Clock signals, Reset, Clock signals -8 – Altera Arria 10 Avalon-MM User Manual

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Clock Signals

Table 5-4: Clock Signals

Signal

Direction

Description

refclk

Input

Reference clock for the IP core. It must have the frequency

specified under the System Settings heading in the parameter

editor. This is a dedicated free running input clock to the

dedicated

REFCLK

pin.

coreclkout_hip

Output

This is a fixed frequency clock used by the Data Link and

Transaction Layers.

Related Information

Clocks

on page 7-4

Reset

Refer to Reset and Clocks for more information about the reset sequence and a block diagram of the reset

logic.

Table 5-5: Reset Signals

Signal

Direction

Description

npor

Input

Active low reset signal. In the Altera hardware example designs,

npor

is the

OR

of

pin_perst

and

local_rstn

coming from the

software Application Layer. If you do not drive a soft reset signal

from the Application Layer, this signal must be derived from

pin_perst

. You cannot disable this signal. Resets the entire IP

Core and transceiver. Asynchronous.
This signal is edge, not level sensitive; consequently, you cannot

use a low value on this signal to hold custom logic in reset. For

more information about the reset controller, refer to Reset.

nreset_status

Output

Active low reset signal. It is derived from

npor

or

pin_perstn

.

You can use this signal to reset the Application Layer.

pin_perst

Input

Active low reset from the PCIe reset pin of the device.

pin_perst

resets the datapath and control registers. Configuration via

Protocol (CvP) requires this signal. For more information about

CvP refer to Configuration via Protocol (CvP).
Arria 10 devices can have up to 4 instances of the Hard IP for

PCI Express. Each instance has its own

pin_perst

signal. You

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Clock Signals

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64- or 128-Bit Avalon-MM Interface to the Application Layer

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