Arria V Hard Processor System Technical Reference Manual

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29.2.1. Clock Interface

Platform Designer (Standard) generates the BFM clock for each clock input interface from the FPGA component. For the FPGA-to-HPS PLL reference clocks, specify the BFM reference clock frequency in the Reference clock frequency field in the HPS Clocks page when instantiating the HPS component in Platform Designer (Standard).

Table 238.  HPS Clock Input Interface Simulation ModelThe Intel clock source BFM application programming interface (API) applies to all the BFMs listed in this table. Your Verilog interfaces use the same API.

Interface Name

BFM Instance Name

f2h_periph_ref_clock f2h_periph_ref_clock_inst
f2h_sdram_ref_clock f2h_sdram_ref_clock_inst

Platform Designer (Standard) generates the clock source BFM for each clock output interface from the HPS component. For HPS‑to‑FPGA user clocks, specify the BFM clock rate in the User clock frequency field in the HPS Clocks page when instantiating the HPS component in Platform Designer (Standard).

The HPS‑to‑FPGA TPIU generates a clock output to the FPGA, named h2f_tpiu_clock. In simulation, the clock source BFM also represents this clock output’s behavior. Also, the HPS‑to‑FPGA debug APB* interface generates a clock output to the FPGA, named h2f_debug_apb_clock.

Table 239.  HPS Clock Output Interface Simulation ModelThe Intel® clock source BFM application programming interface (API) applies to all the BFMs listed in this table. Your Verilog interfaces use the same API.

Interface Name

BFM Instance Name

h2f_user0_clock h2f_user0_clock_inst
h2f_user1_clock h2f_user1_clock_inst
h2f_user2_clock h2f_user2_clock_inst
h2f_tpiu_clock h2f_tpiu_clock_inst