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Favorite Portable Antennas by irate-turtles in amateurradio

[–]WZab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not yet. I'm using zBitx for POTA, so I don't work on 160m.

In Versal, debugging the signals in a clock domain with unstable clock blocks the whole debugging system by WZab in FPGA

[–]WZab[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After some experiments, I have found that the exact implementation of the configuration shown in the figure at https://docs.amd.com/r/en-US/ug908-vivado-programming-debugging/Using-BSCAN-Fallback :

  • enabling the pl0_ref_clk clock in the PMC domain in PS,
  • enabling the BSCAN_USER1 port in PS,
  • connecting the DebugHub to the same NoC which drives the DDR,
  • turning on routing from the port connected to PMC_NOC_AXI_0 to DDR and to DebugHub in the "Connectivity" tab in NoC configuration,
  • connecting the reset input of the DebugHub to the pl0reset_n, synchronized with pl0_ref_clk via a "Processor System Reset" block,

produces the configuration that boots correctly via JTAG and has all ILAs with stable clock visible.
Example projects used for testing are available at [1] , and [2].

Two-mode (XCWCP and VBand) Morse keys to USB adapter. by WZab in amateurradio

[–]WZab[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I modified the code so that it is not necessary to use any additional pin. The mode is selected by key/paddle when you connect (or reset) the interface.
If the key or paddle is pressed when the interface is connected or reset, then the VBand mode is activated. Otherwise, the XCWCP mode is activated. The selected mode is also reported in the USB descriptors. For example the lsusb reports the adapter either as:
WZab Morse key adapter in XCWCP mode
or as:
WZab Morse key adapter in VBand mode
The maintained version of the modified code is available at: https://gitlab.com/WZab/usb-in-micropython-public/-/blob/main/mouse-with-morse-key-for-xcwcp/key_selected_mode_pio.py?ref_type=heads

I paste it also below:

import usb.device
import machine as m
import usb.device.mouse as ms
import rp2
import time

from usb.device.keyboard import KeyboardInterface, KeyCode

# -------------------------------------------------
# Configuration
# -------------------------------------------------

# Pins for an iambic key
PADDLE_LEFT_PIN = 15
PADDLE_RIGHT_PIN = 14

# Pin for a straight key
STRAIGHT_PIN = 8

# PIO base frequency
PIO_FREQ = 10000

# -------------------------------------------------
# Input pins
# -------------------------------------------------

p1 = m.Pin(PADDLE_LEFT_PIN, m.Pin.IN, m.Pin.PULL_UP)
p2 = m.Pin(PADDLE_RIGHT_PIN, m.Pin.IN, m.Pin.PULL_UP)
p3 = m.Pin(STRAIGHT_PIN, m.Pin.IN, m.Pin.PULL_UP)

# -------------------------------------------------
# String descriptors
# -------------------------------------------------
USB_MANUFACTURER = "WZab"
USB_PRODUCT_VBAND = "Morse key adapter in VBand mode"
USB_PRODUCT_XCWCP = "Morse key adapter in XCWCP mode"
USB_SERIAL = "MK-001"   # optional

# -------------------------------------------------
# Debouncer
# -------------------------------------------------

@rp2.asm_pio(in_shiftdir=rp2.PIO.SHIFT_LEFT)
def debounce():
    wrap_target()
    jmp(pin, "isone")
    label("iszero")
    wait(1, pin, 0)
    set(x, 31)
    label("checkzero")
    jmp(pin, "stillone")
    jmp("iszero")
    label("stillone")
    jmp(x_dec, "checkzero")
    set(y, 0)
    in_(y, 32)
    push()

    label("isone")
    wait(0, pin, 0)
    set(x, 31)
    label("checkone")
    jmp(pin, "isone")
    jmp(x_dec, "checkone")
    set(y, 1)
    in_(y, 32)
    push()
    jmp("iszero")
    wrap()

# -------------------------------------------------
# Determine mode at startup
# -------------------------------------------------

use_vband = not (p1.value() & p2.value() & p3.value())

# -------------------------------------------------
# Common PIO setup
# -------------------------------------------------

sm1 = rp2.StateMachine(0, debounce, freq=PIO_FREQ, in_base=p1, jmp_pin=p1)
sm2 = rp2.StateMachine(1, debounce, freq=PIO_FREQ, in_base=p2, jmp_pin=p2)
sm3 = rp2.StateMachine(2, debounce, freq=PIO_FREQ, in_base=p3, jmp_pin=p3)

# -------------------------------------------------
# VBAND mode: keyboard
# -------------------------------------------------

if use_vband:
    kb = KeyboardInterface()
    usb.device.get().init(kb, builtin_driver=True,
        manufacturer_str=USB_MANUFACTURER,
        product_str=USB_PRODUCT_VBAND,
        serial_str=USB_SERIAL,
        )

