Re: [casper] Weird FFT block problem

2015-10-06 Thread Jack Hickish
Ah, I would guess what happens is that you have delay stages being implemented in bram where the stage delay is fewer clock cycles than the bram latency, causing an initialization implosion. I suspect if you changed the "minimum delay implemented in bram" (or whatever it's called) parameter to be

Re: [casper] Weird FFT block problem

2015-10-06 Thread Jack Hickish
Hi Michael, If the initialisation script fails half way through drawing then often you'll be left with a bunch of blocks half connected, so I think that's (probably) a symptom rather than a cause of the issue. Are you using the latest casper-astro branch? Do you remember what FFT parameters you

[casper] Weird FFT block problem

2015-10-06 Thread Michael D'Cruze
Hi all, I had an odd problem while messing about with the FFT block today - on setting a new combination of parameters and attempting a new compile, an error came up which I've never seen before. Something along the lines of an initialisation error in the FFT. On inspection, the component

Re: [casper] Weird FFT block problem

2015-10-06 Thread Michael D'Cruze
Hi Jack, After cycling through the settings I think I’ve isolated the issue. I was a bit quick to declare a solution….i was able to repeat the problem. The problem occurs when the BRAM latency is set to >10. I appreciate this may seem excessive in any case however as you know I’m messing with

[casper] FFT problems

2015-10-06 Thread Jonathon Kocz
Hi Casper, While we're talking weird FFT problems... I have experienced an interesting problem with the FFT libraries when compiling for ROACH2, that I'm hoping someone might be able to explain. I have tried multiple versions of the libraries, and various branches (latest CASPER, SKA-SA, SMA),