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MAX® 10 FPGA Developer Center

The FPGA Developer Center is organized into industry-standard stages, which provides you with various resources to complete your FPGA design. Each design step is detailed in the expandable sub-sections with links that allow you to select and move between the various Generation 10 device series.

1. Device Information

2. Interface Protocols

3. Design Planning

4. Design Entry

5. Simulation and Verification

6. Implementation and Optimization

7. Timing Analysis

8. On-Chip Debug

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1. Device Information

Documentation

User Guides / Device Overview / Device Datasheet / Application Notes
MAX® 10 FPGA Device Datasheet
MAX® 10 Clocking and PLL User Guide
MAX® 10 Analog to Digital Converter User Guide
MAX® 10 FPGA Device Overview
MAX® 10 General Purpose I/O User Guide
MAX® 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O User Guide
MAX® 10 FPGA Configuration User Guide
MAX® 10 Power Management User Guide
MAX® 10 Embedded Memory User Guide
MAX® 10 FPGA Device Architecture
MAX® 10 User Flash Memory User Guide
MAX® 10 FPGA Signal Integrity Design Guidelines
MAX® 10 FPGA Device Family Pin Connection Guidelines
MAX® 10 FPGA Design Guidelines
FPGA Parallel Flash Loader IP Core User Guide
FPGAs Remote Update IP Core User Guide
AN 286: Implementing LED Drivers in Altera MAX® Series
AN 773: Drive-On-Chip Reference Design for MAX® 10 Devices
AN 100: In-System Programmability Guidelines
AN 265: Using Altera MAX® Series as Microcontroller I/O Expanders
AN 294: Crosspoint Switch Matrices in Altera MAX® Series
AN 425: Using the Command-Line Jam STAPL Solution for Device Programming
AN 447: Interfacing FPGA Devices with 3.3/3.0/2.5 V LVTTL/LVCMOS I/O Systems
AN 486: SPI to I2C Using Altera MAX® Series
AN 488: Stepper Motor Controller Using Altera MAX® Series
AN 490: Altera MAX® Series as Voltage Level Shifters
AN 491: Power Sequence Auto Start Using Altera MAX® Series
AN 492: CF+ Interface Using Altera MAX® Series
AN 493: I2C Battery Gauge Interface Using Altera MAX® Series
AN 494: GPIO Pin Expansion Using I2C Bus Interface in Altera MAX® Series
AN 495: IDE/ATA Controller Using Altera MAX® Series
AN 496: Using the Internal Oscillator IP Core
AN 498: LED Blink Using Power Sequencing in Altera MAX® Series
AN 500: NAND Flash Memory Interface with Altera MAX® Series
AN 501: Pulse Width Modulation Using Altera MAX® Series
AN 502: Implementing SMBus Controller in Altera MAX® Series
AN 509: Multiplexing SDIO Devices Using Altera MAX® Series
AN 522: Implementing Bus LVDS Interface in Supported FPGA Device Families
AN 630: Real-Time ISP and ISP Clamp for FPGAs MAX® Series
AN 631: Replacing Serial EEPROMs with User Flash Memory in FPGAs MAX® Series
AN 741: Remote System Upgrade for MAX® 10 FPGA Devices over UART with the Nios® II Processor
AN 752: Guidelines for Handling Altera Wafer Level Chip Scale Package (WLCSP)
AN 370: Using the FPGA Serial Flash Loader with the Quartus® Prime Software
Design Examples
MAX® 10 FPGA Design Examples on Design Store
Training and Videos
Integrating an Analog to Digital Converter in Altera® MAX® 10 Devices
Introduction to Analog to Digital Conversion in Altera® MAX® 10 Devices
Remote System Upgrade in Altera® MAX® 10 Devices
Using the ADC Toolkit in Altera® MAX® 10 Devices
Using the MAX® 10 User Flash Memory with the Nios® II Processor
Using the MAX® 10 User Flash Memory
MAX® 10 FPGA Videos
Development Kits
MAX® 10 FPGA Development Kit User Guide
MAX® 10 FPGA 10M50 Evaluation Kit User Guide
MAX® 10 FPGA (10M08S, 144-EQFP) Evaluation Kit User Guide
FPGA Wiki
MAX® 10 On-Chip Flash IP Read Operation Example

2. Interface Protocols

Documentation

User Guides / Device Overview / Device Datasheet
 
External Memory Interface
MAX® 10 External Memory Interface User Guide
External Memory Interfaces IP Support Center
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Ethernet
FPGA Triple-Speed Ethernet IP Core User Guide
User Guides
 
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LDPC IP Core User Guide
ALTERA_CORDIC IP Core User Guide
BCH IP Core User Guide
FFT IP Core User Guide
FIR II IP Core User Guide
Viterbi IP Core User Guide
Turbo IP Core User Guide
High-Speed Reed-Solomon IP Core User Guide
Reed-Solomon II IP Core User Guide
NCO IP Core User Guide
Random Number Generator IP Core User Guide
User Guides
 
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Embedded Peripherals IP User Guide
Design ExamplesVersion
DDR3 SDRAM with Board Test System Console16.0
MAX® 10 DDR3 Design with Debug Feature16.0
Release Notes
IP Release Notes
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Guide for New External Memory Interface (EMIF) Spec Estimator
FPGA Wiki
Design Example - MAX® 10 DDR3 300 MHz UniPHY Half Rate x24

3. Design Planning

Documentation

User Guides / Device Overview / Device Datasheet
Platform Designer User Guide
DSP Builder for FPGAs
MAX® 10 FPGA Design Guidelines
Training and Videos
Fast & Easy I/O System Design with Interface Planner

4. Design Entry

Documentation

The Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software offers a mature synthesizer that allows you to enter your designs with maximum flexibility. If you are new to these languages, you can use online examples or built-in templates to get you started.

The Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software offers Verilog and VHDL templates of frequently used structures. For more information on using these templates, refer to the "Using Provided HDL Templates" section of the Quartus® Prime Pro Handbook.

User Guides / Device Overview / Device Datasheet / White Paper
Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Handbook Volume 1 Design and Synthesis
Advanced Synthesis Cookbook
Applying the Benefits of Network on a Chip Architecture to FPGA System Design
Design Examples
Platform Designer Design Examples
Platform Designer Tutorial Design Example
Quartus® Design Examples
Training and Videos
Using the Altera® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software: An Introduction
Introduction to Verilog HDL
Verilog HDL Basics
Verilog HDL Advanced
SystemVerilog with Quartus® Prime Design Software
VHDL Basics
Introduction to Platform Designer
Platform Designer in the Altera® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software
Creating a System Design with Platform Designer: Getting Started
Using the Altera® Quartus Prime Pro Edition Synthesis Engine
Software Downloads
Download center for all versions of the Quartus® Prime software

5. Simulation and Verification

Documentation

User Guides / Device Overview / Device Datasheet / Application Notes
Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guide: Third-party Simulation
Simulation Quick-Start for ModelSim-Altera® FPGA Edition
Simulating the a8237 Model with the Visual IP Software
Avalon® Verification IP Suite User Guide
Altera® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing
Simulating the a8251 Model with the Visual IP Software
Simulating the a8259 Model with the Visual IP Software
Simulating the Reed-Solomon Model with the Visual IP Software
Simulating the Turbo Encoder/Decoder Model with the Visual IP Software
AN 720: Simulating the ASMI Block in Your Design
AN 351: Simulating Nios® II Processor Designs
AN 585: Simulation Debugging Using Triple Speed Ethernet Testbench
Simulating FPGAs Devices with IBIS Models
Simulating FPGA Designs
Design Examples
Avalon Verification IP Suite Design Example
Training and Videos
Advanced System Design Using Platform Designer: System Verification with System Console
Advanced System Design Using Platform Designer: Component & System Simulation
FPGA Wiki
Simulating Designs with Lower-Level Qsys Systems
Software Downloads
FPGA Development Tools
Quartus® Software

6. Implementation and Optimization

Documentation

User Guides / Device Overview / Device Datasheet
Quartus® Prime Pro and Standard Software User Guides
MAX® CPLDs and FPGAs
Training and Videos
Beginner Workshop for Altera® FPGAs
The Altera® Quartus® Prime Software: Foundation (Standard Edition) (Online Training)

7. Timing Analysis

Documentation

User Guides / Device Overview / Device Datasheet / Application Notes
Timing Analysis Overview
Quartus® II Scripting Reference Manual
SDC and TimeQuest API Reference Manual
Quartus® Prime Timing Analyzer Cookbook
AN 366: Understanding I/O Output Timing for FPGAs Devices
AN 471: High-Performance FPGA PLL Analysis with TimeQuest
AN 433: Constraining and Analyzing Source-Synchronous Interfaces
AN 775: I/O Timing Information Generation Guidelines
Design Examples
Timing Analyzer Design Examples
Training and Videos
Getting Started with the TimeQuest Timing Analyzer
Quartus® Prime Pro Software Timing Analysis – Part 1: Timing Analyzer
Quartus® Prime Pro Software Timing Analysis – Part 2: SDC Collections
Quartus® Prime Pro Software Timing Analysis – Part 3: Clock Constraints
Quartus® Prime Pro Software Timing Analysis – Part 4: I/O Interfaces
Quartus® Prime Pro Software Timing Analysis – Part 5: Timing Exceptions
Timing Analysis: Lecture
Timing Analysis: Hands-on Labs
FPGA Timing Closure: Lecture
FPGA Timing Closure: Hands-On Lab
FPGA Wiki
Source Synchronous Interfaces between FPGAs
Source Synchronous Analysis with TimeQuest
Constraining Edge Aligned Source Synch input interfaces in TimeQuest
Constraining Center Aligned Source Synchronous Input Interfaces in TimeQuest

8. On-Chip Debug

Documentation

User Guides / Device Overview / Device Datasheet / Application Notes
Analyzing and Debugging Designs with System Console
FPGAs Virtual JTAG (FPGAs_virtual_jtag) IP Core User Guide
FPGA-Adaptive Software Debug and Performance Analysis
System Trace Macrocell Packs Major Benefits for High-Performance SoC System Debug
FPGA USB Download Cable User Guide
FPGA Download Cable II User Guide
EthernetBlaster Communications Cable User Guide
BSDL Support
AN 827: Unified Tool for Generating Programming Files
AN 323: Using SignalTap II Embedded Logic Analyzers in SOPC Builder Systems, Design files
AN 446: Debugging Nios® II Systems with the SignalTap II Logic Analyzer
AN 693: Remote Hardware Debugging over TCP/IP for FPGAs SoC
AN 541: SerialLite II Hardware Debugging Guide
AN 543: Debugging Nios® II Software Using the Lauterbach Debugger
AN 585: Simulation Debugging Using Triple Speed Ethernet Testbench
AN 624: Debugging with System Console over TCP/IP
Training and Videos
Debugging JTAG Chain Integrity
On-Chip Debugging of Memory Interfaces IP in Altera® FPGA Devices
FPGA Wiki
Development Boards and Kits
System Console
Arria® 10 EMIF Debug GUI
Arria® 10 Debugging Multiple EMIFs
Software Downloads
Quartus® Prime Software
FPGA Licensing Support Center
Licensing Questions and Answers
Cable and Adapter Drivers Information
Operating System (OS) Support

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