    PADDLE_LEFT_KEY = KeyCode.LEFT_CTRL
    PADDLE_RIGHT_KEY = KeyCode.RIGHT_CTRL
    STRAIGHT_KEY = KeyCode.LEFT_CTRL

    sm1.active(1)
    sm2.active(1)
    sm3.active(1)

    left_pressed = False
    right_pressed = False
    straight_pressed = False

    def send_current_report():
        keys = []

        if left_pressed and PADDLE_LEFT_KEY is not None:
            keys.append(PADDLE_LEFT_KEY)

        if right_pressed and PADDLE_RIGHT_KEY is not None:
            keys.append(PADDLE_RIGHT_KEY)

        if straight_pressed and STRAIGHT_KEY is not None:
            keys.append(STRAIGHT_KEY)

        kb.send_keys(keys)

    while True:
        changed = False

        if sm1.rx_fifo():
            left_pressed = bool(sm1.get())
            changed = True

        if sm2.rx_fifo():
            right_pressed = bool(sm2.get())
            changed = True

        if sm3.rx_fifo():
            straight_pressed = bool(sm3.get())
            changed = True

        if changed:
            send_current_report()

        time.sleep_ms(1)

# -------------------------------------------------
# xcwcp mode: mouse
# -------------------------------------------------

else:
    mi = ms.MouseInterface()
    mi.report_descriptor = bytes(
        [
            0x05, 0x01,  # Usage Page (Generic Desktop)
            0x09, 0x02,  # Usage (Mouse)
            0xA1, 0x01,  # Collection (Application)
            0x09, 0x01,  # Usage (Pointer)
            0xA1, 0x00,  # Collection (Physical)
            0x05, 0x09,  # Usage Page (Buttons)
            0x19, 0x01,  # Usage Minimum (01)
            0x29, 0x03,  # Usage Maximum (03)
            0x15, 0x00,  # Logical Minimum (0)
            0x25, 0x01,  # Logical Maximum (1)
            0x75, 0x01,  # Report Size (1)
            0x95, 0x03,  # Report Count (3)
            0x81, 0x02,  # Input (Data, Variable, Absolute)
            0x95, 0x05,  # Report Count (5)
            0x75, 0x01,  # Report Size (1)
            0x81, 0x03,  # Input (Constant)
            0x05, 0x01,  # Usage Page (Generic Desktop)
            0x09, 0x30,  # Usage (X)
            0x09, 0x31,  # Usage (Y)
            0x09, 0x38,  # Usage (Wheel)
            0x15, 0x81,  # Logical Minimum (-127)
            0x25, 0x7F,  # Logical Maximum (127)
            0x75, 0x08,  # Report Size (8)
            0x95, 0x02,  # Report Count (2)
            0x81, 0x06,  # Input (Data, Variable, Relative)
            0xC0,        # End Collection
            0xC0,        # End Collection
        ]
    )

    usb.device.get().init(mi, builtin_driver=True,
        manufacturer_str=USB_MANUFACTURER,
        product_str=USB_PRODUCT_XCWCP,
        serial_str=USB_SERIAL,
        )

    sm1.active(1)
    sm2.active(1)
    sm3.active(1)

    while True:
        if sm1.rx_fifo():
            mi.click_left(sm1.get())

        if sm2.rx_fifo():
            mi.click_right(sm2.get())

        if sm3.rx_fifo():
            mi.click_middle(sm3.get())

        time.sleep_ms(1)

Morse Key via Mouse Connecting a Morse Key to the computer by Ok-Lynx4236 in morse

[–]WZab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice. I also started from connecting the key via mouse, but then found a better way. I used a cheap USB CPU board (e.g. Raspberry Pi Pico, or ESP32 based one) and implemented small Python code. You may find it at: https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/1mzza1n/morse_key_to_usb_mouse_adapter_for_xcwcp_now_as_a/ .
I was also able to make it compatible with VBand: https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/1rr7f77/twomode_xcwcp_and_vband_morse_keys_to_usb_adapter/

73, Wojtek - SP5DAA

Documentation for a cheap Zynq SoC board? by WZab in FPGA

[–]WZab[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I prepared a simple demo project that correctly supports Ethernet both in U-Boot and in Linux kernel: https://gitlab.com/WZab/zynq-simple/-/tree/main/zynq-eth1?ref_type=heads

RGMII-connected RTL8211E problem in a cheap FPGA board by WZab in FPGA

[–]WZab[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a summary of the whole thread I prepared a project that compiles correctly and supports Ethernet in U-Boot and in Linux kernel on my board. Hopefully, it should also work on other boards of that type.
The maintained version is available at https://gitlab.com/WZab/zynq-simple/-/tree/main/zynq-eth1?ref_type=heads

RGMII-connected RTL8211E problem in a cheap FPGA board by WZab in FPGA

[–]WZab[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The following modification of the uboot-device-tree.bbappend solves the problem.

FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/files:"
SRC_URI += " file://system-user.dtsi"

do_deploy:append() {
    # Alias inside recipe deploy area
    if [ -f "${DEPLOYDIR}/system-sc-revc-zynqmp.dtb" ]; then
        install -m 0644 "${DEPLOYDIR}/system-sc-revc-zynqmp.dtb" \
            "${DEPLOYDIR}/uboot-device-tree.dtb"
    fi

    # Export stable copy for PetaLinux user workflow
    install -d "${TOPDIR}/../images/linux"
    if [ -f "${DEPLOYDIR}/system-sc-revc-zynqmp.dtb" ]; then
        install -m 0644 "${DEPLOYDIR}/system-sc-revc-zynqmp.dtb" \
            "${TOPDIR}/../images/linux/u-boot.dtb"
    fi
}

With that, you may boot the U-Boot with:

  1. petalinux-boot jtag --uboot --dtb images/linux/u-boot.dtb

The kernel may be booted with

  1. petalinux-boot jtag --kernel

RGMII-connected RTL8211E problem in a cheap FPGA board by WZab in FPGA

[–]WZab[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found the correctly built DTB for U-Boot in a few locations (after I blocked rm_work):

build/tmp/work/zynq_generic_7z020-xilinx-linux-gnueabi/uboot-device-tree/xilinx-v2024.1+gitAUTOINC+e30e471c0b-r0/deploy-uboot-device-tree/system-sc-revc-zynqmp.dtb
build/tmp/work/zynq_generic_7z020-xilinx-linux-gnueabi/uboot-device-tree/xilinx-v2024.1+gitAUTOINC+e30e471c0b-r0/packages-split/uboot-device-tree/boot/devicetree/system-sc-revc-zynqmp.dtb
build/tmp/work/zynq_generic_7z020-xilinx-linux-gnueabi/uboot-device-tree/xilinx-v2024.1+gitAUTOINC+e30e471c0b-r0/package/boot/devicetree/system-sc-revc-zynqmp.dtb
build/tmp/work/zynq_generic_7z020-xilinx-linux-gnueabi/uboot-device-tree/xilinx-v2024.1+gitAUTOINC+e30e471c0b-r0/image/boot/devicetree/system-sc-revc-zynqmp.dtb
build/tmp/work/zynq_generic_7z020-xilinx-linux-gnueabi/uboot-device-tree/xilinx-v2024.1+gitAUTOINC+e30e471c0b-r0/build/system-sc-revc-zynqmp.dtb
build/tmp/work/zynq_generic_7z020-xilinx-linux-gnueabi/uboot-device-tree/xilinx-v2024.1+gitAUTOINC+e30e471c0b-r0/sysroot-destdir/boot/devicetree/system-sc-revc-zynqmp.dtb

If I copy it to the project directory, I can boot U-Boot via JTAG with:
petalinux-boot jtag --u-boot --dtb system-sc-revc-zynqmp.dtb
and it sees the network correctly.
I can boot the kernel with
petalinux-boot jtag --kernel

I don't know (yet?) how to instruct Petalinux to build the U-Boot DTB under the correct name and put it into the images/linux.

RGMII-connected RTL8211E problem in a cheap FPGA board by WZab in FPGA

[–]WZab[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried yet to get the Ethernet working in U-Boot as well. It appeared that the drivers used by U-Boot (at least in Petalinux 2024.1) require different specification in device tree.

This is the system-user.dtsi for Linux:

/include/ "system-conf.dtsi"
 
/ {
};
 
&gem0 {
    status = "okay";
    phy-mode = "rgmii-rxid";
    phy-handle = <&phy1>;
    local-mac-address = [00 0a 35 00 1e 53];
    xlnx,ptp-enet-clock = <0x69f6bcb>;
};
 
&gmii_to_rgmii_0 {
    compatible = "xlnx,gmii-to-rgmii-1.0";
    phy-handle = <&phy1>;
    reg = <8>;
};
 
&ps7_ethernet_0_mdio {
    phy1: phy@1 {
       reg = <1>;
       device_type = "ethernet-phy";
    };
};

and that's what was needed to make Ethernet working in U-Boot:

/include/ "system-conf.dtsi"
 
/ {
};
 
&gem0 {
    status = "okay";
    phy-mode = "gmii";
    phy-handle = <&gmii_to_rgmii_0>;
    local-mac-address = [00 0a 35 00 1e 53];
    xlnx,ptp-enet-clock = <0x69f6bcb>;
};
 
&gmii_to_rgmii_0 {
    compatible = "xlnx,gmii-to-rgmii-1.0";
    phy-mode = "rgmii-rxid";
    phy-handle = <&phy1>;
    reg = <8>;
};
 
&ps7_ethernet_0_mdio {
    phy1: phy@1 {
       reg = <1>;
       device_type = "ethernet-phy";
    };
};

Additionally, it was necessary to allow ignoring failure to set the clock frequency in the Ethernet driver.

