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
• Delete the component clk_0 then save the Qsys project with name : qsys_tfht.qsys
• Clic on finish and generate the component with all options left by default
• Under Quartus project add the Qsys project (don't forget to click on add after selected here.

How to add a file in project

• Relaunch Qsys by double-click on the file in project navigator

Adding the PCIe and CvP

• In IP Catalog select the component:

Library
    Interface Protocols
        PCI Express
            Avalon-MM Cyclone V Hard IP for PCI Express

• PCIe configuration:
  • Number of Lanes: x1
  • Reference clock frequency: 125Mhz
  • check "Use 62.5 MHz application clock"
  • BAR0: 32-bit non-prefetchable memory
  • BAR1: 32-bit non-prefetchable memory
  • BAR2: 32-bit non-prefetchable memory
  • Vendor ID: 0x00001172
  • Device ID: 0x0000e001
  • Class Code: 0x00001300: there is a bug in quartus, the actual class code is here 13