If you can get a Vivado project with the changes you need, it shouldn't be too hard for someone familiar with the toolflow to walk you through propagating these back to the auto-generation scripts. The slack channel Adam linked is a good place to seek help with that.
Cheers Jack On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 at 14:39, Adam Isaacson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Stefan, > > Yes, that is correct. The changes that you make to myproj,xpr will be > overwritten should you rerun the toolflow. However, if you make the changes > in the file locations that Jack and I showed then it won't. Good luck! > > Kind regards, > > Adam > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 4:23 PM Haensel, Stefan <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi Adam and hi Jack, >> >> >> >> Adding the PINs and changing the input of the MMCM in the red_pitaya.v file >> sounds doable. >> >> Maybe I start with the “myproj.xpr” file. But I assume, that the changes in >> the myproj.xpr file will not exists anymore 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 <[email protected]> >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. November 2021 14:03 >> An: Casper Lists <[email protected]> >> Betreff: Re: [casper] Synchronize a cluster of Red Pitayas using CASPER >> >> >> >> 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 file won't connect the >> top level pins to the infrastructure: >> >> >> >> https://github.com/casper-astro/mlib_devel/blob/390b7c262f0f7418c45bfb98f5aa969a0a432564/jasper_library/platforms/red_pitaya_14.yaml >> >> >> >> I assume you are using the Red Pitaya 14 bit DAC and ADC since you have the >> version with the SATA interface? If you are using anything else then there >> will be other modifications to be made e.g. making provision for the 16 bit >> ADC. >> >> >> >> This may also help - explanation of the Red Pitaya hardware: >> >> >> >> https://github.com/casper-astro/casper-hardware/blob/master/FPGA_Hosts/RED_PITAYA/README.md >> >> >> >> These are definitely the main files you will need to change the MMCM >> parameters to produce a clock frequency of your choice and route out the >> synchronised clock. Good luck and feel free to use our slack group for >> support - invite below! >> >> >> >> https://join.slack.com/t/casper-astro/shared_invite/zt-wmdj9maf-Mlp_98lQtzjA1n1Be~5oOA >> >> >> >> Kind regards, >> >> >> >> Adam >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 2:39 PM Jack Hickish <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Stefan, >> >> Sounds fun! Depending what exactly you need to mess with you might >> need to dig around a bit, but as a starting point -- this is where the >> main RP infrastructure is instantiated: >> >> https://github.com/casper-astro/mlib_devel/blob/390b7c262f0f7418c45bfb98f5aa969a0a432564/jasper_library/yellow_blocks/red_pitaya.py#L75 >> >> That python file also controls what external pins get hooked up where, >> so you might have to change various bits of it. >> >> which instantiates the sources >> >> https://github.com/casper-astro/mlib_devel/blob/master/jasper_library/hdl_sources/infrastructure/red_pitaya.v >> and >> https://github.com/casper-astro/mlib_devel/blob/master/jasper_library/hdl_sources/infrastructure/red_pitaya.tcl >> >> Does modifying these get you where you need to be? >> >> Of course, there is probably a "proper" way to do this, which might >> involve doing something like adding a "sata_clk" input to the Red >> Pitaya platform block "clock sources" options, and carrying the >> parameterization through the build chain. >> >> For starters, you could also open the >> <build_directory>/myproj/myproj.xpr vivado project and modify it as >> per the guide you linked, rather than trying to mess with the toolflow >> straight out the gate. >> >> I'm not wildly familiar with the RP platform, so maybe someone else >> has more wisdom to share. >> >> Cheers >> Jack >> >> On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 at 11:34, Haensel, Stefan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hello, >> > >> > I try to synchronize several Red Pitayas (RPs) to the same clock. For that >> > RP has a SATA connector to hand over the clock to the next RP as written >> > here: >> > https://www.koheron.com/blog/2016/11/29/red-pitaya-cluster >> > >> > For that I need to change the PLL of the slave RPs. Is there somewhere a >> > documentation, which describes how to change IP blocks? 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