[casper] Breakthrough Listen Postdoctoral Scholar Opportunities

2019-09-27 Thread Andrew Siemion
open until filled. Please direct administrative questions to Breakthrough Listen Administrator Karen Aguilar (kagui...@berkeley.edu) and scientific/technical questions to Breakthrough Listen Principal Investigator Dr. Andrew Siemion: siem...@berkeley.edu. The University of California is an Equal

[casper] Breakthrough Listen Postdoctoral Scholar Opportunities

2018-11-15 Thread Andrew Siemion
: bhov...@berkeley.edu and scientific/technical questions to Breakthrough Listen Principal Investigator Dr. Andrew Siemion: siem...@berkeley.edu. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment

[casper] Breakthrough Listen and MeerKAT

2018-10-02 Thread Andrew Siemion
his new instrument we'll be able to form many beams at the same time, obtaining high resolution data for multiple objects simultaneously" said Listen’s Principal Investigator Dr. Andrew Siemion. "This complements and extends our capabilities at other telescopes, enabling us

[casper] URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium 19-26 August 2017 (Montreal)

2016-12-30 Thread Andrew Siemion
the week of the symposium. Regards, Andrew > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Willem Baan > Subject: URSI GASS 2017 > Date: December 29, 2016 at 9:45:32 PM PST > To: > Cc: Rich Bradley , Stefan Wijnholds , > Andrew Siemion > > Dear Colleagues, > > P

[casper] Kerastari Workshop, 29/5-4/6 2017 - 1st announcement

2016-12-19 Thread Andrew Siemion
. May 30 - June 2, 2017 WORKSHOP June 3, 2017Post-workshop excursions; Party. SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Matthew Bailes (Australia) Sarah Burke Spolaor (USA) Ron Ekers (Australia) Michael Garrett (UK) Samaya Nissanke (Netherlands) Antonia Rowlinson (Netherlands) Andrew

[casper] North American Breakthrough Listen Community Workshop

2016-09-07 Thread Andrew Siemion
Dear all, Breakthrough Listen and the Green Bank Observatory are sponsoring the North American Breakthrough Listen Community Workshop to be held October 5-6 2016 at the Green Bank Observatory in Green Bank, WV. The Breakthrough Listen project is the largest SETI initiative in history and is

Re: [casper] packet capture

2016-06-30 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Louis, We found this paper quite useful: http://www.ieee-hpec.org/2014/CD/index_htm_files/FinalPapers/95.pdf Cheers, Andrew > On Jun 30, 2016, at 6:58 AM, Louis P. Dartez wrote: > > Hi all, > Can anyone guide me on what tools are being used for packet capture > purposes right no

[casper] Fwd: A NenuFAR post-doc

2016-05-16 Thread Andrew Siemion
Below is a postdoc ad that might be of interest to the CASPER community.Begin forwarded message:From: "Bourke, Tyler" Subject: FW: A NenuFAR post-docDate: May 16, 2016 at 1:53:04 AM PDTTo: "Bourke, Tyler" Dear Colleagues, Please find atta

[casper] Fwd: RFI 2016 - Coexisting with Radio Frequency Interference

2016-04-06 Thread Andrew Siemion
> > From: > > > Dear colleague, > > It is my pleasure to announce you the following conference: > > RFI 2016 – Coexisting with Radio Frequency Interference > October 17-20, 2016 > Macey Center – New Mexico Tech > Socorro, NM, USA > http://go.nrao.edu/rfi2016 >

[casper] Breakthrough Listen Postdoctoral Scholar Position

2015-12-24 Thread Andrew Siemion
Dear All, We have a number of postdoctoral positions open at UCB working on the Breakthrough Listen Initiative (http://breakthroughinitiatives.org), and we would be very interested to hear from folks with expertise in CASPER instrumentation. This position has a flexible start date and will be

