>On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:00:15 -0500 >"nba83" <3224@embeddedrelated> wrote: > >> >On 09/24/2012 08:09 AM, nba83 wrote: >> > >> >> I want to feed data in parallel (8bit) to CPLD, buffer it for about100>> >> bytes, and then start to drive SPI Out. I am some how concernedabout>> the >> >> speed grade of the CPLD I intend to use(XC95144XL-TQG144-10C), it is >> >> -10C(means 10nsec delay for IO routs), does this delay impose any >> problem? >> >> Since I want to drive the CPLD with 100MHZ oscillator clk input, andby>> clk >> >> dividing generate a 50 or 40MHz clk for SPI. >> >> tnx for any helpful comments :) >> > >> >The problem isn't going to be the speed, but where the CPLD is going to>> >store the 100 bytes. The XC95144XL only has 144 bits of storage total. >> > >> > >> >> I have implemented a 1k byte dual port ram in this cpld logic inxilinx>> ise, but i havn't tested it yet. I have not added the DAC driver to ityet,>> i'm not sure if this cpld is enough for these modules. here is the >> implementation for RAM: >> > >You've written behavioral VHDL that describes a dual-port >block RAM. That's lovely and all, but have you checked the CPLD >datasheet and confirmed that there is a block RAM resource on the chip >that will do that? You could also write VHDL describing a unicorn, but >you'd be hard pressed to make it pass synthesis. > >-- >Rob Gaddi, Highland Technology -- www.highlandtechnology.com >Email address domain is currently out of order. See above to fix. >I am some how obliged to use XC95144(since I have plenty of them purchased before), and as it was mentioned here, I omitted RAM Module from my design and instead I would like to add a SRAM or SDRAM chip,(and since SDRAM is much cheaper than SRAM I'm apt to SDRAM), and here it posed another question and that is if this CPLD is capable of driving a SDRAM (regarding dynamic memory timing constraints)? tnx in advance for any helpful comment Neda Baheri --------------------------------------- Posted through http://www.FPGARelated.com
Xilinx CPLD XC95144 for Driving Sigma Delta DAC
Started by ●September 23, 2012
Reply by ●September 25, 20122012-09-25
Reply by ●September 25, 20122012-09-25
On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:09:14 PM UTC+12, nba83 wrote:> I would like to add a SRAM or SDRAM chip,(and since SDRAM is > much cheaper than SRAM I'm apt to SDRAM), and here it posed anotherSDRAM is only cheaper than SRAM well above the 100 bytes you claimed to need. For small storage, your RAM choices would be Parallel 256k bit (tends to be cheapest size), or you could look at the QuadSPI SRAM from Microchip. That is SO8, and can do 80MBit (20MHz x 4) -jg
Reply by ●September 25, 20122012-09-25
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:09:13 -0500, nba83 wrote:>>On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:00:15 -0500 "nba83" <3224@embeddedrelated> wrote: >> >>> >On 09/24/2012 08:09 AM, nba83 wrote: >>> > >>> >> I want to feed data in parallel (8bit) to CPLD, buffer it for about > 100 >>> >> bytes, and then start to drive SPI Out. I am some how concerned > about >>> the >>> >> speed grade of the CPLD I intend to use(XC95144XL-TQG144-10C), it >>> >> is -10C(means 10nsec delay for IO routs), does this delay impose >>> >> any >>> problem? >>> >> Since I want to drive the CPLD with 100MHZ oscillator clk input, >>> >> and > by >>> clk >>> >> dividing generate a 50 or 40MHz clk for SPI. >>> >> tnx for any helpful comments :) >>> > >>> >The problem isn't going to be the speed, but where the CPLD is going >>> >to > >>> >store the 100 bytes. The XC95144XL only has 144 bits of storage >>> >total. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I have implemented a 1k byte dual port ram in this cpld logic in > xilinx >>> ise, but i havn't tested it yet. I have not added the DAC driver to it > yet, >>> i'm not sure if this cpld is enough for these modules. here is the >>> implementation for RAM: >>> >>> >>You've written behavioral VHDL that describes a dual-port block RAM. >>That's lovely and all, but have you checked the CPLD datasheet and >>confirmed that there is a block RAM resource on the chip that will do >>that? You could also write VHDL describing a unicorn, but you'd be hard >>pressed to make it pass synthesis. >> >>-- >>Rob Gaddi, Highland Technology -- www.highlandtechnology.com Email >>address domain is currently out of order. See above to fix. >> >> > I am some how obliged to use XC95144(since I have plenty of them > purchased before), and as it was mentioned here, I omitted RAM Module > from my design and instead I would like to add a SRAM or SDRAM chip,(and > since SDRAM is much cheaper than SRAM I'm apt to SDRAM), and here it > posed another question and that is if this CPLD is capable of driving a > SDRAM (regarding dynamic memory timing constraints)? > tnx in advance for any helpful comment Neda BaheriIt seems to me that you're rapidly approaching a point where your cheapest solution is to cast your XC95144s in a block of clear epoxy to hand out as a trophy, and switch to a microprocessor that's up to the task. Do you really need to implement a FIFO in the CPLD? Can't you just have the microprocessor write out the transaction (in parallel) each time you need it to come out the CPLD, thereby obviating the need or all the memory? -- Tim Wescott Control system and signal processing consulting www.wescottdesign.com
