DE4 User Manual
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www.terasic.com
June 20, 2018
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In this demonstration we illustrate how to use the DE4 board to verify the functionality of SATA
host/device ports A and B by testing the transmitter and receiver signals. SATA cables provided in
the DE4 kit package are required in this demonstration as it is attached to the SATA host and device
ports while an associated design is loaded into the FPGA. The receiver design will synchronize and
check for known pattern. If there are errors on the RX channel, the LED [3:0] for that channel will
remain off indicating an error condition. If there are zero errors, LED [3:0] are illuminated. By
default, the test is run at 6 Gbps.
Demonstration Source Code
Quartus Project directory:
DE4_SATA_LOOPBACK_TEST
FPGA Bit stream: DE4_SATA_LOOPBACK_TEST.sof
Demonstration Setup
Check that Quartus II and NIOS II are installed on your PC.
Make sure a SATA cable (provided in the DE4 package) is connected between SATA-host-A
and SATA-device-A. Similarly a SATA cable is connected between SATA-host-B and
SATA-device-B as shown in
Figure 5–40
.
Power on the DE4 board.
Connect USB Blaster to the DE4 board and install USB Blaster driver if necessary.
Program the DE4 using the
DE4_SATA_LOOPBACK_TEST.sof
through Quaruts II
programmer.
Press
RESET
pushbutton[0] of the DE4 board to initiate the verify process
LED [3:0] will flash once to indicate the loopback test passed.
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