Re: [casper] SETI postdoc position at UC Berkeley

2015-01-15 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi all, We had a few issues with the application link for this position, but these have been rectified and the application deadline has been extended to April 15, 2015. Cheers, Andrew > On Dec 18, 2014, at 4:07 PM, Andrew Siemion wrote: > > Hi all, > > We have a couple

[casper] SETI postdoc position at UC Berkeley

2014-12-18 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi all, We have a couple of openings in our SETI group, at both the post-doc and post-bac levels, and we would be very interested to hear from candidates with instrumentation experience. This ad will go up on the AAS job register soon, but we would appreciate distribution of this ad to any qu

[casper] Fwd: Postdoctoral research positions in GRBs and transients

2014-10-05 Thread Andrew Siemion
> From: Tara Murphy > Subject: [vast] Postdoctoral research positions in GRBs and transients > > Hi everyone, > > another job opportunity working on transients (circulated on behalf of Edo > Berger) > > Tara > > --- > > http://jobregister.aas.org/job_view?JobID=48943 > The Harvard-Smithsoni

[casper] Fwd: Fellowship in Transients Science at Oxford

2014-05-21 Thread Andrew Siemion
>> >> Dear all, >> >> Please circulate this to anyone you think might be interested. >> >> Oxford Astrophysics has recently established the Oxford Centre for >> Astrophysical Surveys, the goal of which is to exploit Oxford's >> participation in upcoming large surveys, including SDSS IV, LOFAR

Re: [casper] Hi CASPER // correlator question

2014-01-07 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Rolando, It is indeed quite possible to build a CASPER correlator or other instrument using a combination of high-speed ADCs, FPGAs and CPUs (+ GPUs). In fact, many of the latest generation of CASPER instruments use this so-called ‘heterogeneous’ approach, using ADC/FPGAs to digitize, chan

[casper] Fwd: Continuing position (Senior Lecturer) in astronomy available at Curtin University

2013-12-04 Thread Andrew Siemion
> Continuing position (Senior Lecturer) in astronomy available at Curtin > University > > A Continuing position in astronomy is now available at Curtin University in > Perth. The position is available at the level of Senior Lecturer (Academic > Level C: $105,713 - $121,896) within the Curtin

[casper] Fwd: SKA Pulsar Positions

2013-11-22 Thread Andrew Siemion
> > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Ben Stappers > Date: Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 12:21 AM > Subject: SKA Pulsar Positions > To: Ben Stappers > > > Dear All, > > Apologies if you get this more than once. If you could please pass on to any > potential applicants. > > Cheers - Ben

Re: [casper] Hi CASPER / 8-element correlation interferometer operating at L-band (3m antennas)

2013-05-23 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Rolando, This sounds like a great (and ambitious!) project. If you plan to use one of the pocket correlator designs described below, I think you'll want to use the legacy 7.1 version of the casper tool chain (https://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/MSSGE_Toolflow_Setup#7.1_-_Legacy) and similarl

[casper] FW: Recruitment for Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Advanced Radio Astronomy Software Development at the University of Oxford

2012-08-01 Thread Andrew Siemion
From: Dexter Stewart Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:19:55 -0700 To: , Subject: Fwd: Recruitment for Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Advanced Radio Astronomy Software Development at the University of Oxford Dear Colleague I would be grateful if you could forward to any

Re: [casper] Using ROACH 10gbe interface as 1gbe

2012-07-24 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Alex, One additional option, there are 10 GbE CX4 + 1 GbE Base-T switches available (e.g. http://www.amazon.com/HP-J9147A-ABA-Procurve-2910AL-48G/dp/B00214XG0E/ ) but they're a little expensive (~few thousand dollars) Andrew From: Dan Werthimer Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:23:26 -0700 To:

Re: [casper] Window 7 vs Linux

2011-12-30 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Joe, Linux, unequivocally so in my opinion. There are lots of reasons why, but I would say the most important is the fact that nearly every other CASPER development group uses linux, and you would have a much easier time getting help with tool flow funny business and would be able to leverage