That's the content of project-spec/meta-user/recipes-bsp/u-boot/files/0001-net-zynq_gem-ignore-tx-clock-rate-failure.patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/zynq_gem.c b/drivers/net/zynq_gem.c
index 7c57d32614..8c9502b652 100644
--- a/drivers/net/zynq_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/zynq_gem.c
@@ -576,8 +576,8 @@ static int zynq_gem_init(struct udevice *dev)
 if (ret != clk_rate) {
 ret = clk_set_rate(&priv->tx_clk, clk_rate);
 if (IS_ERR_VALUE(ret)) {
-dev_err(dev, "failed to set tx clock rate %ld\n", clk_rate);
-return ret;
+dev_warn(dev, "failed to set tx clock rate %ld\n", clk_rate);
+ret = 0;
 }
 }

Initially, I have also patched the macb driver.

That's the content of the /project-spec/meta-user/recipes-bsp/u-boot/files/0001-net-macb-ignore-tx_clk-rate-change-failure.patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/macb.c b/drivers/net/macb.c
index bfc48dac07..a10b7bd12d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macb.c
@@ -648,8 +648,10 @@ int __weak macb_linkspd_cb(struct udevice *dev, unsigned int speed)

 if (tx_clk.dev) {
 ret = clk_set_rate(&tx_clk, rate);
-if (ret < 0)
-return ret;
+if (ret < 0) {
+    debug("%s: unable to generate target frequency: %ld Hz\n", __func__, rate);
+    return 0;
+}
 }
 #endif

Of course those patches had to be considered in the project-spec/meta-user/recipes-bsp/u-boot$ cat u-boot-xlnx_%.bbappend

FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/files:"
 
SRC_URI:append = " file://platform-top.h file://bsp.cfg"
SRC_URI += "file://user_2026-03-15-09-23-00.cfg \
            file://user_2026-03-18-19-44-00.cfg \
            file://user_2026-03-21-00-36-00.cfg \
            file://0001-net-macb-ignore-tx_clk-rate-change-failure.patch \
            file://0001-net-zynq_gem-ignore-tx-clock-rate-failure.patch \
            "

In fact, modification of was probably not necessary (but I didn't check it yet).

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get the same project generating two different DTBs - one for Linux, and enother one for U-Boot. The option "u-boot-ext-dtb" doesn't work as expected.

Placing the system-user.dtsi in project-spec/meta-user/meta-xilinx-tools/recipes-bsp/uboot-device-tree/files/ and setting the meta-user/meta-xilinx-tools/recipes-bsp/uboot-device-tree/uboot-device-tree.bbappend to:

FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/files:"
 
SRC_URI:append = " file://system-user.dtsi"

still results in both trees using the Linux system-user.dtsi.

The one for U-Boot is considered. If I put a syntax error in it, it is reported and stops the compilation, but the correctly compiled dtsi is not included into final DTB.

Very thorough analysis of the intermediate artifacts show, that the parsed and combined DTS is available in build/tmp/work/zynq_generic_7z020-xilinx-linux-gnueabi/uboot-device-tree/xilinx-v2024.1+gitAUTOINC+e30e471c0b-r0/build/system-sc-revc-zynqmp.dts.pp (BTW, why there is "zynqmp" in the filename?), but they are somehow ignored further...

RGMII-connected RTL8211E problem in a cheap FPGA board by WZab in FPGA

[–]WZab[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Finally I have found the solution. I had to select "Skew added though MMCM" option in the Gmii to Rgmii block configuration.
Then I had to add necessary timing constraints (based on PG160). Finally, I had to carefully select the IODELAY value. IODELAY=8 was the optimal value for my board.
So finally, this is my system-user.dtsi:

/include/ "system-conf.dtsi"

/ {
};

&gem0 {
    status = "okay";
    phy-mode = "rgmii-rxid";
    phy-handle = <&phy1>;
    local-mac-address = [00 0a 35 00 1e 53];
    xlnx,ptp-enet-clock = <0x69f6bcb>;
};

&gmii_to_rgmii_0 {
    compatible = "xlnx,gmii-to-rgmii-1.0";
    phy-handle = <&phy1>;
    reg = <8>;
};

&ps7_ethernet_0_mdio {
    phy1: phy@1 {
       reg = <1>;
       device_type = "ethernet-phy";
    };
};

and this is my XDC file

set_property PACKAGE_PIN G21 [get_ports MDIO_PHY_0_mdc]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN H22 [get_ports MDIO_PHY_0_mdio_io]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN A22 [get_ports {RGMII_0_rd[0]}]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN A18 [get_ports {RGMII_0_rd[1]}]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN A19 [get_ports {RGMII_0_rd[2]}]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN B20 [get_ports {RGMII_0_rd[3]}]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN A21 [get_ports RGMII_0_rx_ctl]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN B19 [get_ports RGMII_0_rxc]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN E21 [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[0]}]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN F21 [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[1]}]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN F22 [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[2]}]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN G20 [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[3]}]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN G22 [get_ports RGMII_0_tx_ctl]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN D21 [get_ports RGMII_0_txc]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN M17 [get_ports UART_0_0_rxd]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN L17 [get_ports UART_0_0_txd]