Reply by ●September 26, 20122012-09-26
>Do you really need to implement a FIFO in the CPLD? Can't you just have >the microprocessor write out the transaction (in parallel) each time you >need it to come out the CPLD, thereby obviating the need or all the >memory? > >-- >Tim Wescott >Control system and signal processing consulting >www.wescottdesign.com >the microprocessor is ARM Corex M3(Stm32f107) which has really slow IOs, writing 16 bits, setting and resetting a control pin takes about 1Usec, I need to transfer 8ch*16bit within 5 usec, so I need to buffer data somewhere outside microprocessor. I'm in the design phase of project prototype, and I want to consider any cheap available option in the board, in software development phase some of the chips may be omitted. --------------------------------------- Posted through http://www.FPGARelated.com
Reply by ●September 26, 20122012-09-26
In comp.arch.fpga, nba83 <3224@embeddedrelated> wrote:> >>Do you really need to implement a FIFO in the CPLD? Can't you just have >>the microprocessor write out the transaction (in parallel) each time you >>need it to come out the CPLD, thereby obviating the need or all the >>memory? >> > > the microprocessor is ARM Corex M3(Stm32f107) which has really slow IOs, > writing 16 bits, setting and resetting a control pin takes about 1Usec, I > need to transfer 8ch*16bit within 5 usec, so I need to buffer data > somewhere outside microprocessor. I'm in the design phase of project > prototype, and I want to consider any cheap available option in the board, > in software development phase some of the chips may be omitted.Are you bitbanging this? Seems the STM32F107 has an I2S interface and so has the AD1933. Aren't the two working together, or is the another reason you can not use the I2S peripheral? -- Stef (remove caps, dashes and .invalid from e-mail address to reply by mail) I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability. -- Oscar Wilde
Reply by ●September 26, 20122012-09-26
>Are you bitbanging this? Seems the STM32F107 has an I2S interface and so >has the AD1933. Aren't the two working together, or is the another reason>you can not use the I2S peripheral? >>Stm32 only supports rates 8 KHz to 96 KHz, I want to drive the chip at 192 KHz which Stm does not provide --------------------------------------- Posted through http://www.FPGARelated.com
Reply by ●September 26, 20122012-09-26
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:49:32 -0500, nba83 wrote:>>Are you bitbanging this? Seems the STM32F107 has an I2S interface and so >>has the AD1933. Aren't the two working together, or is the another >>reason > >>you can not use the I2S peripheral? >> >> > > Stm32 only supports rates 8 KHz to 96 KHz, I want to drive the chip at > 192 KHz > which Stm does not provideThings aren't lining up here. 192kHz sampling? Over 35MHz bit rate? That works out to over 182bits/ sample. How many bits per channel? How many channels? That chip will run at something like a 72MHz core clock, which gives you 36MHz at the SPI. Moreover, if the ADC demands (say) 32 bits/write, then you've got 64 clock cycles per word out if the chip is running flat out -- that leads me to believe that if you can't pump this out the SPI port of that chip, you're not going to be able to do anything significant to the data while it's in the processor. Unless (and probably even if) you hand-code the thing in assembly and run it out of RAM, you're not going to be able to do much more than read the data out of memory and shove it out the door. -- My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook. My conservative friends think I'm a liberal kook. Why am I not happy that they have found common ground? Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & Software http://www.wescottdesign.com
Reply by ●September 26, 20122012-09-26
On Sep 26, 8:41=A0pm, Tim Wescott <t...@seemywebsite.com> wrote:> On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:49:32 -0500, nba83 wrote: > >>Are you bitbanging this? Seems the STM32F107 has an I2S interface and s=o> >>has the AD1933. Aren't the two working together, or is the another > >>reason > > >>you can not use the I2S peripheral? > > > Stm32 only supports rates 8 KHz to 96 KHz, I want to drive the chip at > > 192 KHz > > =A0which Stm does not provide > > Things aren't lining up here. > > 192kHz sampling? =A0Over 35MHz bit rate? =A0That works out to over 182bit=s/> sample. =A0How many bits per channel? =A0How many channels? >first post mentioned ad1933, 8channels,24bit,192kHz so 36.864MHz> That chip will run at something like a 72MHz core clock, which gives you > 36MHz at the SPI. =A0Moreover, if the ADC demands (say) 32 bits/write, th=en> you've got 64 clock cycles per word out if the chip is running flat out > -- that leads me to believe that if you can't pump this out the SPI port > of that chip, you're not going to be able to do anything significant to > the data while it's in the processor. =A0Unless (and probably even if) yo=u> hand-code the thing in assembly and run it out of RAM, you're not going > to be able to do much more than read the data out of memory and shove it > out the door.SPI is just for setup, data goes on I2S, running the mcu at 73.728MHz and using DMA it might work (assuming the I2S can run at mcuclk/2) -Lasse
