APF6 SP The full howto

Introduction

This is the full howto to make an APF6_SP CycloneV example design to use :

• PCIe
• DDR3
• LED
• Button

This howto is designed for :

• APF6D_SP-M1GE4G-4m-BW-C4M384: APF6_SP Dual with CycloneV C4 (speed C8) and two DDR3 chips
• Quartus 15.1.1 : Quartus 15 with update 1

The full design for this howto

howto

To install quartus 15 see this page.

Make the project

• Open the new project wizard in Quartus
• Select a directory for the design:

~/tmp/apf6_the_full_howto

• Open an empty project
• Change the device : right click on "Cyclone V"->Devices... in Project Navigator
• Select the part number : 5CGXFC4C7U19C8 then Ok
• Open Qsys: Tools->Qsys