Re: [casper] Continuous streaming of spectrum on red pitaya

2023-10-27 Thread Adam Isaacson
Dear Fazal, I don't believe the 1GbE block will work for the Red Pitaya as this block is for Programmable Logic (PL). The Red Pitaya supports a Zynq processor and so it has a Hard Processor Software region (PS) and PL. The 1GbE is connected to the Zynq directly and we use AXI Lite interconnect to

Re: [casper] Continuous streaming of spectrum on red pitaya

2023-10-24 Thread Adam Isaacson
Dear Fazal, We never focused on streaming the data out of the Red Pitaya when we initially ported it to the CASPER toolflow in 2019. We had to use snap shots to get the data. Maybe some others have worked on this since then and can offer better support, but that was the status when I last worked

Re: [casper] Question on Casperfpga python 3.8 version

2023-08-31 Thread Adam Isaacson
ered or tried include: > > > >- Able to ping SKARAB copper port and fiber ports. >- Set mtu=9000 on my host, per Peralex documentation. >- Thought of programming SKARAB by hostname instead of IP address, but >don’t know if it even has a hostname or what it would be. &

Re: [casper] Re: zcu216_tut_spec.fpg RuntimeError: no programming informs yet. Odd?

2023-07-18 Thread Adam Isaacson
Select the item within the `Hardware Devices` table that is *not *arm*** > . What you have selected will turn blue. > > 8) Press `Next` Press `Finish` > > 9) A form on the left middle will be `Hardware Device Properties` , listed > there is `Part:`. That is your FPGA.

Re: [casper] Question on Casperfpga python 3.8 version

2023-05-29 Thread Adam Isaacson
Dear June, I am sorry you are encountering this problem. SKARAB has only been baselined and fully tested using Python 2.7 for casperfpga. Yes, some attempts have been made to port it to Python 3.8, but as far as I am aware there have been issues that were never fully sorted out. It looks like you

Re: [casper] Roach2 progremote error & CASPER slack account

2023-04-01 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Austin, Here is an invite to the CASPER slack group: https://join.slack.com/t/casper-astro/shared_invite/zt-1s7l3vt1z-1TdvVDh6Y4ZFRoimzXrUgw . Kind regards, Adam On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 9:28 PM Marc wrote: > On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 6:38 PM Austin Dymont > wrote:Hello,Hi My name is

[casper] Re: Skarab for BINGO radiotelescope: assistance

2022-09-13 Thread Adam Isaacson
Dear Amilcar, The CASPER group has been in Italy on their annual CASPER workshop. I have just returned. The others return tomorrow. The guys have worked hard on the toolflow and are taking some nice relaxing time off. I am not sure what tutorials you have issues with. I have discovered a problem

Re: [casper] RA Instruments using CASPER hardware and tools

2022-08-31 Thread Adam Isaacson
Ciao Morag, Not Radio Astronomy, but RADAR this time - FORT (FMCW Optical Radar Tracker) uses ROACH2 and a version of the CASPER Tools. Mike Movius ran this project - check out my old company https://www.reutechradar.com/products/defence/tracking-radar. Con calore, Adam On Wed, Aug 31, 2022

[casper] SKARAB HMC Walking Ones Full Coverage Test Ready

2022-07-14 Thread Adam Isaacson
hen reports the consolidated results. It will indicate if the Link fails or not. We have a faulty HMC in our lab and it is able to detect the fault with this test. Hope it helps if you have any HMC issues. Kind regards, *Adam Isaacson* Hardware Manager South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARA

Re: [casper] Fix - Simulink R2021a crashes on startup on Ubuntu 18.04

2022-06-09 Thread Adam Isaacson
Well done, Morag and team! That is a great catch and very helpful to me and others! Kind regards, Adam On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 2:43 PM Morag Brown wrote: > Hey all, > > I had a quick look in the mail archive and didn't see anything on this, > but it's not impossible others will come

Re: [casper] Casper RFSoC toolflow setup

2022-03-01 Thread Adam Isaacson
Well done, Kaj, Mitch and Jack! :). Kind regards, Adam On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 9:26 PM Kaj Wiik wrote: > First, I apologize my frustrated tone in my previous messages, those > resulted > from months of endless Python package dependency problems, > incompatibilities > between Ubuntu and Matlab

