Supported EDA Tools and Hardware

Software

Intel Quartus Prime

Use this support package with these recommended versions:

• Intel^® Quartus^® Prime 18.1

• Intel Quartus Prime Pro 19.4 (supported for Intel Cyclone^® 10 GX only)

• Intel Quartus II 13.1 (supported for Intel Cyclone III boards only)

For tool setup instructions, see Set Up FPGA Design Software Tools.

Board Connections

JTAG Connection

You can run FPGA-in-the-loop, FPGA data capture, or MATLAB^® AXI master over a JTAG cable to your board. However, each feature requires exclusive use of the JTAG cable, so you cannot run more than one feature at the same time. To allow other tools access to the JTAG cable, such as programming the FPGA, and Quartus SignalTap, you must discontinue the JTAG connection in MATLAB. To release the JTAG cable:

• FPGA-in-the-loop — Close the Simulink^® model, or call the release method of the System object™.

• FPGA data capture — Close the FPGA Data Capture app, release the System object, or close the Simulink model.

• MATLAB AXI master — Call the release method of the object.

For Intel boards, the JTAG clock frequency is 12 or 24 MHz. The JTAG frequency depends on the type of cable and the maximum clock frequency supported by the FPGA board.

Required Hardware

Required Software

USB Blaster I or USB Blaster II download cable

USB Blaster I or II driver For Windows® operating systems: Quartus Prime executable directory must be on system path. For Linux® operating systems: Versions below Quartus II 13.1 are not supported. Quartus II 14.1 is not supported. Only 64-bit Quartus is supported. Quartus library directory must be on LD_LIBRARY_PATH before starting MATLAB. Prepend the Linux distribution library path before the Quartus library on LD_LIBRARY_PATH. For example, /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$QUARTUS_PATH.

Ethernet Connection

You can run FPGA-in-the-loop over an Ethernet connection.

Required Hardware	Supported Interfaces	Required Software
Gigabit Ethernet card Cross-over Ethernet cable FPGA board with supported Ethernet connection	Gigabit Ethernet — GMII Gigabit Ethernet — RGMII Gigabit Ethernet — SGMII Ethernet — MII Ethernet — RMII	There are no software requirements for an Ethernet connection, but ensure that the firewall on the host computer does not prevent UDP communication.

PCI Express

FPGA-in-the-loop over a PCI Express^® connection is supported only for 64-bit Windows operating systems.

Board	Required Software
Cyclone V GT FPGA Development Kit DSP Development Kit, Stratix® V Edition Arria® 10 GX	Altera® Quartus II 15.0

Related Topics

• FPGA-in-the-Loop Simulation
• FPGA-in-the-Loop Simulation Workflows
• Data Capture Workflow
• Set Up MATLAB as AXI Master