How interfacing HPC.II "local_signals" (ddr controller) with vhdl logic ?

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Hi, 

 I would like to use the ddr/ddr2 IP HPCII with altmemphy without nios : - HPC 2 full rate, quartus 10.1sp1 - DDR 32MB x16, burst length = 4 (=> local_size=2)  My problem is that HPC interfacing (local_xxx signals) documentation is very poor. The purpose of every signal is explained (page 454/458) but not how to manage write/read burst operations with these signals. There is only two diagrams (page 494/498) with a very few explanations. http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/external-memory/emi_archive_101.pdf  I don't know very well ddr devices, so I need more information. Especially I don't understand : - rows have to be open before write commands with a fake request ? - write diagram (page 496): why burst_begin is toggling (what about data when burst_begin=0??) and address is incremented only every 2 clk cycle (not when burst_begin=0) ? - do local_xxx signals respect specific timings ? - local_data width is 32b => addresses increment is 2 ? ...  Thanks for your help,  Sebastien

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Same questions here. I managed to make it work by doing exactly what's in the official timing diagrams [1], but I don't understand what's going on completely. 

 I'm pretty sure that the local_xxxs form an Avalon MM interface, the problem is the literature is scarce and misleading [1], [2].  [1] http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/external-memory/emi_altmemphy_ref_timing_diagram.pdf [2] http://alterawiki.com/wiki/interfacing_to_altera_external_memory_controller_ip  Thanks, Leo