Re: [casper] Different Software Versions

2022-02-21 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Kaj, We are definitely an open collaboration :). A lot of people have done good work documenting what we have. This includes Morag and many others. Mitch has done amazing work and has done his best to document everything, but the RFSoC is new, so there will be teething issues and we ask for

Re: [casper] Different Software Versions

2022-02-21 Thread Adam Isaacson
> (without intention) and suddenly the toolflow is not working anymore. I >> think it would be very useful if the versions of all Python packages of a >> working setup would be listed in the documentation. >> >> Many thanks to all who support and develop the Casper tool

[casper] Different Software Versions

2022-02-21 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Casperites, I hope you are well. I have been reading the mail list and there are lots of queries about which version of Ubuntu, Python, Matlab and Simulink. We have documented this quite well on our Casper website, but I have noticed that some people try it on Windows, different versions and

Re: [casper] Simulink window does not open when Matlab is started by startsg

2022-02-13 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Kaj and Jack, I am not sure if this helps or not. We use Ubuntu 18.04LTS, Vivado 2021.1 and Matlab R2019a. Sys generator is no longer available. It now uses the Xilinx add on Model Composer. Wesley created a "startmc" file to fix this. I know my startsg did not work. Try our repo:

Re: [casper] Toolflow problems and a fix

2022-02-04 Thread Adam Isaacson
how it works out :-). > > Thanks, > Kaj > > > On 03/02/2022 07:12, Adam Isaacson wrote: > > Hi Kaj, > > > > Thanks for this. Yes, my wheels fail now, but doesn't seem to be an > issue. I > > think Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS has some python updates, which cause thi

Re: [casper] Toolflow problems and a fix

2022-02-02 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Kaj, Thanks for this. Yes, my wheels fail now, but doesn't seem to be an issue. I think Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS has some python updates, which cause this issues. I guess as long as we keep track then this is fine. Creating firmware and installs that work for everyone does come with its issues.

Re: [casper] RE: Red Pitaya programming/clocking issue?

2022-02-02 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Jeffrey, Thanks, this looks spot on. Kind regards, Adam On Thu, 03 Feb 2022, 12:12 AM 'Kobesky, Jeffrey CIV USN NRL () Washington DC (USA)' via casper@lists.berkeley.edu, < casper@lists.berkeley.edu> wrote: > Hello Nitika, > > > > I’m not using conda environment so I can’t comment on

Re: [casper] truly spectacular!

2022-02-02 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Jonathan and others, A great team effort for all of us. CASPER played a huge role. Well done to the whole community. Kind regards, Adam On Wed, 02 Feb 2022, 3:33 AM 'Jonathan Weintroub' via casper@lists.berkeley.edu, wrote: > https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.10541.pdf > > >

Re: [casper] CASPER Hardware page showing 404 error

2021-12-23 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Indrajit, Please try this for hardware - it works: https://github.com/casper-astro/casper-hardware#casper-hardware I can confirm that I have the same issue with the ADC link. There is definitely an issue when it comes to all the ADC modules - the only ADC module I can get to is this:

Re: [casper] Calculating Arctan on FPGA

2021-12-13 Thread Adam Isaacson
Dear Eoin, It has been a while since I played with the cordic algorithm. I used this for Radar signal processing in the day. The Xilinx should work, but if not try opencores.org and look for arithmetic operations. Refer to https://opencores.org/projects/cf_cordic. I can't remember the exact

Re: [casper] Synchronize a cluster of Red Pitayas using CASPER

2021-11-03 Thread Adam Isaacson
e once I rerun the workflow. > > > > It will talk some time until I will get a running project, but I will let > you know, how I solved it or ask further questions, if I have trouble. > > > > Best Regards, > > Stefan > > > > > > *Von:* Adam Isaacson > *

Re: [casper] Synchronize a cluster of Red Pitayas using CASPER

2021-11-03 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Jack and Stefan, I am not sure if we ever used the SATA connector or rather my memory thinks not. On top of what Jack has suggested then you will also need to add the SATA pin outs to the platform yaml file below - you will need to add the pins of choice here, otherwise the generated top.v

Re: [casper] HBM memory

2021-10-06 Thread Adam Isaacson
ired classes/methods but also following other conventions in the > toolflow that make it familiar and extendable. > > If you think this may help you I would be interested in hearing your > thoughts and am happy to get together to go over more of the details and > help in any way I can.

