White Paper

OpenCore Plus Hardware Evaluation

with the APEX DSP Development Kit
September 2001, ver. 1.0 1
A-WP-DSPOPENCORE-1.0
The Altera

APEX DSP development kit includes trial versions of Altera DSP MegaCore

functions that you can

test-drive using the OpenCore

Plus hardware evaluation feature. When you install the MegaCore functions provided
on the APEX DSP Development Kit CD-ROM, the time-limited libraryrequired to perform hardware
evaluationinstalls automatically. The following functions are available with the kit:
FFT/IFFT
FIR Compiler
NCO Compiler
Reed-Solomon Compiler (Encoder and Decoder)
Symbol Interleaver/Deinterleaver
This white paper describes the length of time each MegaCore function operates before it expires and the operation of
the MegaCore function output signals after the function expires. For up-to-date information on expiration behavior,
refer to the Time Limit Warning message boxes displayed by the time-limited MegaCore function wizards.
1 Refer to AN 176: OpenCore Plus Hardware Evaluation for more information about the OpenCore Plus
feature and how to use it in your design flow.
FFT
The FFT MegaCore function expires after 270,000,000,000 clock cycles of the clock input sysclk, which allows
approximately 30 minutes of operation at 150 MHz. Table 1 shows the operation of the functions output signals upon
expiration.
FIR Compiler
The FIR compiler MegaCore function expires after 270,000,000,000 clock cycles of the clock input clock, which
allows approximately 30 minutes of operation at 150 MHz. Table 2 shows the operation of the functions output
signals upon expiration.
Table 1. FFT Output Signals
Signal Operation
realdataout Driven low
imagdataout Driven low
readaddress Driven low
writeaddress Driven low
twidaddress Driven low
timed_out Driven from low to high
Table 2. FIR Compiler Output Signals
Signal Operation
fir_result Driven low
timed_out Driven from low to high
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NCO Compiler
The NCO compiler MegaCore function expires after 270,000,000,000 clock cycles of the clock input clk, which
allows approximately 30 minutes of operation at 150 MHz. Table 3 shows the operation of the functions output
signals upon expiration.
Reed-Solomon Compiler (Encoder)
The Reed-Solomon Encoder MegaCore function expires after 270,000,000,000 cycles of the clock input sysclk,
which allows approximately 30 minutes of operation at 150 MHz. Table 4 shows the operation of the functions
output signal upon expiration.
Reed-Solomon Compiler (Decoder)
The Reed-Solomon Decoder MegaCore function expires after 270,000,000,000 cycles of the clock input sysclk,
which allows approximately 30 minutes of operation at 150 MHz. Table 5 shows the operation of the functions
output signals upon expiration.
Symbol Interleaver/Deinterleaver
The symbol interleaver/deinterleaver MegaCore function expires after 270,000,000,000 cycles of the clock input clk,
which allows approximately 30 minutes of operation at 150 MHz. Table 6 shows the operation of the functions
output signals upon expiration.
Table 3. NCO Compiler Output Signals
Signal Operation
fsin_o Driven low
fcos_o Driven low
timed_out Driven from low to high
Table 4. Reed-Solomon Encoder Output Signals
Signal Operation
rsout Driven low
timed_out Driven from low to high
Table 5. Reed-Solomon Decoder Output Signals
Signal Operation
rsout Driven low
timed_out Driven from low to high
Table 6. Symbol Interleaver/Deinterleaver Output Signals
Signal Operation
All address and data signals Driven to values present at time of expiration
timed_out Driven from low to high
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