Hello Amit Thanks, and Happy New Year to you too!
I am fairly certain that no one has started porting the SKARAB ADC firmware into a CASPER "yellow block" just yet. I would be happy to support you on this. I don't see any limitations due to the new ADC interface. The Peralex-supplied JESD receiver core (included in the BSP) may need to be adapted depending on your application (how the ADC is configured) - the Peralex core is not currently a "generic" JESD core, rather it is designed to receive JESD packets from the specific ADC configured with specific mode/options (most notably output bandwidth). It may be easiest to start porting this to yellow block directly first, and then parameterise/extend the firmware/yellow block to support other ADC modes (decimation rates, DDC bypass, etc) as needed. There are a few restrictions that you need to be aware of in terms of bandwidth/resolution trade-off if you change the ADC modes, particularly when bypassing the ADC's built-in DDCs. If you can give me an idea of how you specifically intend to use the ADC (mode/bandwidth/frequency band), I can perhaps offer you some further advice. Kind regards, Clifford On 1/8/2018 10:30 AM, Amit Bansod wrote: > Hi Clifford, > > Happy New Year! > > Thanks a lot for the BSP Package. I am going through the documentation > now and have one SKARAB with casper firmware and one with Peralex. > > I would be interested to develop a Casper "yellow block" for SKARAB > since most of our development is using CASPER toolflow. Do you know if > anybody is already working on it or if there are any limitations due > to the new ADC interface ? > > Regards, > Amit > > > On 20-Dec-17 7:15 PM, Clifford van Dyk wrote: >> >> Hi Amit >> >> Your Skarab would have been shipped with a firmware that supports >> DHCP on all GbE interfaces and bootloading over 1GbE (only). It >> includes support for the ADC mezzanine. You will probably need to use >> the Peralex BSP tools to access and boot the Skarab over 1GbE, rather >> than the CASPER toolflow. >> >> If you would like to work with the CASPER tools, then you will need >> to overwrite the Peralex boot image with the CASPER boot image. This >> will provide additional support for booting the Skarab over 40GbE, >> but you will loose support for the ADC. The ADC firmware is currently >> provided as HDL code only-it has yet to be ported into a CASPER >> yellow block. >> >> I will pop by the office tomorrow to provide you with a link where >> you can download the Peralex BSP. >> >> Kind regards, >> Clifford >> >> >> On 20 Dec 2017 6:05 PM, "Amit Bansod" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> I am trying to boot SKARAB and the it gets stuck at "ARP ENTRY ID:0 >> IP:....". Is there any way to force a static ip address or boot >> via 1GbE >> interface as well ? >> >> Many Thanks! >> >> Regards, >> Amit >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >> Google Groups "[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:casper%[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "[email protected]" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "[email protected]" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
