Re: [casper] casper Digest, Vol 25, Issue 16

2009-12-22 Thread Homin Jiang
Hi Jason: Are there stable model files for packetized correlator on ROACH ? I saw there are 2 model files in the /roach subdirectory, but with comments of "lots of stuff here for debug ". cheers homin jiang Today's Topics: 1. roach reference designs (Jason Manley) --

Re: [casper] casper Digest, Vol 25, Issue 16

2009-12-22 Thread Jason Manley
I have just checked-in the latest versions. F engine is at revision 306 (stable) for ibobs and X engine is up to rev 322g (debug compile) for roach. There are two major outstanding issues before the system is deployable: 1) Loss of packets from F engines. There is a loss of data (about 1

Re: [casper] Hang issue when trying to wr/rd a register

2009-12-22 Thread John Ford
Hi. Does anyone know what the status of this is? Does borph on the bee2 work under 10.1? John > Hello, > When I've had odd behavior like this before it turned out to be a corrupt > bof file. I would try recopying the design to the BEE2, but admittedly > it's > a bit of a long shot. > Glenn > >

[casper] ROACH + BORPH time-of-day

2009-12-22 Thread Tom Downes
Hello: I am new to the list and to ROACH boards so apologies in advance if this question is misdirected. I am working at Caltech on using a ROACH(1) board running BORPH via USB. Specifically debian/etch with kernel 2.6.25-svn1867-dirty1. Our application requires timestamping FFT data to precisi

Re: [casper] ROACH + BORPH time-of-day

2009-12-22 Thread Dan Werthimer
Hi Tom We use hardware time tagging in some of the spectrometers we've built, accurate to a few nS, described below: We've implemented time tagging in spectrometers and correlators (we can send you some spectrometer designs if you want), by running the ADC sample clock from a synthesizer loc

Re: [casper] ROACH + BORPH time-of-day

2009-12-22 Thread Andrew Lutomirski
I haven't tried it on the ROACH, but we've had great results (i.e. much better than 1 ms) with the IEEE Precision Time Protocol (using ptpd, from ptpd.sourceforge.net). You might want to give that a try before you resort to fancier solutions. --Andy On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Tom Downes w

Re: [casper] ROACH + BORPH time-of-day

2009-12-22 Thread Jason Manley
Hi Tom We use the exact same procedure that you outline below to timestamp our data and ran into the same problem. It turned out to be due to integer rounding in Uboot's clock configuration. Please update your uboot and kernel to the newest versions. I sent around an email on 01 December

Re: [casper] ROACH + BORPH time-of-day

2009-12-22 Thread Tom Downes
I noticed that message, but I thought you meant "ntpdate" instead of "ntpd" because you mentioned it in the context of boot-up. It sounds like just what we need. I'll work out a plan with my co-workers for updating the board and contact you if I run into problems with ntpd. Thanks! And to other