Re: [casper] HBM memory

2021-10-04 Thread Adam Isaacson
Great, I will be in touch :). Kind regards, Adam On Mon, 04 Oct 2021, 10:10 PM Jack Hickish, wrote: > That would be spectacular! > > Thanks Adam! > > On Mon, 4 Oct 2021, 21:06 Adam Isaacson, wrote: > >> Hi Jack, >> >> This is exactly what I have been task

Re: [casper] HBM memory

2021-10-04 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Jack, This is exactly what I have been tasked with. I have a meeting with Grant Hampson (CSIRO) who has the HBM working in RTL to find out more information on the 15th Oct. Maybe we could work together on this? Kind regards, Adam On Mon, 04 Oct 2021, 8:59 PM Jack Hickish, wrote: > Hi

[casper] Massive In-Network Processing for the World’s Largest Radio Telescope (SKA-Low)

2021-09-17 Thread Adam Isaacson
are integrating with our CASPER toolflow for now. I will keep you posted. There are lots of other good presentations ondemand as well, so check it out! https://xilinx.cventevents.com/event/f7c4412f-572a-4b8b-b8d0-6b92aae2cf0d/summary Kind regards, *Adam Isaacson* Hardware Manager South African Radio

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya STEMlab 125-14-Z7020

2021-08-02 Thread Adam Isaacson
Dear Mutsuo and Sebastian, Here is the CASPER hardware Red Pitaya board list - we only support 125-10 and the original 125-14. The rest will need to be added, but as Wesley said we are focusing on the Alveo boards right now. We will gladly assist you if you wish to target a new board. I would

[casper] SKARAB and Red Pitaya Builds on Ubuntu 18.04LTS

2021-07-28 Thread Adam Isaacson
Dear Casperities, I can't remember if I published anything officially, but I finally installed my desktop with OS Ubuntu 18.04LTS to work with the current toolflow and the planned new toolflow. I am about 6 months behind publishing this, but I can now say that the toolflow for SKARAB and the Red

Re: [casper] python version for casperfpga

2021-05-11 Thread Adam Isaacson
and > > $ python -m pip > > instead of > > $ pip > > > > In my experience, this command format has allowed pip to search > dependencies and install packages to the intended python (the same python > referred to by "python" in the command line).

Re: [casper] python version for casperfpga

2021-05-04 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Jeff, Please see my feedback in red below. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 4:34 PM 'Kobesky, Jeffrey CIV USN NRL () Washington

Re: [casper] python version for casperfpga

2021-04-16 Thread Adam Isaacson
t; > Vivado 19.1.1 > > MATLAB 2018a > > mlib_devel branch: master > > Python 2.7 and 3.6, running in (casper_venv) > > Devices: Red Pitaya, SKARAB > > > > > > *From:* Adam Isaacson > *Sent:* Thursday, April 15, 2021 3:53 AM > *To:* Casper Lis

Re: [casper] python version for casperfpga

2021-04-15 Thread Adam Isaacson
. If it works then we will update the documentation - this is what CASPER is about = collaboration! Great to have your energies Jeff. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac

Re: [casper] python version for casperfpga

2021-04-14 Thread Adam Isaacson
once defined. Just a reminder of our CASPER conference that is taking place the week of the 17th May via Zoom and is completely free! If interested please check out: https://casper.berkeley.edu/index.php/meetings-workshops/ Sorry for the additional advertising! ;) Kind regards, Adam Isaacson

Re: [casper] python version for casperfpga

2021-04-13 Thread Adam Isaacson
! Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 4:36 PM 'Kobesky, Jeffrey CIV USN NRL () Washington DC (USA)' via casper@lists.berkeley.edu < cas

Re: [casper] Failed to install `virtualenv`

2021-03-30 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Xin, Thanks for letting us know - it is useful to have the feedback. I think the gratitude must go to Morag here :). Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Tue

Re: [casper] Failed to install `virtualenv`

2021-03-26 Thread Adam Isaacson
that maybe worked, but it is up to you. Try with the wheel issue and let us know. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 4:41 PM Xin Cui wrote:

Re: [casper] casperfpga on python3

2021-03-22 Thread Adam Isaacson
- needs some tweaks. I can say that python 2.7 casperfpga works just fine for SKARAB though. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 3:53 PM

