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Altera Cyclone II Quartus II JTAG Programming Error

I'm trying to program a Cyclone II I bought here using Quartus II 13.0sp1 on Arch Linux. I'm trying to program it with a very simple Verilog program with three inputs and two outputs and a few simple ...
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How to properly constrain generated clock and synchronizer in Altera Quartus?

In my Verilog design I have a 25Mhz board clock from which I derive a 100Mhz clock. Coming from an external Pin I have an asynchronous 4.77 Mhz clock which should drive the logic and be synchronized ...
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Altera Cyclone IV clock-to-output delay

Trying to find what is the clock-to-output delay for registers inside EP4CE6E22C6. Have looked through the 3 Cyclone IV handbooks searching by delay but have not found any values specified. All the ...
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Altera Cyclone IV PLL: What limits the available multiplication/division factor values

Altera Cyclone IV EP4CE6E22 with a 50 MHz input clock. I want to get 24 MHz out of the ALTPLL megafunction. The requested multiplication/division settings are 12/25 but actual settings turn out to be ...
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How to implement an ADPLL in Verilog that locks onto an arbitrary sine wave?

I'm unable to figure out how to implement an ADPLL on an FPGA that can take in an arbitrary periodic input and lock onto its frequency (some finite range is okay) and phase. A square wave output will ...
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Intel max 10 dimensions - datasheet & BSDL mismatch

TL;DR: The BSD file from Intel doesn't match the datasheet. What are the right dimensions? BSD: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_US/others/support/devices/bsdl/10M02SCM153.bsd ...
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How can I connect a USB keyboard to a DE1-SoC?

I recently got a DE1-SoC development board from Intel and I wanted to use it to instantiate a computer design I created while following along the Nand2Tetris course on Coursera. Unfortunately, this ...
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Error (10327): VHDL error at clkdivider.vhd(27): can't determine definition of operator “”not“” — found 0 possible definitions

I am still a beginner and I keep getting this error, can anyone help pls? ...
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Intel Altera MAX 10 DEV KIT Interface - Can a RS232 6 pin PMOD module by Digilent be used seamlessly with MAX 10 for PC-FPGA UART communication?

I am planning to either purchase a MAX 10 or a DE2-115 dev kit to implement communication via both ethernet and RS-232. DE2-115 has both ports soldered onto the board, but MAX-10 has 2 ethernet ports ...
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How does FPGA knows the configuraton file is present in Flash memory during bootup?

Which areas in flash memory are scanned during bootup to make sure that there is configuration file present in the external flash memory?
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Trouble using EPCS on Intel (Altera) DE10-standard

I'm using the DE-10 standard Intel FPGA. I'm trying to get a simple program that blinks a single LED to run when the FPGA is booted. From my understanding of the manual, the process involves ...
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Problem FIFO in the implementation (VHDL)

I was working in that for the past five days and I don't know what happened. I must implement a FIFO to send some information, I attach the FIFO that I use. As you can see in the code, this FIFO using ...
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How to #include files in other folders in Eclipse IDE?

Here is the directory structure of a project I have downloaded: The problem is that when I compile I keep getting fatal error message that say that the specific header file does not exist. For ...
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Intel/Altera FPGA bidirectional DQS timing constraint

I have a DDR controller implemented in an FPGA using Altera/Intel/Quartus, and I'm trying to get the constraints correct for the bidirectional DQS pin. This pin is a data strobe pin that the DDR ...
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Can Nios II read addresses in increments of 1 or only increments of 4?

There is some confusion here. I think that the Nios II having 32 bit data bus. Therefore, it is not capable of individual byte addressing. Therefore, the address bus increases as 0, 4, 8 e.t.c and not ...
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register enable line usage in `case` block (verilog synthesis for altera cpld)

I have the following in a verilog design aimed at an altera CPLD (currently targeting EPM240, although the target device isn't set in stone): ...
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What is the minimal schematic (needed capactiors/resistors) to use FPGA Altera Cyclone 4 EP4CE6E22C8N? [closed]

I can't find any information about how wire the Cyclone 4 FPGA. I do not want to use development boards.
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VHDL - Subtype or type has null range

What is the meaning of the following warning (raised by Quartus)? ...
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MAX10 .pof file issue, quartus II and usb blaster

After a MAX10 board revision. When programming the MAX10 with .pof, the MAX10 board do not start when power-on or after .pof programming is completed. However, normal operation is achieved when ...
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How does one read a FIFO outside Qsys system using Nios II?

There is a FIFO block that has Avalon interface compatible with Qsys that can be used in Qsys systems. However, in my case there is an external block that generates data that is to be read by a Nios ...
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Altera DE2-115 - Lack of on-chip memory resources for storing audio samples (?)

I have currently successfully stored some 16-bit, 48kHz audio samples using M9K blocks. Everything is perfectly functional, including their playback. My only problem is that, from my understanding (...
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Simulating one Altera IP causes another to break?

I'm working on a new iteration of a previous design that required a clock domain crossing FIFO and a Viterbi decoder. Both of these are Altera IP. When putting together a testbench, I noticed the ...
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Nios 2 softcore IP

The SOPC board contains an Altera Stratix Processor, but the description mentions use of an Alteras NIOS II soft core IP. If its a soft core then why are we using a Stratix processor. PIC from: ...
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Incomprehensible FPGA error

I try and upload my design, which worked previously, using quartus prime 17.1 to an Altera DE2-115. It fails like this: ...
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Cannot manage to use the serial in RZ-EasyFPGA A2.2

for some reason I cannot manage to use the serial port in my FPGA. I've done many attempts, and I'm clearly doing something wrong. My attempt is to build a system "nios2 + onchip memory + uart" using ...
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Can I connect all my components in my top level entity

I have finished writing a project with separate VHDL files. Most of the components have connections directly to the FPGA ( which I have instantiated and connected in the top level file) but a few do ...
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in what order does a VHDL program run in an FPGA

I am trying to wrap my head around exactly what goes on in an FPGA when I program it, specifically using VHDL. I know all code outside processes run concurrently but what about processes in different ...
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Altera Max10 altPLL slack

Regarding a MAX10 board. The whole design inside the MAX10 is clocked from a single clock using verilog's always@(posedge clockin). If connect directly a 80mhz clock to a Max10 input pin and define ...
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Altera HDL design techniques

Some many years ago my teacher taught us to program Xilinx Spartan II development board. He taught us to think of the hardware element we wanted to invoke (logic gate, adder, shift register, etc) and ...
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Is it possible to find the critical path in specific part of the design?

I have written RTL description of a circuit in VHDL which is hierarchical and I am using Altera Quartus II; my design meets timing. I had set 50MHz clock frequency (20ns period) constraint using ...
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FPGA Jtag Hooking to User Logic

After some primer reading on jtag it looks to be a nifty means to test a FPGA logic design in a consistent and sustainable way. Let's use altera max 10 as an example. I've read this MAX 10 JTAG ...
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Trouble understanding timing simulations in Quartus?

I have tried my ALU on the functional simulation and I get the correct waveforms. However, I am confused about how to interpret the timing simulations. What causes the ripples in the carry_out, and ...
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Is it possible to know what % of routing resources are used in an FPGA

FPGAs contain logic resources and routing resources to link them together. I think that, for a given number of logic blocks being used, there would be a % of routing resources being used that link ...
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Why am I getting my result as a string of Zs in Quartus?

I am new to Quartus, and have been trying to test out my 32-bit ALU on Quartus 13.1. When I try the functional simulation, I get a string of Zs. The results for the individual components, like the ...

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