[casper] CASPER poster at URSI

2011-07-25 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi all, We're putting together a CASPER poster for presentation at the URSI GA next month, and we would like to include the entire CASPER collaboration as authors. If you would like to be on the list, please take a moment to add your name and affiliation to the "People" section here: https://cas

Re: [casper] touble compiling tutorial 1

2011-07-20 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Louis, I recommend upgrading to CentOS 5.6 and downloading the latest mlib_devel from here: https://casper.berkeley.edu/git/ (we moved from SVN -> Git about 1 yr ago). Cheers, Andrew From: Louis Dartez Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:22:41 -0500 To: Andrew Siemion Cc: Subject:

Re: [casper] Workaround for read and write requests timing out?

2011-07-20 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Jon, When we have needed to read a BRAM or register repeatedly and at a high cadence, we have instantiated a simple C program running directly on the PPC that queries the memory and dumps it out in UDP packets. We have occasionally combined this with repeated reads of an accumulation counter

Re: [casper] touble compiling tutorial 1

2011-07-19 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Louis, What OS are you running on your build system? What version of Matlab/ISE/EDK are you using? Are your glibc packages up to date? Cheers, Andrew From: Louis Dartez Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:19:40 -0500 To: Subject: [casper] touble compiling tutorial 1 Hello,

[casper] casper.berkeley.edu hacked

2011-05-11 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi all, We suspect that casper.berkeley.edu has been hacked and the perpetrator(s) escalated their access to root. All passwords or ssh-keys of any variety used on or from casper.berkeley.edu should be considered compromised. Casper.berkeley.edu will be taken off the network and re-imaged. If y

Re: [casper] iBOB freezing

2010-11-18 Thread Andrew Siemion
pressure to the connector). This problem is present > whether or not there is a cable plugged in, irrespective of your bitstream. > There is a voltage short due to a track being routed under a screw head. See > the aforementioned memo for details. The original email went out to the > m

[casper] Paper featuring CASPER hardware

2010-07-06 Thread Andrew Siemion
If anyone knows of other recent arxiv papers please let us know so we can post them on the casper website! arXiv:1007.0752 Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 20:00:00 GMT (7349kb,D) Title: ARCONS: A highly multiplexed superconducting optical to near-IR camera Authors: Benjamin A. Mazin, Kieran O'Brien, Sea

Re: [casper] ibob lwip on 10.1

2010-05-25 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi all, The compiler optimization John mentioned is described here (from 2007!): http://casper.berkeley.edu/memos/xps_optimization.pdf As well as here: http://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/FAQ#Q:_My_LWIP_design_builds_OK_but_the_soft ware_compile_fails_with_a_message_like... Awhile ago we put togeth

Re: [casper] 'The Great Debate: Are We Alone?' (Tonight)

2010-04-30 Thread Andrew Siemion
Just give me an ip address for the transmitter! On 4/30/10 2:13 PM, "David Hawkins" wrote: > >> will the debate be recorded, and available later for humans or for LGMs ? > > Shouldn't we be blasting it out into space for the LGMs > to listen to live? > > :)

Re: [casper] 'The Great Debate: Are We Alone?' (Tonight)

2010-04-30 Thread Andrew Siemion
> > Mel. > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Andrew Siemion wrote: >> Note that we'll be streaming the event live for those not in town (as well >> as taking questions from the internet audience ringer anyone?) >> >> URL for live stream: >>

Re: [casper] 'The Great Debate: Are We Alone?' (Tonight)

2010-04-30 Thread Andrew Siemion
Note that we'll be streaming the event live for those not in town (as well as taking questions from the internet audience ringer anyone?) URL for live stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/are-we-alone-the-great-debate Find out when to tune in for your local time zone here: http://bit.ly/amIx

Re: [casper] XAUI license

2010-03-21 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hrmm... Can you dump a list of the environment variables set in your shell when executing the lmutil lmstat command? Also, within reason, anything you do on the roach (running bof files, etc..) should have no effect on the operability of matlab / simulink / ise - Andrew On 3/21/10 7:03 PM, "Sea

Re: [casper] XAUI license

2010-03-21 Thread Andrew Siemion
ginal Message- From: Sean Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:34:36 To: Andrew Siemion Cc: Subject: Re: [casper] XAUI license Hi Andrew, I don't think those funny forward slashes indicate the problem. I've checked the Windows XILINX env variable and it's set to c:\Xilinx \10.1\ISE.