Re: [casper] quantum entanglement sensing using high-speed digital sampling and cross-multiplies

2021-03-20 Thread Adam Isaacson
, but it might take a long time. A lot of our CASPER DSP libraries have been around a long time and it wouldn't make sense to get rid of them yet. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac

Re: [casper] Problem with casperfpga

2021-02-20 Thread Adam Isaacson
the keyboard with my head several times I realized that pip > was pointing to python3, > so, using pip2 did the trick..(still with the same issue, I'm > going to the shame corner for a while) > > Again thanks Adam and all for the comments. > > > > > > > > &g

Re: [casper] Problem with casperfpga

2021-02-14 Thread Adam Isaacson
uot;import casperfpga", I put the > complete error in a txt file with it, for (I hope) a better clarity. > The ipython is executed from my home directory. > > Thanks again, > > > > > El vie, 12 feb 2021 a las 14:01, Adam Isaacson () > escribió: > >> Hi Guill

Re: [casper] Problem with casperfpga

2021-02-12 Thread Adam Isaacson
some time for me to look at this further until my development is setup and working properly. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 6:09 PM

Re: [casper] Problem with casperfpga

2021-02-11 Thread Adam Isaacson
ion do you read back?) 4) What githash of casperfpga are you using? 5) Send screen captures - this helps with debugging! Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Fr

Re: [casper] New setup installation problems (python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1) [Success!!!]

2021-02-03 Thread Adam Isaacson
on ZCU111. I would also ask Wei Liu who did some excellent work on the ZCU111 - alas, I don't have his new email address. My other suggestion is that you create a new CASPER email thread regarding the ZCU111 - people might miss your request. Good luck! Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio

Re: [casper] New setup installation problems (python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1)

2021-02-03 Thread Adam Isaacson
nctioning now. Time for a beer maybe? ;) Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 12:11 PM Adam Isaacson wrote: > Hi Kaj, > > Okay, at lea

Re: [casper] New setup installation problems (python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1)

2021-02-03 Thread Adam Isaacson
I will compile the "test_snap.slx" on my side and let you know if it fails. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 11:30 AM Kaj

Re: [casper] Issue compiling design from previous version.

2021-02-02 Thread Adam Isaacson
s > > If I find what the actual problem was I'll let you know. > > Thanks! > > > > El mar, 2 feb 2021 a las 3:05, Adam Isaacson () > escribió: > > > > Hi Guillermo, > > > > Interesting. Please send me the following: > > > > 1) screen

Re: [casper] New setup installation problems (python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1)

2021-02-02 Thread Adam Isaacson
o the users can just start. A few years back we investigated containers, which are much smaller hard disk wise. Alas, we had issues getting the container to work on other machines. VMs are bulky, but may be the best answer. We will discuss during the next CASPER meeting. Kaj, I think you are clo

Re: [casper] Issue compiling design from previous version.

2021-02-01 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Guillermo, Interesting. Please send me the following: 1) screen capture of the errors you get before you do "update_casper_blocks". 2) please attach your R2016a slx file 3) please attach your new saved R2018a slx file. I will then investigate and get back to you. Kind regards, Adam On

Re: [casper] New setup installation problems (python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1)

2021-02-01 Thread Adam Isaacson
s://casper-toolflow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/src/Configuring-the-Toolflow.html 2) https://casper-toolflow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/src/Running-the-Toolflow.html Let me know what you get. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602

Re: [casper] New setup installation problems (python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1)

2021-01-30 Thread Adam Isaacson
hardware platforms and make sure that they are still functional before we say Ubuntu 18.04 is good to go :). Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Fri, Jan 29, 2021

Re: [casper] New setup installation problems (python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1)

2021-01-29 Thread Adam Isaacson
and build your designs :). Hooray! NB: I am now going to commit and do a pull request for casper-astro to review. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Thu, Jan 28,

Re: [casper] New setup installation problems (python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1)

2021-01-28 Thread Adam Isaacson
t worry, I will be committing this change once I have done a bit more investigation - maybe adding versions in requirements.txt is not a bad idea for future support. You can now start your matlab session and build your designs :). Hooray! Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronom

Re: [casper] New setup installation problems (python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1)

