Designing with Xilinx Serial Transceivers

Learn how to employ serial transceivers in UltraScale and UltraScale+ FPGA designs or Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC designs.

The focus is on:

Identifying and using the features of the serial transceiver blocks, such as 8B/10B and 64B/66B encoding, channel bonding, clock correction, and comma detection
Utilizing the Transceivers Wizards to instantiate transceiver primitives
Synthesizing and implementing transceiver designs
Taking into account board design as it relates to the transceivers
Testing and debugging

March 2017

Connectivity 3

2 day

USD 1600 or 16 Training Credits

CONN-TRX

FPGA designers and logic designers

Verilog experience (or the Designing with Verilog or the Designing with VHDL course)
Familiarity with logic design (state machines and synchronous design)
Basic knowledge of FPGA architecture and Xilinx implementation tools are helpful
Familiarity with serial I/O basics and high-speed serial I/O standards is also helpful

Architecture: all UltraScale Architectures
Demo board: Kintex® UltraScale FPGA KCU105 board or Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC ZCU104 board

After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the necessary skills to:

Describe and use the ports and attributes of the serial transceivers in Xilinx FPGAs and MPSoCs
Effectively use the following features of the gigabit transceivers:
64B/66B and other encoding/decoding, comma detection, clock correction, and channel bonding
Pre-emphasis and receive equalization
Use the Transceivers Wizards to instantiate GT primitives in a design
Access appropriate reference material for board design issues involving signal integrity and the power supply, reference clocking, and trace design
Use the IBERT design to verify transceiver links on real hardware

UltraScale, UltraScale+, Zynq UltraScale+ Device Transceivers Overview
UltraScale, UltraScale+, Zynq UltraScale+ Device Transceivers Clocking and Resets
Transceiver IP Generation – Transceiver Wizard
Lab 1: Transceiver Core Generation
Transceiver Simulation
Lab 2: Transceiver Simulation
PCS Layer General Functionality
PCS Layer Encoding
Lab 3: 64B/66B Encoding
Transceiver Implementation
Lab 4: Transceiver Implementation
PMA Layer Details
PMA Layer Optimization
Lab 5: IBERT Design
Transceiver Test and Debugging
Lab 6: Transceiver Debugging
Transceiver Board Design Considerations
Transceiver Application Examples
Optional: Additional modules on Virtex® UltraScale+ FPGA GTM transceiver architecture and functionality

Lab 1: Transceiver Core Generation – Use the Transceivers Wizard to create instantiation templates.
Lab 2: Transceiver Simulation – Simulate the transceiver IP by using the IP example design.
Lab 3: 64B/66B Encoding – Generate a 64B/66B transceiver core by using the Transceivers Wizard, simulate the design, and analyze the results.
Lab 4: Transceiver Implementation – Implement the transceiver IP by using the IP example design.
Lab 5: IBERT Design – Verify transceiver links on real hardware.
Lab 6: Transceiver Debugging – Debug transceiver links.