Re: [casper] XAUI license

2010-03-21 Thread Andrew Siemion
> I've attached the verbose output as a text file. If I'm reading this > correctly, it seems there's a problem with the license. Why do think this is > happening when I can see the updated license file in > C:\Xilinx\10.1\ISE\coregen\core_licenses? > > > Sean

Re: [casper] XAUI license

2010-03-21 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Sean, What is the output of: xlicmgr status -c "xaui_v7" -v ? - Andrew On 3/21/10 12:32 AM, "Mark Wagner" wrote: > Hi Sean, > > I haven't seen this problem before, but I might try checking 'Use KAT open > XAUI PHY' in the parameters box or using the v2 10gbe yellow block. > > Mark > >

[casper] Casper collaborator logos

2010-03-17 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi all, It would be great to have institutional/observatory logos for all the worldwide casper collaborators available on the casper wiki for use in posters and presentations. Please take the time to upload a copy of your institution's logo using the form at: http://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/Spe

[casper] casper website and svn maintenance

2009-12-27 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi all, The Space Sciences Lab at UC Berkeley, host to the casper webserver and svn repository, will be performing electrical system maintenance today and next week that will affect the availability of casper.berkeley.edu. The service windows are: Sunday, December 27th 2009, 12:00PM Pacific to

Re: [casper] Hang issue when trying to wr/rd a register

2009-12-17 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Oussama, What commands are you using to interrogate the software registers? - Andrew On 12/16/09 11:49 PM, "Oussama Sekkat" wrote: > Hi All, > > I just compiled one of my design and ran it on Bee2.  > I notice 2 things: > > 1. When I run the bof file, I don't get the usual Bee2 message:

Re: [casper] broken links

2009-11-08 Thread Andrew Siemion
I have seen this as well from time to time... I usually just replace the problem blocks with new ones from the library. - Andrew On 11/8/09 11:37 AM, "John Ford" wrote: > Hi all. I'm getting a message from simulink that my library links are > broken on my pfb and fft, and some other casper an

[casper] UDP TinySH Server on IBOB

2009-11-03 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi all, The wiki link ( http://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/LWIP ) to a 7.1 iBOB basesystem that had been edited to employ the iBOB UDP TinySH command server described at http://casper.berkeley.edu/memos/udp_packetization.pdf has been replaced with a shell script that will patch your current SVN chec

Re: [casper] UDP TinySH Server on IBOB

2009-11-03 Thread Andrew Siemion
David MacMahon" wrote: > On Nov 3, 2009, at 13:03 , Andrew Siemion wrote: > >> http://casper.berkeley.edu/memos/udp_packetization.pdf > > Nice memo, guys! > > I think it would be helpful to mention the byte ordering of the multi- > byte values. I would assume that

[casper] Logos

2009-10-30 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi all, Last week there was a bit of discussion about casper logos circulating on the mailing list. I put up everything I have on the subject at http://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/Logos Any improvements are welcome (especially ones that incorporate the new 'Collaboration' language)! Regards, An

Re: [casper] LWIP throughput into IBOB

2009-10-25 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Henry, The numbers I have in my head for outbound are between 7-8 Mbits/sec (using ~1050 byte payloads). The bottleneck, in this case, was loading up the payload over the sram interface. I've never tried streaming data into an ibob, but it likely will depend somewhat on what you want to do w

Re: [casper] ROACH file copy failure (Laura Spitler)