2021-01-27 Thread Adam Isaacson
and Vivado 2020.2. I think this is something we should discuss at the next CASPER meeting on the 11th Feb. We should allocate a resource for this, but SARAO is focusing on other areas for now. Thanks for your email :). Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO

Re: [casper] New setup installation problems (python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1)

2021-01-27 Thread Adam Isaacson
rc/Running-the-Toolflow.html 6) https://casper-toolflow.readthedocs.io/projects/casperfpga/en/latest/ (This is how to install casperfpga) @Jonathon Kocz : we will need to update the docs to reflect this new information. I will wait until both parties have working systems before updating the Read

Re: [casper] New setup installation problems (python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1)

2021-01-24 Thread Adam Isaacson
p terminal screen capture, so we can see if you are doing everything correctly, thanks. I hope this helps! Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 7:

Re: [casper] New setup installation problems (python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1)

2021-01-22 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Casperites, For those of you that want to join the CASPER slack group and haven't yet then here is a general invite - https://join.slack.com/t/casper-astro/shared_invite/zt-l6cfvyt2-ZRkrj2UZV_sX_iKO_Vr95A. It is valid for 31 days. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy

Re: [casper] New setup installation problems (python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1)

2021-01-21 Thread Adam Isaacson
address, but maybe Dan W has his new address? Good luck! Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 10:22 PM Dan Werthimer wrote: > >

Re: [casper] New setup installation problems (python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1)

2021-01-20 Thread Adam Isaacson
regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 6:49 PM Jack Hickish wrote: > Hi Kaj, > > I think there are a few options > > 1. Get python >

Re: [casper] Happy New Year!

2021-01-05 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Dave, Happy New Year to you too! Thanks for the article. I thought I would share this one with the community on the Xilinx Versal ACAP - https://www.eejournal.com/article/why-does-xilinx-say-that-its-new-7nm-versal-acap-isnt-an-fpga/ In Xilinx's words they are a platform company and no

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya SDRlab 122-16

2020-10-15 Thread Adam Isaacson
regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 6:46 PM Sean Mckee wrote: > > Hello Casperites, > > I was looking at the new Red Pitaya board that

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya Wide(-ish)band Spectrometer Tutorial

2020-09-21 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Paul, Glad you came right! @Mathews: thanks for supporting Paul! Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 12:08 PM Paul Akumu wrote: >

Re: [casper] RedPitaya Compilation Error: "script generated with Vivado <2019.1.1> beign run as <2019.1>"

2020-09-09 Thread Adam Isaacson
going forward - always use the versions as specified in the readthedocs first! Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 8:10 AM Xavier Bosch wrote

Re: [casper] Ultrascale+HBM DSP48's + CASPER FFT

2020-08-31 Thread Adam Isaacson
Thanks, Jonathon. It is possible I sent in a SR to Xilinx at the time. We should probably be using Vivado 2020.1 - contains other sysgen fixes. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya Wide(-ish)band Spectrometer Tutorial

2020-08-28 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Paul, I have spoken with my colleague Mathews Chirindo who will be investigating this further for you. He made the most recent changes to the toolflow and tested the tutorials for the Red Pitaya recently. He will give you feedback on this thread. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya Wide(-ish)band Spectrometer Tutorial

2020-08-28 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Paul, Thanks, I will investigate further and get back to you. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 10:49 PM Paul Akumu wrote: >

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya Wide(-ish)band Spectrometer Tutorial

2020-08-27 Thread Adam Isaacson
ontain the latest Red Pitaya fixes. If the problem still persists then I will investigate further. I just want to make sure that we have merged all the relevant fixes in the casper-astro repo from the ska-sa repo. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manage

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya Wide(-ish)band Spectrometer Tutorial

2020-08-26 Thread Adam Isaacson
. Correct me if wrong! Please try and rebuild the spectrometer slx file and test the fpg generated file. Let me know if you get the same issue. If you don't then I must have checked a suspect fpg file in this repo and we can easily fix that, if that is the case. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African

Re: [casper] Simulink message error with FFT_BIPLEX_REAL_4x module

2020-08-05 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Xavier, Okay, great! I am glad you sorted it out. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 8:13 PM Xavier Bosch wrote: > Hi A

Re: [casper] Simulink message error with FFT_BIPLEX_REAL_4x module

2020-08-04 Thread Adam Isaacson
the versions specified in the toolflow ReadtheDocs first before trying different versions? Good luck! Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 5:35 PM