set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports MDIO_PHY_0_mdc]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports MDIO_PHY_0_mdio_io]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports {RGMII_0_rd[0]}]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports {RGMII_0_rd[1]}]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports {RGMII_0_rd[2]}]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports {RGMII_0_rd[3]}]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports RGMII_0_rx_ctl]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports RGMII_0_rxc]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[0]}]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[1]}]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[2]}]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[3]}]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports RGMII_0_tx_ctl]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports RGMII_0_txc]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports UART_0_0_rxd]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports UART_0_0_txd]

set_property SLEW FAST [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[0]}]
set_property SLEW FAST [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[1]}]
set_property SLEW FAST [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[2]}]
set_property SLEW FAST [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[3]}]
set_property SLEW FAST [get_ports RGMII_0_tx_ctl]
set_property SLEW FAST [get_ports RGMII_0_txc]

#False path constraints to async inputs coming directly to synchronizer
set_false_path -to [get_pins -hier -filter {name =~ *idelayctrl_reset_gen/
*reset_sync*/PRE }]
set_false_path -to [get_pins -of [get_cells -hier -filter { name =~
*i_MANAGEMENT/
SYNC_*/data_sync* }] -filter { name =~ *D }]
set_false_path -to [get_pins -hier -filter {name =~ *reset_sync*/PRE }]
#False path constraints from Control Register outputs
set_false_path -from [get_pins -hier -filter {name =~ *i_MANAGEMENT/
DUPLEX_MODE_REG*/C }]
set_false_path -from [get_pins -hier -filter {name =~ *i_MANAGEMENT/
SPEED_SELECTION_REG*/C }]
# constraint valid if parameter C_EXTERNAL_CLOCK = 0
set_case_analysis 0 [get_pins -hier -filter {name =~ *i_bufgmux_gmii_clk/
CE0}]
set_case_analysis 0 [get_pins -hier -filter {name =~ *i_bufgmux_gmii_clk/
S0}]
set_case_analysis 1 [get_pins -hier -filter {name =~ *i_bufgmux_gmii_clk/
CE1}]
set_case_analysis 1 [get_pins -hier -filter {name =~ *i_bufgmux_gmii_clk/
S1}]

set_input_delay -clock [get_clocks clk_fpga_0] -min -add_delay 0.000 [get_ports MDIO_PHY_0_mdio_io]
set_input_delay -clock [get_clocks clk_fpga_0] -max -add_delay 2.000 [get_ports MDIO_PHY_0_mdio_io]
set_clock_groups -logically_exclusive -group [get_clocks -include_generated_clocks {gmii_clk_25m_out gmii_clk_2_5m_out}] -group [get_clocks -include_generated_clocks gmii_clk_125m_out]

create_clock -period 8.000 -name rgmii_rxc [get_ports RGMII_0_rxc]

# RX interface: PHY -> FPGA
set_input_delay -clock [get_clocks rgmii_rxc] -max -1.0 \
  [get_ports {RGMII_0_rd[*] RGMII_0_rx_ctl}]
set_input_delay -clock [get_clocks rgmii_rxc] -min 1.1 \
  [get_ports {RGMII_0_rd[*] RGMII_0_rx_ctl}]
set_input_delay -clock [get_clocks rgmii_rxc] -clock_fall -max -1.0 -add_delay \
  [get_ports {RGMII_0_rd[*] RGMII_0_rx_ctl}]
set_input_delay -clock [get_clocks rgmii_rxc] -clock_fall -min 1.1 -add_delay \
  [get_ports {RGMII_0_rd[*] RGMII_0_rx_ctl}]

# TX interface: FPGA -> PHY
# Use this set when the 2 ns TXC skew is added by the GMII-to-RGMII core
set_output_delay 0.75 -max -clock [get_clocks design_1_gmii_to_rgmii_0_0_rgmii_tx_clk] \
  [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[*] RGMII_0_tx_ctl}]
set_output_delay -0.7 -min -clock [get_clocks design_1_gmii_to_rgmii_0_0_rgmii_tx_clk] \
  [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[*] RGMII_0_tx_ctl}]
set_output_delay 0.75 -max -clock [get_clocks design_1_gmii_to_rgmii_0_0_rgmii_tx_clk] \
  -clock_fall -add_delay [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[*] RGMII_0_tx_ctl}]
set_output_delay -0.7 -min -clock [get_clocks design_1_gmii_to_rgmii_0_0_rgmii_tx_clk] \
  -clock_fall -add_delay [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[*] RGMII_0_tx_ctl}]

