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Chapter 2: Getting Started with the Arria V GZ Hard IP for PCI Express
MegaWizard Plug-In Manager Design Flow
Arria V GZ Hard IP for PCI Express
November 2012
Altera Corporation
User Guide
7. Click
Next
to display the
Family & Device Settings
page.
8. On the
Family & Device Settings
page, choose the following target device family
and options:
a. In the
Family
list, select Arria V GZ
b. In the
Devices
list, select All
c. In the
Available devices
list, select
5AGZME5K2F40C3
.
9. Click
Next
to close this page and display the
EDA Tool Settings
page.
10. From the
Simulation
list, select
ModelSim
®
. From the
Format
list, select the HDL
language you intend to use for simulation.
11. Click
Next
to display the
Summary
page.
12. Check the
Summary
page to ensure that you have entered all the information
correctly.
13. Click
Finish
to create the Quartus II project.
14.
Customizing the Endpoint in the MegaWizard Plug-In Manager Design Flow
This section guides you through the process of customizing the Endpoint in the
MegaWizard Plug-In Manager design flow. It specifies the same options that are
chosen in
Chapter 16, Testbench and Design Example
Follow these steps to customize your variant in the MegaWizard Plug-In Manager:
1. On the Tools menu, click
MegaWizard Plug-In Manager
. The MegaWizard
Plug-In Manager appears.
2. Select
Create a new custom megafunction variation
and click
Next
.
3. In
Which device family will you be using?
Select the
Arria V GZ
device family.
4. Expand the
Interfaces
directory under
Installed Plug-Ins
by clicking the + icon
left of the directory name, expand
PCI Express
, then click
Arria V GZHard IP for
PCI Express
<version_number>
5. Select the output file type for your design. This walkthrough supports VHDL and
Verilog HDL. For this example, select
Verilog HDL
.
6. Specify a variation name for output files <
working_dir
>/
example_design/
<
variation name
>. For this walkthrough, specify
<working_dir>/
example_design/
gen1_x8.
7. Click
Next
to open the parameter editor for the
Arria V GZ Hard IP for PCI
Express
.
8. Specify the
System Settings
values listed in
Table 2–1. System Settings Parameters (Part 1 of 2)
Parameter
Value
Number of Lanes
x8
Lane Rate
Gen 1 (2.5 Gbps)
Port type
Native endpoint