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2016/03/20

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Bertl
off to bed now ... have a good one everyone!
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Bertl
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mithro
Bertl_zZ / se6astian|away: Any idea why the PTN3363 seems to be so much cheaper than other equivalent parts?
01:17
mithro
Bertl_zZ / se6astian|away: Also, do you know of something like the PTN3363 that goes in the opposite direction?
01:19
mithro
Welp, you finally got me to install eagle too
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sab_123
hi
02:02
mithro
hi sab_123
02:02
sab_123
hi
02:02
sab_123
so you are in the apertus group now
02:02
sab_123
:-)
02:03
sab_123
I was just looking at what the apertus group was doing
02:03
sab_123
and it seems a lot closer to the 360 project I wrote to you about
02:04
mithro
sab_123: no, we have "synergistic goals" so we try and work together
02:04
sab_123
ah okay
02:04
sab_123
anyway about the JPEG stuff
02:04
sab_123
I have a repo setup
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sab_123
I put it in the timvideos group
02:05
mithro
?
02:05
sab_123
https://github.com/RacingTornado/JPEG_GSOC
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mithro
Bertl_zZ: I think I misunderstood how VCCIO worked. It is supplied by the expansion board, to indicate voltage level to the FPGA - not the other way round?
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John_K
mithro: correct. It is generated on the power board and supplied to microZed
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Bertl_zZ
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08:06
Bertl
morning folks!
08:07
Bertl
mithro: it is the bank voltage of the FPGA
08:07
Bertl
i.e. it is supplied _to_ the plugin boards for level shifting purposes if required
08:08
Bertl
an FPGA on a plugin board could also use it for the I/O voltag when driving the LVDS pairs (as pairs or as single IOs)
08:29
mithro
Can I supply 3v3 to it then?
08:29
Bertl
if your I/O bank providing the LVDS pairs is 3V3, then you should do that
08:30
Bertl
although it will be unlikely that any beta will have 3V3 there, it will be 1V8 or 2V5
08:32
Bertl
but from the interface PoV it's okay to do that, as long as you are prepared to get 3V3 signals on the LVDS lanes when they are used as GPIOs
08:33
Bertl
the 8 GPIOs on each plugin module reference VCC, which will usually be 3V3
08:35
mithro
The 3v3 and 2v5 LVDS standards that Xilinx support are the same swing levels
08:36
Bertl
yep, the LVDS part is identical
08:36
Bertl
that is also true for Lattice and Altera btw
08:37
mithro
I'm assuming that 1V8 is probably different
08:37
Bertl
it is only relevant for LVCMOS 18/25/33
08:38
Bertl
LVDS has a swing of ~350mV around ~1.2V DC
08:39
mithro
Okay, I don't see vccio used in any of the schematics?
08:39
mithro
Isn't LVDS AC coupled?
08:39
Bertl
LVDS can be both
08:40
Bertl
if AC coupled, you need a reference bias
08:40
Bertl
we have a plugin module in the works which uses an FPGA. this one uses the VCCIO for supplying the bank
08:41
Bertl
but as I said, it is only really relevant if you use the LVDS pairs (or some of them) for LVCMOS
08:44
mithro
Okay
08:44
Bertl
so, if you have 1V8 handy, use that, if not, 3V3 should do as well
08:45
mithro
Our banks are running with a vccio of 3v3
08:46
Bertl
okay, then 3V3 is the correct voltage there
08:46
mithro
So I just need a 12v to 5v converter
08:50
mithro
Do you have trace width needed for impedance matching with ohspark?
08:56
Bertl
after long simulations (field solver) we went for an edge coupled micro strip with ground on the sides, where traces and spacing are 6mil
08:57
Bertl
note that this is only valid for the 4layer boards
08:59
Bertl
(where the prepreg is ~6.7mil)
09:55
mithro
Bertl: and for vias?
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RexOr|adrift
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Bertl
mithro: for vias you need to be small (we use 8mil drill, 4mil annular) and you need two ground plane stitches nearby
12:06
Bertl
but whenever possible, avoid them
12:07
Bertl
also make sure that the ground flood on the signal plane has plenty of stitches to the ground below
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se6astian
good evening
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Bertl
evening se6astian!
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se6astian
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se6astian
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Bertl
off to bed now ... have a good one everyone!
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Bertl
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mithro
Bertl_zZ: The board doesn't have any via's on the high speed lines
22:59
mithro
Bertl_zZ: Looking at the HDMI design in Eagle, I confirmed the low speed traces are set to 8mil and the high speed to 6mil