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xilinx v5 ddr2 controller

Hi, I have used the core generator for a DDR2 controller and I'm trying to implement my own user application. In my current simulation the controller comes out of calibration but when I try to write to memory the debug output tells me that the data are all X but the user interface waveforms look reasonable. I'm sure I'll find what the problem is in due time but I'm wondering if anyone who walked through this path has any suggestions. Also this is with the Xilinx memory model. I tried a Micron specific memory model I downloaded separately

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but this one seems to be extremely sensitive to clock frequency and keeps complaining about input clock frequency not being stable even though the changes are only a couple pico seconds every clock. Anyone has experience with this model?

Thanks.

Reply to
Muzaffer Kal
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I'm not sure what you mean by core generator DDR2 controller, but if you're talking about MIG, then I have successfully used this with the Micron memory models available on the micron website.

Reply to
Gabor

Hi Muzaffer,

I more or less know what you are going through, having spent time debugging the VHDL version of the FMF DDR2 models (on a side note, I posted my particular situation in their forums, but no one there seems interested in discussing it). Overall, the models are great, but I've just found a few minor problems here and there. One such problem, maybe similar to yours, was that the PLL used to generate the memclk did not provide a duty cycle of exactly 50%. Because of this, there were some clock signals with inertial delays in the FMF model that never fully propagated; consequently I had clock signals that did not oscillate. The fix required adding the keyword 'transport' to the statement, and disco (AFAIK, this did not disturb any other functionality).

Anyway, I have had success using MIG V5 DDR2 controllers with the FMF DDR2 VHDL models, but like Gabor said, since you're in a verilog environment and micron offers verilog simulation models of their components, I'd use them.

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MBodnar

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