2009-09-15 Thread Andrew Siemion
I think these might be different problems. It appears C-H Cheng¹s original path included a space character, in ...¹Program Files¹... This can definitely be problematic. It looked like Laura¹s path was free of spaces? - Andrew On 9/15/09 8:07 PM, "C-H Cheng" wrote: > Hello Laura > > I also

Re: [casper] ROACH file copy failure

2009-09-15 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi laura, Have you checked to see if the path is accessible and that you have appropriate permissions? -andrew --Original Message-- From: Laura Spitler Sender: casper-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu To: casper@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [casper] ROACH file copy failure Sent: Sep 15, 2009 11

Re: [casper] Simulink Problems with iBOB Model File

2009-09-14 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Ron, I haven't seen this error before, perhaps someone else on the list has? Regards, Andrew On 9/14/09 7:18 PM, "r...@physics.ucsb.edu" wrote: > You suggested starting my ROACH > designs by use of the iBOB Simulink > model. I have much trouble using it. > When I try to use the iBOB Sim

Re: [casper] fifo and lwip errors

2009-09-02 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi All, The fifo errors: Running UPDATE Tcl procedures for OPTION PLATGEN_SYSLEVEL_UPDATE_PROC... ERROR:MDT - :sim:52 - Could not find selected IP. ERROR:MDT - ERROR FROM TCL:- resun_v1_1_DATAFIFO (opb_asyncfifo_simulink2ppc)... were eventually resolved by installing Xilinx's 7.1i IP Update

Re: [casper] XAUI synchronisation

2009-08-28 Thread Andrew Siemion
t; to have the external 1PPS enable a register of your sync generator's > current counter. With a reasonably slow sync (I like 2^27 ~ 1 second), > you read the registered values from all the IBOBs at the same time. > Then you compare them in software. They should all be within 2 counts &g

Re: [casper] XAUI synchronisation

2009-08-28 Thread Andrew Siemion
ly-generated sync pulses > would defeat the purpose entirely, since the syncs would force the > local counters to trigger the snap blocks at the same values even if > they don't occur at the same time. > > Jason > > On 28 Aug 2009, at 11:10, Andrew Siemion wrote: > &g

Re: [casper] XAUI synchronisation

2009-08-28 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Richard, Did you add snap blocks to the counters prior to the xaui links, triggered on a sync, to ensure that the ibobs are indeed synchronized? - Andrew On 8/28/09 2:02 AM, "Richard Armstrong" wrote: > Dear CASPERites, > > I've been trying for some time to synchronise two XAUI streams f

Re: [casper] Roach only work under 200 MHz

2009-08-12 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Zhiwei, Are you certain the design met timing at 250MHz? Have you checked the timing report? Does the garbage output begin sharply at 800MHz? How fast are you reading out spectra? (Sorry for lots of questions and no answers =) ) - Andrew On 8/12/09 11:36 AM, "Zhiwei Liu" wrote: > Hello

[casper] Library/Toolflow version 10.1

2009-08-04 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi all, Thanks to the hard work of the casper library porting team and copious debugging by collaborators world wide, the 10.1 version of the casper libraries and mssge toolflow has been promoted to stable/production status. This is now the recommended library/toolflow version for ibob, bee2 and

Re: [casper] corr python package

2009-07-16 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Melissa, http://seti.berkeley.edu/~aparsons/python/index.html - Andrew On 7/16/09 9:46 AM, "Soriano, Melissa (335J)" wrote: > Dear Casper, > > Where can I find the corr python package written by Aaron Parsons? > > Thanks, > Melissa > >

Re: [casper] Alternate Clock Source(s) for iBOBs?

