Re: [casper] Roach Conduction Cooling

2013-04-16 Thread Steve Maher
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Jason Manley wrote: > > Merely dunking things in liquid will just get you hot liquid. sure - the second part (radiator) was implied > And I'd be concerned > > about the chip packages' leak integrity. > didn't know about Xilinx vent holes. We've dunk

Re: [casper] Roach Conduction Cooling

2013-04-16 Thread Steve Maher
Heatpipes and dunking in liquid (e.g. mineral oil) are options we've explored (with PCs), although we seem to be favoring pressure vessels at this point. Steve On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 2:34 AM, Jason Manley wrote: > I don't know of anyone who's actually

Re: [casper] 10GbE not transmitting

2010-06-16 Thread Steve Maher
For closure purposes .. We resuscitated our roach with a USB wiggler, upgraded to the (not quite latest) tgtap and tcpborphserver in http://www.mail-archive.com/casper@lists.berkeley.edu/msg01370.html, and now the tut2 10GbE tutorial works (after removing the "name" argument in tgtap)! (We actual

Re: [casper] Uh oh

2010-06-10 Thread Steve Maher
gested. Still, I would think a ~115kbps serial transfer would be easy to manage under this load. Thanks, Steve > > Jason > > On 09 Jun 2010, at 22:09, Steve Maher wrote: > > > Okay, I've found the following > > > > > http://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/ROACH_Bring

Re: [casper] Uh oh

2010-06-09 Thread Steve Maher
<http://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/ROACH_Bringup#PowerPC_U-Boot_Configuration> Steve On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Steve Maher wrote: > Ugh. Dead roach. > > I ran "run newuboot" and started sending the file, but HyperTerminal failed > with a "Did not receive respons

[casper] Uh oh

2010-06-09 Thread Steve Maher
Ugh. Dead roach. I ran "run newuboot" and started sending the file, but HyperTerminal failed with a "Did not receive response". I tried sending the file a second time and got the same response. Without other alternatives I then powered off the roach. Now I get nothing on the serial line when p

Re: [casper] 10GbE not transmitting

2010-06-09 Thread Steve Maher
the (newer) tutorial to work ... Steve > Original announcement and > details here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/casper@lists.berkeley.edu/msg01386.html > > Jason > > On 08 Jun 2010, at 23:31, Steve Maher wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to t

[casper] 10GbE not transmitting

2010-06-08 Thread Steve Maher
Hi, I'm trying to track down why our roach 10GbE is not transmitting. We have this roach configuration from Nov 2009 (in order to be compatible with another roach system - exception: our Uboot version is a bit different). Inte

Re: [casper] Connections of ADC2x400-12

2010-05-20 Thread Steve Maher
ing to casper memo #34, > full scale range on the 12 bit adc board is 1.28 Vpp. > (50 ohm input). > > there are some frequency response plots in this memo as well. > > best, > > dan > > > On 5/20/2010 11:30 AM, Steve Maher wrote: > > Hi, > > Can someone point me to info on the inputs of a ADC2x400-12 board? > > Thanks, > Steve > > >

[casper] Connections of ADC2x400-12

2010-05-20 Thread Steve Maher
Hi, Can someone point me to info on the inputs of a ADC2x400-12 board? Thanks, Steve

Re: [casper] Basic block upgrade question

2010-05-19 Thread Steve Maher
2010 at 8:05 PM, Henry Chen wrote: > Hi Steve, > > Can you see if there's anything useful in the > mkid_newgf17_gbe0_wrapper.blc logfile? It should be somewhere > in XPS_ROACH_base\implementation\ > > Thanks, > Henry > > On 5/18/2010 4:29 PM, Steve Maher wrote: >

Re: [casper] Basic block upgrade question

2010-05-18 Thread Steve Maher
;Copy base package step", does the new pcore still > not get copied over? Does it give you any warnings or errors? > > Does your BEE2_XPS_LIB_PATH environment variable match where you > have the xps_lib directory with the new dac_mkid pcore? > > Thanks, > Henry > > On

Re: [casper] Basic block upgrade question

2010-05-18 Thread Steve Maher
gt; > On 5/18/2010 12:31 PM, Steve Maher wrote: > > Hi, > > > > FYI, upgrading the block description in the Simulink Library Browser > > required adding appropriate lines (given to me by block developer) to > > xps_library/xps_library.mdl. > > > &

Re: [casper] Basic block upgrade question

2010-05-18 Thread Steve Maher
ot;bee_xps" library > in the Simulink browser & replace the GUI for the block as well. > > -Suraj > > On May 12, 2010, at 7:57 AM, Steve Maher wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to install some upgraded yellow blocks (sent to me) that have > new ports but I stil

[casper] Basic block upgrade question

2010-05-12 Thread Steve Maher
Hi, I am trying to install some upgraded yellow blocks (sent to me) that have new ports but I still see the old blocks in the model editor after the upgrade I did the following: 1. Deleted the @ and _mask.m directory/file in xps_library and replaced with the new versions 2. Deleted the

Re: [casper] config issue with window() function?

