OPB to SPI clock frequency ratio

Aaron Curtin schrieb:

min ratio is 2 not 16

Antti

The minimum ratio value is 2, at least from OPB SPI version 1.00.b onward (I don't have a datasheet for version 1.00.a).

OPB to SPI SCK frequencies ratio C_OPB_SCK_RATIO

2, 4, 16, 32, NX16 for N=1,2,3,...,128 default: 2 type: integer

I have been using version 1.00.e of the opb_spi interface. I tried changing the value in the opb_spi property window and it always resets to 16 if the value entered is below. I then tried changing the value in the MHS file and I end up getting the following error when I try building the hardware design:

ERROR:MDT - SPI_DAC (opb_spi) - Invalid parameter: C_OPB_SCK_RATIO must be 16N where N = 1, 2, 3,...,128 while executing "error "Invalid parameter:\nC_OPB_SCK_RATIO must be 16N where N = 1,

2, 3,...,128" "" "mdt_err"" (procedure "check_sck_ratio" line 10) invoked from within "check_sck_ratio $mhsinst" (procedure "::hw_opb_spi_v1_00_e::check_iplevel_settings" line 4) invoked from within "::hw_opb_spi_v1_00_e::check_iplevel_settings 34196856"

Running UPDATE Tcl procedures for OPTION PLATGEN_SYSLEVEL_UPDATE_PROC... ERROR:MDT - platgen failed with errors!

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Thank you for the reply... I did change the mhs file by hand to a value of 8 for the C_OPB_SCK_RATIO parameter but that is resulting in my previously posted error message. Is it possible to use an earlier version of the interface?

Thanks

Here is a snippet of the final error after changing the mhs file and re-implementing the design.

ERROR:MDT - C:\Spartan3E_Projects\PWM_IPIF\system.mhs line 179 - PARAMETER C_OPB_SCK_RATIO has value 2 which does not fall in the range (16:2048), specified in MPD

What is the MPD?

Interesting. In the 1.00.d core, the range in the MPD is 2 to 2048, in the 1.00.e core, its 16 to 2048.

The MPD files are under the EDK tree, per core. Example for my installation:

C:\EDK8.1\hw\XilinxProcessorIPLib\pcores\opb_spi_v1_00_d\data\opb_spi_v2_1_0.mpd

C:\EDK8.1\hw\XilinxProcessorIPLib\pcores\opb_spi_v1_00_d\data\opb_spi_v2_1_0.mpd

Try using 1.00.d instead

In the 1.00.e data sheet, there is the following note on page 5:

Notes:

1.Ratios of 2 and 4 are not supported in this release of the core.

I quickly scanned the datasheet, but didn't see any explanation of why this restriction exists in this newest version of the core.