Re: [casper] Timing analysis

2020-07-03 Thread Adam Isaacson
diagram in all configurations. I am going into weekend mode now, so will be happy to respond to any new questions on Monday :). Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Fri

Re: [casper] Timing analysis

2020-07-03 Thread Adam Isaacson
nts that can be made then why not make them and send a pull request for reviewing - CASPER encourages this and is always looking for new developers :). I am happy to support you in investigating your timing issues, so feel free to send me your design if you are allowed to share it. Kind regards,

Re: [casper] Timing analysis

2020-07-03 Thread Adam Isaacson
to be. It makes sense to use a lower clock frequency for this. We were running the SKARAB comms interface at 156.25MHz and in the end dropped this to 40MHz, so that we could meet timing. I hope this helps. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware

Re: [casper] Timing analysis

2020-07-03 Thread Adam Isaacson
timing. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 5:46 AM Sebastian Antonio Jorquera Tapia < sebastian.jorqu...@ug.uchile.cl> wrote: >

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya access registers of snap blocks from PS

2020-06-02 Thread Adam Isaacson
Pitaya. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 8:12 PM Wesley New wrote: > Hi Sean. > > progska is a c utility that we use to

Re: [casper] Writing data to SD card

2020-05-21 Thread Adam Isaacson
also used a Raspberry Pi for this type of application in the past and it works well for data logging. Good luck! Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Wed, May 20

Re: [casper] casperfpga module error: no module named bitfield

2020-05-07 Thread Adam Isaacson
://github.com/ska-sa/casperfpga/tree/python3-port Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 2:38 AM Wael Farah wrote: > Hi Sean, > > I might

Re: [casper] Re: Red Pitaya Tutorial 2 Reg

2020-04-19 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Aravind, No worries. It applies equally to existing designs. The hardware porting workshops are an annual event, so you will at some point get a chance to participate if you want to. Good luck! Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager

Re: [casper] Re: Red Pitaya Tutorial 2 Reg

2020-04-17 Thread Adam Isaacson
a decent understanding of casperfpga and they can support. I hope this helps. We are currently CASPERsing the Xilinx Alveo Data Accelerator Card U280, so are going through a similar exercise. I am happy to move this conversation to slack. Good luck! Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio

Re: [casper] Re: Red Pitaya Tutorial 2 Reg

2020-04-16 Thread Adam Isaacson
1. I hope this helps! Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 9:08 PM Aravind Venkitasubramony < aravind.venkitasubram...@colorado.edu&

Re: [casper] Re: Red Pitaya Tutorial 2 Reg

2020-04-16 Thread Adam Isaacson
nd scripts under > /mlib_devel/jasper_library/scripts - Is this correct? > > Also, I had saved the first two tutorial files also outside mlib-devel and > I did not face any issues there. Is this expected? > > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 12:38 AM Adam Isaacson > wrote: > &g

Re: [casper] Re: Red Pitaya Tutorial 2 Reg

2020-04-16 Thread Adam Isaacson
I am sure your core_info.tab, which is in the project folder is not being generated with the correct number of bytes. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za

Re: [casper] Re: Red Pitaya Tutorial 2 Reg

2020-04-15 Thread Adam Isaacson
d do a new git clone of the casper-astro/mlib_devel. Please see https://casper-toolflow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/src/Installing-the-Toolflow.html <https://casper-toolflow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/src/Installing-the-Toolflow.html> and follow instructions. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson Sou

Re: [casper] Re: Red Pitaya Tutorial 2 Reg

2020-04-15 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Aravind, The pull request in casper-astro/mlib_devel was just approved - try that and let me know, thanks. This should sort your issue out. https://github.com/casper-astro/mlib_devel Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27

Re: [casper] Re: Red Pitaya Tutorial 2 Reg

2020-04-15 Thread Adam Isaacson
https://github.com/casper-astro/mlib_devel/pull/123. We were unable to support any BRAM size other than 32 bits originally. I am now pleased to report we can support all sizes again. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 8256396

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya ADC_DAC Interface tutorial reg

2020-04-13 Thread Adam Isaacson
n more detail. You can also contact the Red Pitaya support engineer Nicu Irima (email: nicu.iri...@redpitaya.com) who will assist you. I have also invited you to the CASPER Red Pitaya slack group - feel free to post your questions there too. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Ast