2010-05-12 Thread Steve Maher
st thing I would do > would be to replace the block with a new one from the library. If this > doesn't work, I would run the mask script from the matlab command prompt, > which, if it doesn't fix the problem, will give you a more verbose error. > > Mark > > > On Mon

[casper] config issue with window() function?

2010-05-10 Thread Steve Maher
Hi all, I am having an (basic configuration?) issue with *pfb_coeff_gen *and the * window()* function. I get the following error when compiling a pfb_coeff_gen block: Error in 'testHamming/pfb_coeff_gen/ROM1': Parameter 'pfb_coeff_gen_calc(6, > 4,'hamming',0, 0,1,1)' cannot be evaluated. MATLAB

Re: [casper] Which error to chase?

2010-03-26 Thread Steve Maher
only supports iBOB. Should I be heading down the line of doing my own dac controlling on the ROACH? Steve On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Steve Maher wrote: > The 'dac' yellow block _does include a gateway internally. I believe the > error is referring to the input data lines, b

Re: [casper] Which error to chase?

2010-03-26 Thread Steve Maher
connect an FPGA block (something that becomes > > synthesized in hardware) to a simulink block (like a scope) you need > > to use the Gateway In/Out blocks in the Xilinx blockset. Try > > dropping a Gateway Out in between the DAC and the scope. > > > > -Nevada > >

Re: [casper] Simulink/Xilinx integration

2010-03-16 Thread Steve Maher
n are appreciated. Steve > I'm still investigating the 11.x flow on Linux. It's not ready for > prime-time yet: I sometimes have Matlab disappearing on me, compiles > that sometimes take significantly longer (22hrs), ridiculous memory > usage (over 16GB) etc etc. > > Jas

Re: [casper] Simulink/Xilinx integration

2010-03-15 Thread Steve Maher
set MATLAB=C:\Programs\MATLAB2007b > set XILINX=C:\Xilinx\ISE10.1\ISE > set XILINX_EDK=C:\Xilinx\EDK10.1\EDK > set MLIB_ROOT=C:\casper_svn\mlib_devel_10_1 > set BEE2_XPS_LIB_PATH=%MLIB_ROOT%\xps_lib > set RCS_BIN="C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin" > set PATH=%RCS_BIN%;%PATH% >

Re: [casper] Simulink/Xilinx integration

2010-03-15 Thread Steve Maher
page of the configuration parameters dialog > In gen_xps_files at 208 In bee_xps>run_Callback at 152 In bee_xps at 84 # ## Block objects creation ## # ## ## Checking objects ## ## Running

Re: [casper] Simulink/Xilinx integration

2010-03-14 Thread Steve Maher
Hi Jason, Thanks for the reply. On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Jason Manley wrote: > Hi Steve > > Are you preloading the libraries? > I am now =) I get a zillion warnings in the console (mostly about parameterized links) but I can now run XSG/XPS ... thanks. However, XSG fails when buil

Re: [casper] Simulink/Xilinx integration

2010-03-12 Thread Steve Maher
{'10.1.2.1250'} set(handles.xsg_version,'String','10.1'); case {'10.1.3.1386'} set(handles.xsg_version,'String','10.1'); case {'11.3.2055'} set(handles.xsg_version,'String',

Re: [casper] Simulink/Xilinx integration

2010-03-10 Thread Steve Maher
our simulink library, > then installation of System Generator probably didn't complete. Once > you've installed sysgen, the libraries should show up automatically. > Be sure to install matlab before you install the xilinx tools. > > Jason > > On 10 Mar 2010, at 09:26, Ste

[casper] Simulink/Xilinx integration

2010-03-10 Thread Steve Maher
Hi, Beginner question .. I'm brand new to Matlab/Simulink and Xilinx. I have the Casper libraries ready for use in Simulink but can't seem to find the right documentation to integrate Xilinx blocksets. I've installed Xilinx ISI Design Suite 11 but don't know if that's the right software (can't

Re: [casper] Where is sshd?

2010-03-08 Thread Steve Maher
x install is really a bare-minimum "debug" > environment, and I don't know of many ppl using that in an actual > development environment. > > Jason > > On 04 Mar 2010, at 13:48, Steve Maher wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Excitement with our very first ROACH/CASPER

[casper] Where is sshd?

2010-03-04 Thread Steve Maher
Hi, Excitement with our very first ROACH/CASPER experience today when we fired up our new roach board. However, all getting-started & tutorials I find indicate sshd should be running but I can't find it anywhere. Port 22 doesn't answer, no sshd running, no results for "busybox find -name "*ssh*