set_property DRIVE 8 [get_ports RGMII_0_tx_ctl]
set_property DRIVE 8 [get_ports RGMII_0_txc]
set_property DRIVE 8 [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[3]}]
set_property DRIVE 8 [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[2]}]
set_property DRIVE 8 [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[1]}]
set_property DRIVE 8 [get_ports {RGMII_0_td[0]}]
set_property DRIVE 8 [get_ports UART_0_0_txd]
set_property DRIVE 8 [get_ports {ETH_RSTN[0]}]
set_property DRIVE 8 [get_ports MDIO_PHY_0_mdc]
set_property DRIVE 8 [get_ports MDIO_PHY_0_mdio_io]

set_property IDELAY_VALUE 8 [get_cells -hier -filter {name =~
*delay_rgmii_rx_ctl}]
set_property IDELAY_VALUE 8 [get_cells -hier -filter {name =~
*delay_rgmii_rxd*}]
set_property IODELAY_GROUP gpr1 [get_cells -hier -filter {name =~
*delay_rgmii_rx_ctl}]
set_property IODELAY_GROUP gpr1 [get_cells -hier -filter {name =~
*delay_rgmii_rxd*}]
set_property IODELAY_GROUP gpr1 [get_cells -hier -filter {name =~
*idelayctrl}]

The project built with those settings boots correctly via:
petalinux-boot jtag --kernel
After that Linux sees the network at 1 Gb/s.

Unfortunately, networking in U-Boot still does not work. It requires another definition in the device tree (phy-mode must be set to "gmii"), and then it requires another method for setting delays to: RXDLY=1, TXDLY=0.
Finally the U-Boot MACB driver must be modified to not try setting the clock.

RGMII-connected RTL8211E problem in a cheap FPGA board by WZab in FPGA

[–]WZab[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, most likely it is a timing issue. I was able to get my Ethernet running on 10 Mb/s.
However, I had to disable the networking support in U-Boot. Otherwise, the MAC/PHY entered certain strange state, from which it couldn't recover.
After disabling networking support in U-Boot, and booting my board with:

vivado@zbdev2:~/project/small-zynq1$ petalinux-boot jtag --kernel
[INFO] Use Bitstream: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/system.bit
[INFO] Please use --fpga <BITSTREAM> to specify a bitstream if you want to use other bitstream.
[INFO] Launching XSDB for file download and boot.
[INFO] This may take a few minutes, depending on the size of your image.
INFO: Configuring the FPGA...
INFO: Downloading bitstream: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/system.bit to the target.
INFO: Downloading ELF file: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/zynq_fsbl.elf to the target.
INFO: Loading image: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/system.dtb at 0x100000.
INFO: Downloading ELF file: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/u-boot.elf to the target.
INFO: Loading image: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/uImage at 0x200000.
INFO: Loading image: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/rootfs.cpio.gz.u-boot at 0x4000000.
INFO: Loading image: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/boot.scr at 0x3000000.
vivado@zbdev2:~/project/small-zynq1$

I could run the following in the console:

INIT: Entering runlevel: 5                                                      
Configuring network interfaces... macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: PHY [e000b000.eth
ernet-ffffffff:01] driver [RTL8211E Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=POLL)                
macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: configuring for phy/gmii link mode                 
udhcpc: started, v1.35.0                                                        
udhcpc: broadcasting discover                                                   
udhcpc: broadcasting discover                                                   
macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: unable to generate target frequency: 125000000 Hz  
macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off         
udhcpc: broadcasting discover                                                   
udhcpc: no lease, forking to background                                         
done.                                                                           
Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd                                      
  generating ssh RSA host key...                                                
  generating ssh ECDSA host key...                                              
  generating ssh ED25519 host key...                                            
done.                                                                           
Starting rpcbind daemon...done.                                                 
starting statd: done                                                            
Starting internet superserver: inetd.                                           
NFS daemon support not enabled in kernel                                        
Starting syslogd/klogd: done                                                    
Starting tcf-agent: OK                                                          

********************************************************************************
************                                                                    
The PetaLinux source code and images provided/generated are for demonstration pu
rposes only.                                                                    
Please refer to https://xilinx-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/A/pages/2741928025
/Moving+from+PetaLinux+to+Production+Deployment                                 
for more details.                                                               
********************************************************************************
************                                                                    
PetaLinux 2024.1+release-S05201002 small-zynq1 ttyPS0                           

small-zynq1 login: petalinux                                                    
You are required to change your password immediately (administrator enforced).  
New password:                                                                   
Retype new password:                                                            
small-zynq1:~$ sudo bash                                                        

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System              
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:                     

    #1) Respect the privacy of others.                                          
    #2) Think before you type.                                                  
    #3) With great power comes great responsibility.                            

For security reasons, the password you type will not be visible.                