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya ADC_DAC Interface tutorial reg

2020-04-09 Thread Adam Isaacson
u said, downloaded all the > files in the location you had suggested, cd'ed in to the new folder and > installed casperfpga as mentioned in the tutorial. I am able to connect to > the red pitaya board, the led is blinking and everything, but get the > similar error as before when reading

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya ADC_DAC Interface tutorial reg

2020-04-08 Thread Adam Isaacson
Traceback (most recent call last) > in () > > 1 casperfpga > > NameError: name 'casperfpga' is not defined > > I am afraid if I have messed up the casperfpga installation. Is there a > way to clean up all the casperfpga related files and install afresh? > > > > On

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya ADC_DAC Interface tutorial reg

2020-04-08 Thread Adam Isaacson
, thanks. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 8:30 PM Aravind Venkitasubramony < aravind.venkitasubram...@colorado.edu> wrote: > Th

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya ADC_DAC Interface tutorial reg

2020-04-07 Thread Adam Isaacson
pleted slx model and working fpg file for each tutorial. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 10:28 AM Adam Isaacson wrote: > Dear Aravind

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya ADC_DAC Interface tutorial reg

2020-04-07 Thread Adam Isaacson
going to look at your file and see if I can spot anything. Stay tuned. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 1:53 AM Aravind Venkitasubramony

Re: [casper] Re: Red Pitaya Tutorial 2 Reg

2020-04-07 Thread Adam Isaacson
if they are correct. Send that to me and I will glance over it. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 1:04 AM Aravind Venkitasubramony < ar

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya Tutorial 1 reg

2020-04-05 Thread Adam Isaacson
Thx, Marc!  On Sun, 05 Apr 2020, 11:10 AM Marc, wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 2:55 PM Adam Isaacson wrote: > >> Hi Aravind, >> >> Yes, you need casperfpga to configure the Red Pitaya. The tutorials >> explains how to use casperfpga. The Zynq proce

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya Tutorial 1 reg

2020-04-04 Thread Adam Isaacson
asubramony, < aravind.venkitasubram...@colorado.edu> wrote: > Ok. So I need to install casperfpga in my Linux machine which will be the > "server" in my case and proceed further with the next steps. Am I right? > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 3:38 AM Adam Isaacson wrote: &g

Re: [casper] Red Pitaya Tutorial 1 reg

2020-04-03 Thread Adam Isaacson
connector on the board e.g. rp-f04702.local". If you ping that you should get a response. To install casperfpga and run it check out the Readme.md : https://github.com/casper-astro/casperfpga. Shout if any questions. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (

Re: [casper] (Red Pitaya 125-14) RuntimeError: no programming informs yet. Odd?

2020-02-13 Thread Adam Isaacson
> > Cheers > Jack > > On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 12:43, Adam Isaacson wrote: > >> Hi Lukas, >> >> Excellent, please thank Alex Raymond and not me. @Alex, much appreciated! >> >> The Zynq device on the Red Pitaya is a small one and I believe that the >>

Re: [casper] (Red Pitaya 125-14) RuntimeError: no programming informs yet. Odd?

2020-02-13 Thread Adam Isaacson
Do you happen to know if it is possible to compile > .fpg files for the Red Pitaya using only Vivado WebPack. > At the moment I'm using a 30 day evaluation license and I am wondering if > compiling .fpg files will still work after it runs out. > > Adam Isaacson hat am 11. Februar 2020

Re: [casper] (Red Pitaya 125-14) RuntimeError: no programming informs yet. Odd?

2020-02-12 Thread Adam Isaacson
step should be successful, so if this doesn't work then there is an issue with your setup. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 10:00 AM Lukas Karch wrote: >

Re: [casper] (Red Pitaya 125-14) RuntimeError: no programming informs yet. Odd?

2020-02-11 Thread Adam Isaacson
ow you progress. Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 10:06 AM Adam Isaacson wrote: > Hi Lukas, > > 1) Did you install casperfpga usi

Re: [casper] (Red Pitaya 125-14) RuntimeError: no programming informs yet. Odd?

2020-02-11 Thread Adam Isaacson
p.html> . Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 9:48 AM Lukas Karch wrote: > Thank you for the quick response. I tried specifiying t

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