CRU Weekly meeting (28 Sept 2016)
Present: Erno, Jubin, Sanjoy, pippo, mazsi, Torsten
Secretary: Erno(8), PiPPo(7), Shuaib(1), mazsi(5)
Actions:
- all: keep preparing answers to EDR questions.
- shuaib will report back when we can start accessing remotely the Arria10 card they have received in kolkata.
Report on Actions:
- date of EDR follow up: not set yet, will be aligned with prototype FW release.
- access to Arria10 card in kolkata: still not accessible, datacenter firewall prevents it. need to work on that
(shuaib not present, report from jubin).
- XCVR clocking presentation was checked: generic pre Arria10, nothing about fPLL aging.
1. 10G PON
- small timing improvement.
- no update from altera on 2UI error.
2. GBT
- component is now based on the tx_clock_bonding (x6/xN), this is the planned solution for the prototype fw.
- this clocking mode supports (5 bank * 6 link / bank =) 30 links.
- feedback compensation: also enabled, phase to be checked in hw.
- based on GBT 4.0.0, not on the latest GBT (4.0.1) release. no issue known that would force us to upgrade.
- timing issues when crossing from hard XCVR block into FPGA fabric: 0 levels of logic, but long clock path.
- todo: adapt simulation to changes.
- todo: wide bus mode support dynamic switching - but for prototype fw: we can instantiate 2 blocks (one in wide mode, other not, and mux before/after them).
3. DCS
4. PCIe
- work on FIFO like interface for data input.
- single clock FIFO in separate design: works (solved error: 1 word data corruption on transfer boundary).
- dual clock FIFO in integrated design: not yet (data doesn't move from FIFO to PC memory).
5. Integration
- GBT -> datapath -> PCIe connected, not working yet, pippo + sanjoy working on it.
- versioninfo registers are there.
AOB
- Torsten (in contact with pippo): we should have hw support for bit error testing on GBT links.
GBT test patterns will probably do (no other solution for simplex links in TPC [GBTX @ FEC -> CRU])
we already have some version, to be checked if it's enough / compatible with latest GBT ASIC.
Vacations
- PiPPo at CERN on conference 10-14 october, on leave until 7 november (but can work remotely).
- mazsi: oct 13-18: at wigner / budapest.
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