Re: [Milkymist-devel] M1r4 review: DRAM and NOR (was Re: Ask for reviews on M1R4 draft (was Re: M1R4 draft schematics))

2012-03-20 Thread Sébastien Bourdeauducq
On 03/20/2012 01:55 AM, Werner Almesberger wrote: - the DRAM data sheet [1] says the -5B version (which is what we have) needs Vdd = VddQ = 2.6 ± 0.1 V for DDR400 operation. If operating at a lower speed, it is content with 2.5 ± 0.2 V. Do we plan to operate the DRAM in M1r4 at DDR400

Re: [Milkymist-devel] M1r4 review: DRAM and NOR (was Re: Ask for reviews on M1R4 draft (was Re: M1R4 draft schematics))

2012-03-20 Thread Werner Almesberger
S?bastien Bourdeauducq wrote: No. But the -5B part is needed because it supports CAS latency 3 in DDR366, which makes it easier to align the data than CAS latency 2.5. Also, it generally has better timing. Okay. But at least some of the better timings may only apply to 2.6 V. In the data

[Milkymist-devel] M1r4 review: DRAM and NOR (was Re: Ask for reviews on M1R4 draft (was Re: M1R4 draft schematics))

2012-03-19 Thread Werner Almesberger
New week, new review: the memories. Let's begin with the DRAM: - nitpicking: the official names of pins 20 and 47 of U14/U15 are LDM/UDM, not LDQM/UDQM - the DRAM data sheet [1] says the -5B version (which is what we have) needs Vdd = VddQ = 2.6 +/- 0.1 V for DDR400 operation. If operating

Re: [Milkymist-devel] M1r4 review: DRAM and NOR (was Re: Ask for reviews on M1R4 draft (was Re: M1R4 draft schematics))

2012-03-19 Thread Adam Wang
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Werner Almesberger wer...@almesberger.netwrote: - nitpicking: the official names of pins 20 and 47 of U14/U15 are LDM/UDM, not LDQM/UDQM Nice catch :-) applied temporarily to: http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/adam/m1/tmp/m1r4/SDRAM_20120320.pdf -