FPGA Programmer

(110) DAC Programmer

The DAC Programmer assigns DAC voltages according to the mask and values listed in the P-packet payload. The module always passes control to the Transmitter to send a D-packet, confirming the requested values.

Programming Details

The Programmer is one of the more complex modules. There are two stages involved in its process: mask and data. In the first stage, involves reading and storing the 4-byte mask (32-bits corresponding to 32 channels of the DAC), which follows immediate after the location and type bytes of the P-packet payload. Then the Programmer steps through the rest of the P-packet in 2-byte words, each containing the 14-bit DAC voltage, ordering write operations via the DAC Controller for each one. The packet is expected to have all 32 values in ascending order of channels. For any channels that need not be altered or to avoid writing to unused channels of the DAC, the mask must contain 0's for the corresponding bits. The DAC Register is pulsed simulataneously with the DAC controller to record the programmed value. The will later be sent back to the PC for confirmation. (No feedback from the DAC chip itself is possible. Some channels may be sampled by the ADC if necessary.)

Ports

• Clk: [in] clock
• Rst: [in] asynchronous reset

Write signals to the DAC Controller

• DAC_iGo: [out] active-low "Go" signal
• DAC_Addr: [out] 5-bit DAC channel address

[the 14-bit DAC value is synonymous with that passed to the DAC register. See below.]

State Register Control Lines

• state_En: [out] state register enable (write) signal
• state_D: [out] (3-bit) state register input
• state_Q: [in] (3-bit) state register output

DAC Register control lines

• DACReg_En: [out] ;
• --DACReg_Addr: [out] _VECTOR (4 downto 0);
• DACReg_D: [out] 14-bit voltage value for the register and DAC Controller
• DACReg_Q: [in] _VECTOR (15 downto 0);

Transceiver Control Lines

• TxRx_Go: [out] "Go" signal to read/write an EC control register byte
• TxRx_RiW: [out] active-high read, active-low write flag
• TxRx_Aout: [out] EC control register address (8-bit)
• TxRx_Din: [in] EC control register return value
• TxRx_Dout: [out] EC control register write value
• TxRx_Done: [in] "Done" signal from Transceiver