On 29 October 2016 at 02:03, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Seriously huge & confusing, must be 100 or more .bit files that are not
> discussed in the docs. I'll need a small bucket of bit io, 2 stepgens,
> an encoder and a pwmgen in the initial profile. Every bitfile discussed
> in the pdf has multiples of those.  Like 8 of everything?  Boggles what
> mind I have left.

There are files for epp, serial and spi modes, so you can divide by 3.

Looking at the 7i90_spi_svst4_8.bit file (SPI mode, 4 SerVos 8
STeppers)  the actual default pinout will be found in the "source"
subfolder inside the ZIP file you will find there.
The 7i90 is a 72-pin card, so the file that defines the pinout is
PIN_SVST4_8_72.vhd

You will see from that that every pin is allocated, so by default
there are no pins free for GPIO. You make GPIO pins by enabling only
as many encoders and stepgens as you want.
Unused pins become GPIO.

You probably want some of the encoders for MPGs too, so you might want
to use their pins last.

You might also see that the PWMgens have three pin types each, and the
stepgens have 6 pins each (for table mode).

The simplest way to work out the pins is to load the driver with the
number of each function you want, and let it tell you what the pins
are.

Top Tip! Pin1 on the connectors has a square solder pad.

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