Test patterns- self-adaptive methods

May 30, 2007 3 Replies

A bus interface is an output only from a chip at 50 MHZ , 3.3V LVTTL. The target unit receives this data. I heard of some methods used to adjust voltage thresholds and timing on the target based on a comparison of specific test patterns. If the test patterns fails, adjustments to thresholds on timing are made until the comparison is a match. The bus signals need to get to an FPGA in the target. Specifically in hardware, what techniques have people used to accomplish this ? Can it be done directly in the FPGA or should it be some special buffer or analog circuit to make this adjustments?



thank you



Paul



WShy isn't a direct LVTTL connection reliable? Why would thresholds or timing need tweaking? If it's flakey, it should be fixed, not tweaked.

50 MHz is *slow*.

John

The bus signals goes through PCB1-->Ribbon cable-->PCB2--->Ribbon cable--->Target.

I am just heard that other hardware used in this project have implemented this kind of adaptive mechanism as a backup plan in case there is problems with the signals.

thanks

Paul

As a comparison idea consider ata133 / eide133 supported by most all recent computers without any adjusters. See also PCI bus at 33 and 66 MHz.

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