Digital Communication Protocols

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Digital Communication Protocols

Minghui Zhang, Senior R&D Hardware Engineer
Kalyanramu Vemishetty, Senior Embedded Systems Engineer
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Agenda
RIO Overview
Design with Timing
Software Architecture
Q&A
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RIO Hardware
PXI, PC RIO (R Series, NI
FlexRIO)
CompactRIO and NI Single-Board RIO
Value
Value
Performance
High Performance
Expansion I/O
MXI-Express RIO
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Ethernet RIO
EtherCAT RIO
Wireless
RIO Hardware
I/O Voltage
I/O Frequency
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RIO Hardware
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SPI Example
- SPI Protocol Overview
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SPI Example
- Select SPI configuration Based on ADC
Master SPI
CPOL = 0
SCK Idle as Low
CPHA = 0
Send MOSI
@ SCK Falling Edge
Sample MISO
@ SCK Rising Edge
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SPI Example
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Backplane
Interface
SPI Interface
SPI Master
Control Interface
- Synchronous Design
SPI Clock
Base Clock
SPI Example
- SPI Protocol Design
Synchronous design
Generate SPI Signals

@ TopClk Rising Edge
Sample MISO
@ TopClk Rising Edge
Design with Timing

SCTL
Output Signals
Input Signals
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SPI Example
- SPI Protocol Timing
Single Cycle Timed Loop
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SPI Example
- SPI Protocol Output Signals
Output Signals
Arbitrate
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SPI Example
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SPI Example
Output Signals
Sync Register
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SPI Example
- SPI Protocol Input Signals
Input Signals
Sync Register
Setup time
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Hold time
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Designing FPGA Digital Communication Protocol Stack

Communication
Protocol Core
Communication
Protocol API
Communication
Protocol Abstraction
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Communication
Protocol Core
Communication
Protocol API
Communication
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Case Study
Acquire Data from ADC using SPI Communication Protocol
SPI
ADC
FPGA
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Communication Protocol Core

Use State Machine
True
Arbitratio
n Logic
DIO 0
False
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Decouple I/O from State Machine
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Get I/O Values
Initialize DIO Lines

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Set I/O Values
SPI Core
(State Machine)
Deep Look at Code
Read SPI Digital Lines
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Deep Look at Code
Write SPI Digital Lines
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Desktop Execution Node

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Simulated SPI Core Waveforms

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Communication
Protocol Core
Communication
Protocol API
Communication
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Case Study
Acquire Data from similar ADC using SPI Communication Protocol
SPI
ADC
FPGA
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Why create API?
Abstraction from Hardware Layer

Reusable
Easy-To-Use
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Good Practices when creating API
Consistency
Easy To Use
Decoupling
Error Handling
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Communication Protocol Messaging API

Communication
Protocol Engine
(120MHz)
Command Queuing
Loop
(1kHz)
SPI Transaction Commands
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Communication Protocol Messaging API

Data transferred using
FPGA Scoped FIFOs
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Deep Look at Code
Initialize SPI References.vi
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Deep Look at Code
Write Data for SPI Transaction.vi
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Deep Look at Code
Start SPI Transaction.vi
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Deep Look at Code
Read Device Response.vi
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Deep Look at Code
SPI Engine.vi
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Communication
Protocol Core
Communication
Protocol API
Communication
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Case Study
Acquire Data from ADC using SPI/I2C Communication Protocol
SPI
I2C
ADC
FPGA
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Communication Protocol Abstraction
SPI Engine
Sequence of SPI
Commands
(Driver)
Get Data
Acquired Data
Node
I/O Node
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Communication Protocol Abstraction

SPI Engine
I2C Engine
SPI Driver
I2C Driver
Data Nodes
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Integration into an Existing System Architecture
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SPI Abstraction
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I2C Abstraction
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Summary
Design with Timing

- Synchronous Design
- I/O property selection
Software Architecture
- State Machine for Core IP
- Command Based API
- Custom I/O Node for abstracting different protocols
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Questions?
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Related Links
Serial Peripheral Interface Bus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_Peripheral_Interface_Bus
SPI API (VI Package Manager)
https://github.com/NISystemsEngineering/SPIAPI
Implementing SPI Communication Protocol in LabVIEW FPGA
http://www.ni.com/example/9117/en/#toc2
Timing Analysis on Digital I/O
http://www.ni.com/white-paper/13489/en/
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Digital Communication Protocols

CompactRIO and NI Single-Board RIO

SCK Idle as Low

Generate SPI Signals

Design with Timing

Designing FPGA Digital Communication Protocol Stack

Designing FPGA Digital Communication Protocol Stack

Acquire Data from ADC using SPI Communication Protocol

Communication Protocol Core

Communication Protocol Core

Communication Protocol Core

Initialize DIO Lines

Set I/O Values

Deep Look at Code

Read SPI Digital Lines

Deep Look at Code

Write SPI Digital Lines

Communication Protocol Core

Desktop Execution Node

Simulated SPI Core Waveforms

Designing FPGA Digital Communication Protocol Stack

Acquire Data from similar ADC using SPI Communication Protocol

Why create API?

Abstraction from Hardware Layer

Good Practices when creating API

Communication Protocol Messaging API

Communication Protocol Messaging API

Deep Look at Code

Initialize SPI References.vi

Deep Look at Code

Write Data for SPI Transaction.vi

Deep Look at Code

Start SPI Transaction.vi

Deep Look at Code

Read Device Response.vi

Deep Look at Code

Designing FPGA Digital Communication Protocol Stack

Acquire Data from ADC using SPI/I2C Communication Protocol

Communication Protocol Abstraction

Communication Protocol Abstraction

Integration into an Existing System Architecture

Integration into an Existing System Architecture

Integration into an Existing System Architecture

Integration into an Existing System Architecture

Design with Timing

Serial Peripheral Interface Bus

SPI API (VI Package Manager)

Implementing SPI Communication Protocol in LabVIEW FPGA

Timing Analysis on Digital I/O

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