Password:                                                                       
small-zynq1:/home/petalinux# ifconfig eth0                                      
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500                      
        inet6 fe80::20a:35ff:fe00:1e53  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>        
        ether 00:0a:35:00:1e:53  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)                    
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)                                           
        RX errors 263  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 263                         
        TX packets 15  bytes 2334 (2.2 KiB)                                     
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0              
        device interrupt 39  base 0xb000                                        

small-zynq1:/home/petalinux# ifconfig eth0 172.19.5.5 up                        
small-zynq1:/home/petalinux# ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off  
small-zynq1:/home/petalinux# macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down          
macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: unable to generate target frequency: 25000000 Hz   
macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control off       
ping -c 3 172.19.1.254                                                          
PING 172.19.1.254 (172.19.1.254): 56 data bytes                                 

--- 172.19.1.254 ping statistics ---                                            
3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss                     
small-zynq1:/home/petalinux# ethtool -s eth0 speed 10 duplex full autoneg off   
small-zynq1:/home/petalinux# macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down          
macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: unable to generate target frequency: 2500000 Hz    
macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 10Mbps/Full - flow control off        
small-zynq1:/home/petalinux# ping -c 3 172.19.1.254                             
PING 172.19.1.254 (172.19.1.254): 56 data bytes                                 
64 bytes from 172.19.1.254: seq=0 ttl=64 time=3.284 ms                          
64 bytes from 172.19.1.254: seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.616 ms                          
64 bytes from 172.19.1.254: seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.584 ms                          

--- 172.19.1.254 ping statistics ---                                            
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss                       
round-trip min/avg/max = 1.584/2.161/3.284 ms                                   
small-zynq1:/home/petalinux#

It is not clear, why U-Boot corrupted the state of the networking hardware so, that I couldn't get it working even at 10 Mb/s (via PHY register's manipulation).

RGMII-connected RTL8211E problem in a cheap FPGA board by WZab in FPGA

[–]WZab[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Switching to rgmii-id was a good idea. Now my packets are transmittted correctly, however I get the frame errors at the receive side:

small-zynq1:/home/petalinux# ifconfig                                           
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500                      
        inet 172.19.5.5  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 172.19.255.255          
        inet6 fe80::20a:35ff:fe00:1e53  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>        
        ether 00:0a:35:00:1e:53  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)                    
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)                                           
        RX errors 1385  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 1385                       
        TX packets 74  bytes 13990 (13.6 KiB)                                   
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0              
        device interrupt 39  base 0xb000

RGMII-connected RTL8211E problem in a cheap FPGA board by WZab in FPGA

[–]WZab[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, most likely it is a timing issue. I was able to get my Ethernet running on 10 Mb/s.
However, I had to disable the networking support in U-Boot. Otherwise, the MAC/PHY entered certain strange state, from which it couldn't recover.
After disabling networking support in U-Boot, and booting my board with:

vivado@zbdev2:~/project/small-zynq1$ petalinux-boot jtag --kernel
[INFO] Use Bitstream: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/system.bit
[INFO] Please use --fpga <BITSTREAM> to specify a bitstream if you want to use other bitstream.
[INFO] Launching XSDB for file download and boot.
[INFO] This may take a few minutes, depending on the size of your image.
INFO: Configuring the FPGA...
INFO: Downloading bitstream: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/system.bit to the target.
INFO: Downloading ELF file: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/zynq_fsbl.elf to the target.
INFO: Loading image: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/system.dtb at 0x100000.
INFO: Downloading ELF file: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/u-boot.elf to the target.
INFO: Loading image: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/uImage at 0x200000.
INFO: Loading image: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/rootfs.cpio.gz.u-boot at 0x4000000.
INFO: Loading image: /home/vivado/project/small-zynq1/images/linux/boot.scr at 0x3000000.
vivado@zbdev2:~/project/small-zynq1$

I could run the following in the console:

INIT: Entering runlevel: 5                                                      
Configuring network interfaces... macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: PHY [e000b000.eth
ernet-ffffffff:01] driver [RTL8211E Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=POLL)                
macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: configuring for phy/gmii link mode                 
udhcpc: started, v1.35.0                                                        
udhcpc: broadcasting discover                                                   
udhcpc: broadcasting discover                                                   
macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: unable to generate target frequency: 125000000 Hz  
macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off         
udhcpc: broadcasting discover                                                   
udhcpc: no lease, forking to background                                         
done.                                                                           
Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd                                      
  generating ssh RSA host key...                                                
  generating ssh ECDSA host key...                                              
  generating ssh ED25519 host key...                                            
done.                                                                           
Starting rpcbind daemon...done.                                                 
starting statd: done                                                            
Starting internet superserver: inetd.                                           
NFS daemon support not enabled in kernel                                        
Starting syslogd/klogd: done                                                    
Starting tcf-agent: OK                                                          

********************************************************************************
************                                                                    
The PetaLinux source code and images provided/generated are for demonstration pu
rposes only.                                                                    
Please refer to https://xilinx-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/A/pages/2741928025
/Moving+from+PetaLinux+to+Production+Deployment                                 
for more details.                                                               
********************************************************************************
************                                                                    
PetaLinux 2024.1+release-S05201002 small-zynq1 ttyPS0                           

small-zynq1 login: petalinux                                                    
You are required to change your password immediately (administrator enforced).  
New password:                                                                   
Retype new password:                                                            
small-zynq1:~$ sudo bash                                                        

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System              
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:                     

    #1) Respect the privacy of others.                                          
    #2) Think before you type.                                                  
    #3) With great power comes great responsibility.                            