2009-07-09 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Randy, Peter McMahon spent some time trying to get this working with the ata pulsar machine, and as I recall it proved to be a little flakey. I can dig up his design and send it over for you to take a look though. -andrew --Original Message-- From: Randy McCullough Sender: casper-bo

Re: [casper] question on sync pulse

2009-06-17 Thread Andrew Siemion
the attached. > > Thanks > > Wan > > > From: Andrew Siemion [mailto:siem...@berkeley.edu] > Sent: Thursday, 18 June 2009 4:14 PM > To: Cheng, Wan (ATNF, Marsfield); casper@lists.berkeley.edu > Subject: Re: [casper] question on sync pulse > > Hi Wan, > > What

Re: [casper] question on sync pulse

2009-06-17 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Wan, What do you mean by a two-stage PFB? Can you send around a copy of your model file? - Andrew On 6/17/09 11:08 PM, "wan.ch...@csiro.au" wrote: > Hi: > > After reading the memo of sync pulse, I still feel a little bit confused. > > I use a PFB in my design. So I guess I have to in

[casper] ROACH Command and Control

2009-06-16 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi All, In addition to Linux/BORPH, new ROACH boards will ship with a KATCP (KAT Control Protocol) Server installed. This server could serve as the primary communication protocol between ROACH-based instruments and higher-level command and control software. A KAT memo describing the protocol is

Re: [casper] Problems with low resolution DSP designs?

2009-04-08 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Jason, In addition to Terry's suggestions, I would add that in order to decrease the number of channels in your spectrometer you probably have to make a few changes to your vector accumulator logic as well. - Andrew On 4/8/09 1:32 PM, "Terry Filiba" wrote: > Hi Jason, > What version of th

[casper] rfc: ibob adc tutorial

2009-04-07 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi all, Please take a look at this fine adc tutorial Griffin put together and let us know if you have any suggestions / recommendations. - Andrew ibob_adc_tutorial.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document

Re: [casper] iBob and RS232 problems

2009-01-27 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Rurik, In the case of power-cycling and reprogramming not bringing back the port, how do you regain communication? Repeated power-cycles? During one of the hangs, have you tried connecting an independent computer/serial port to the device to exclude a linux problem? We have *loads* of probl

[casper] Shared FIFO on BEE2

2009-01-19 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi all, Does anyone have experience using the yellow Shared FIFO blocks in their BEE2 designs, especially trying to read them out at high data rates (~1 MB/sec)? We are having some difficulties reading out / keeping up via borph with a design that writes over-threshold events to a shared fifo.

Re: [casper] usage of snapshot 64

2009-01-19 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Wan, Most CASPER blocks are documented at http://casper.berkeley.edu/documentation.php (see documentation links at top of right frame) The documentation for the snap64 block for v 7.1 of the tools is at http://casper.berkeley.edu/doc/mlib_devel_7_1/doc/html/node59.html Regards, Andrew

Re: [casper] Problem with ADC block in 10.1

2008-12-07 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Laura, Weird. This is from a real sin wave in a running design? Does i2/i4 stay stuck at 32 when you change the amplitude/frequency of the input? - Andrew On 12/7/08 3:49 PM, "Laura Spitler" wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm seeing some strange behavior in the ADC block in 10.1 that's part

[casper] 2009 CASPER Workshop

2008-12-07 Thread Andrew Siemion
Greetings, Sorry if you get multiple copies of this email. It's still 2008, but we are already starting to think about the *3rd* Annual CASPER Summer Workshop, and despite all the clichés about sequels, #3 is going to be great. Alan Langman/KAT has generously offered to host the 2009 Workshop i

Re: [casper] Low Gear on an iBOB / iADC...

2008-10-24 Thread Andrew Siemion
I may be wrong, but I believe the lowest clock officially supported by the dcms is 24MHz (sampling @ 96MHz). - andrew On 10/24/08 1:29 PM, "Jason Manley" wrote: > I have successfully used an IBOB down to 10MHz (ie ADCs at 40MHz). > > Jason > > On 24 Oct 2008, at 13:27, Randy McCullough wrote

Re: [casper] Question about fft_stage_n "Maximum Coefficient Depth"

2008-10-20 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Glenn, I had the exact same problem in a 16k design. I corrected it by changing the Max Coeff. Depth parameter to nstages + 1. In some discussions with everyone here about this, the conclusion seemed to be that there was a good reason for setting the default to 2^11. Best person to explain

Re: [casper] Something Weird Going On With Our Latest bee2 Builds...