Reply by ●September 26, 20122012-09-26
"nba83" <3224@embeddedrelated> wrote:>>On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:00:15 -0500 >>"nba83" <3224@embeddedrelated> wrote: >> >>> >On 09/24/2012 08:09 AM, nba83 wrote: >>> > >>> >> I want to feed data in parallel (8bit) to CPLD, buffer it for about >100 >>> >> bytes, and then start to drive SPI Out. I am some how concerned >about >>> the >>> >> speed grade of the CPLD I intend to use(XC95144XL-TQG144-10C), it is >>> >> -10C(means 10nsec delay for IO routs), does this delay impose any >>> problem? >>> >> Since I want to drive the CPLD with 100MHZ oscillator clk input, and >by >>> >> >>You've written behavioral VHDL that describes a dual-port >>block RAM. That's lovely and all, but have you checked the CPLD >>datasheet and confirmed that there is a block RAM resource on the chip >>that will do that? You could also write VHDL describing a unicorn, but >>you'd be hard pressed to make it pass synthesis. >> >>-- >>Rob Gaddi, Highland Technology -- www.highlandtechnology.com >>Email address domain is currently out of order. See above to fix. >> > >I am some how obliged to use XC95144(since I have plenty of them purchased >before), and as it was mentioned here, I omitted RAM Module from my design >and instead I would like to add a SRAM or SDRAM chip,(and since SDRAM is >much cheaper than SRAM I'm apt to SDRAM), and here it posed another >question and that is if this CPLD is capable of driving a SDRAM (regarding >dynamic memory timing constraints)?I'd go for SRAM. I have used the XC95144 for replacing CRT / STN displays with TFT. The key is to calculate the required bandwidth. In my most recent project I used a 16 bit SRAM. Still, given your project requirements you probably could get by with a small FIFO (maybe 4 bytes deep). You need to get enough data from the microcontroller. OTOH it sounds like a lot of fuss to keep the microcontroller. If you switch to an ARM device (NXP for instance) you can reach >30MHz SPI easely and use DMA. -- Failure does not prove something is impossible, failure simply indicates you are not using the right tools... nico@nctdevpuntnl (punt=.) --------------------------------------------------------------
Reply by ●September 27, 20122012-09-27
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:06:03 +0000, Nico Coesel wrote:> "nba83" <3224@embeddedrelated> wrote: > >>>On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:00:15 -0500 >>>"nba83" <3224@embeddedrelated> wrote: >>> >>>> >On 09/24/2012 08:09 AM, nba83 wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> I want to feed data in parallel (8bit) to CPLD, buffer it for >>>> >> about >>100 >>>> >> bytes, and then start to drive SPI Out. I am some how concerned >>about >>>> the >>>> >> speed grade of the CPLD I intend to use(XC95144XL-TQG144-10C), it >>>> >> is -10C(means 10nsec delay for IO routs), does this delay impose >>>> >> any >>>> problem? >>>> >> Since I want to drive the CPLD with 100MHZ oscillator clk input, >>>> >> and >>by >>>> >>>> >>>You've written behavioral VHDL that describes a dual-port block RAM. >>>That's lovely and all, but have you checked the CPLD datasheet and >>>confirmed that there is a block RAM resource on the chip that will do >>>that? You could also write VHDL describing a unicorn, but you'd be >>>hard pressed to make it pass synthesis. >>> >>>-- >>>Rob Gaddi, Highland Technology -- www.highlandtechnology.com Email >>>address domain is currently out of order. See above to fix. >>> >>> >>I am some how obliged to use XC95144(since I have plenty of them >>purchased before), and as it was mentioned here, I omitted RAM Module >>from my design and instead I would like to add a SRAM or SDRAM chip,(and >>since SDRAM is much cheaper than SRAM I'm apt to SDRAM), and here it >>posed another question and that is if this CPLD is capable of driving a >>SDRAM (regarding dynamic memory timing constraints)? > > I'd go for SRAM. I have used the XC95144 for replacing CRT / STN > displays with TFT. The key is to calculate the required bandwidth. In my > most recent project I used a 16 bit SRAM. > > Still, given your project requirements you probably could get by with a > small FIFO (maybe 4 bytes deep). You need to get enough data from the > microcontroller. OTOH it sounds like a lot of fuss to keep the > microcontroller. If you switch to an ARM device (NXP for instance) you > can reach >30MHz SPI easely and use DMA.He's using an STM32F107 which _is_ an ARM Cortex, and he's claiming to need more than 35MHz. -- My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook. My conservative friends think I'm a liberal kook. Why am I not happy that they have found common ground? Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & Software http://www.wescottdesign.com