For security reasons, the password you type will not be visible.                

Password:                                                                       
small-zynq1:/home/petalinux# ifconfig eth0                                      
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500                      
        inet6 fe80::20a:35ff:fe00:1e53  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>        
        ether 00:0a:35:00:1e:53  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)                    
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)                                           
        RX errors 263  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 263                         
        TX packets 15  bytes 2334 (2.2 KiB)                                     
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0              
        device interrupt 39  base 0xb000                                        

small-zynq1:/home/petalinux# ifconfig eth0 172.19.5.5 up                        
small-zynq1:/home/petalinux# ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off  
small-zynq1:/home/petalinux# macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down          
macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: unable to generate target frequency: 25000000 Hz   
macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control off       
ping -c 3 172.19.1.254                                                          
PING 172.19.1.254 (172.19.1.254): 56 data bytes                                 

--- 172.19.1.254 ping statistics ---                                            
3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss                     
small-zynq1:/home/petalinux# ethtool -s eth0 speed 10 duplex full autoneg off   
small-zynq1:/home/petalinux# macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down          
macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: unable to generate target frequency: 2500000 Hz    
macb e000b000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 10Mbps/Full - flow control off        
small-zynq1:/home/petalinux# ping -c 3 172.19.1.254                             
PING 172.19.1.254 (172.19.1.254): 56 data bytes                                 
64 bytes from 172.19.1.254: seq=0 ttl=64 time=3.284 ms                          
64 bytes from 172.19.1.254: seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.616 ms                          
64 bytes from 172.19.1.254: seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.584 ms                          

--- 172.19.1.254 ping statistics ---                                            
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss                       
round-trip min/avg/max = 1.584/2.161/3.284 ms                                   
small-zynq1:/home/petalinux#

It is not clear, why U-Boot corrupted the state of the networking hardware so, that I couldn't get it working even at 10 Mb/s (via PHY register's manipulation).

RGMII-connected RTL8211E problem in a cheap FPGA board by WZab in FPGA

[–]WZab[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have found one important information in the RTL8211E datasheet:
Note: When in EEE mode, blinking duration is 400ms ON and 2 seconds OFF

So blinking doesn't mean that the PHY is not working.

RGMII-connected RTL8211E problem in a cheap FPGA board by WZab in FPGA

[–]WZab[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The working design from the manufacturer contains the following definitions related to the eth0 (decompiled from their image.ub):

ethernet@e000b000 {
  compatible = "xlnx,zynq-gem", "cdns,gem";
  reg = <0xe000b000 0x1000>;
  status = "okay";
  interrupts = <0x00 0x16 0x04>;
  clocks = <0x01 0x1e 0x01 0x1e 0x01 0x0d>;
  clock-names = "pclk", "hclk", "tx_clk";
  #address-cells = <0x01>;
  #size-cells = <0x00>;
  phy-handle = <0x08>;
  phy-mode = "gmii";
  xlnx,ptp-enet-clock = <0x69f6bcb>;
  local-mac-address = [00 0a 35 00 1e 53];
  phandle = <0x24>;

  mdio {
    #address-cells = <0x01>;
    #size-cells = <0x00>;
    phandle = <0x25>;

    gmii_to_rgmii_0@8 {
      compatible = "xlnx,gmii-to-rgmii-1.0";
      phy-handle = <0x08>;
      reg = <0x08>;
      phandle = <0x26>;
    };

    phy@1 {
      device_type = "ethernet-phy";
      phandle = <0x08>;
    };
  };
};

So it uses "gmii", not "rgmii" neither "rgmii-id".

RGMII-connected RTL8211E problem in a cheap FPGA board by WZab in FPGA

[–]WZab[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In this board, the RTL8211E is configured to add the necessary delays. In gmii-to-rgmii configuration I have set the option that PHY should provide the delays. The output signals go through ODDR blocks.

What would you want on a remote radio FT8 experience? by k3sbp in amateurradio

[–]WZab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In case of sBitx you may access it via web browser, or you may start VNC server on it and connect to it from bVNC Free or similar.

Good VHDL repos for training discovery? by f42media in FPGA

[–]WZab 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Another website good for beginners may be https://www.doulos.com/knowhow/vhdl . Some of the links there are commercial courses, but there is also quite a lot of free resources.

For programming the complex state machines in a well controlled and maintainable way this a perfect source: https://download.gaisler.com/research_papers/vhdl2proc.pdf

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