2008-10-20 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Randy, I'm a bit confused. Is it correct that both 400MHz and 800MHz 4k versions of GUPPi are non-functional, but only the 800MHz design reports timing errors? Can you run your 800MHz 2k design successfully on the same bee2? With regards to the 400MHz design - when you say "all seems well,"

Re: [casper] SOLVED Re: LWIP in 10.1

2008-09-03 Thread Andrew Siemion
The lack of the ­llwip4 linker option was the difference in directives I noticed last evening (sorry I didn¹t say that!), but I am stumped as to why it would affect the paths... On 9/3/08 11:47 AM, "G Jones" wrote: > Not sure, I just found it by opening the xmp file in XPS and (after a lot of >

Re: [casper] LWIP in 10.1

2008-09-03 Thread Andrew Siemion
Billy, I think the makefiles Glenn is referring to is system_incl.make and system.make in the XPS_iBOB_base dir. Glenn, I noticed some differences in your compile line directives from 10.1 and mine from 7.1. Have you tried diff'ing your system.xmp, system.make, system_incl.make w/ a set from

Re: [casper] LWIP in 10.1

2008-09-02 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Glenn, Does this only happen with ibob designs in 10.1 in which you include the lwip block? - Andrew On 9/2/08 11:26 PM, "G Jones" wrote: > Hi Andrew, > Thanks for the suggestions. The include files are definitely in the included > paths. I tried copying them into the Software directory,

Re: [casper] 10.1 bugs

2008-08-22 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Laura, I think the Œmantis¹ thing might have some type of 10.1 bug reporting features, but I¹m not sure. With regards to your #1, I see this error sometimes when I compile ibob designs w/ 7.1 (mlib_legacy), but always disregard it ­ afaik mkbof is only necessary to create the .bof files used

Re: [casper] XAUI Slippage

2008-08-19 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Glenn, You probably already fixed up your ibobs XAUI connectors, but if not you might want to check out http://casper.berkeley.edu/papers/Science_Safety_001.pdf Although I don¹t know why a problem caused by this would only manifest itself when OOB data is sent. Regards, Andrew On 8/19/08

Re: [casper] Resource utilization log

2008-08-18 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Laura, The Œsystem.log¹ file has % utilization numbers for brams, slices, etc... - Andrew On 8/18/08 1:09 PM, "Laura Spitler" wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Does anyone know where to find a log of the resource utilization of a design > among the files produced by the toolflow? > > Cheers, > L

[casper] CASPER Workshop Registration Closing

2008-07-17 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi all, In order to ensure that we will have adequate space for all workshop guests, we will be closing down registration for the 2008 Workshop tomorrow at 5pm. If you have not yet registered but plan to attend, please register soon. Also, if you would like to attend the ATA field trip on August

Re: [casper] Change IBOB IP on the fly

2008-07-12 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hi Glenn, Easiest thing to do would probably be to use functions like: void netif_set_ipaddr(struct netif *netif, struct ip_addr *ipaddr) void netif_set_gw(struct netif *netif, struct ip_addr *gw) void netif_set_netmask(struct netif *netif, struct ip_addr *netmask) Defined in: XPS_iBOB_base/

[casper] important - IBOB PCB-CX4 connector shorting problem and how to upgrade

2008-05-15 Thread Andrew Siemion
Hello Casperites, It has come to the attention of the CASPER group via diligent investigation by Jason Ray and Randy McCullough with NRAO that, under certain conditions, the fastening screws securing the CX4 connecters to the IBOB printed circuit board (PCB) can impinge on a bottom layer power tr