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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: SPI interface on TS7500
From: "joao.trindade" <>
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:40:33 -0000
Hi forum,

Does anyone know anymore about this info? Is it possible to run spictl in a 
TS-7500 board?

Thanks

--- In  "norma" <> wrote:
>
> dear Forum
> 
> Excuse me for opening this topic again. I have read TS Documentation but I 
> still can't solve my problem.
> I am trying to utilize hardware SPI without modifying FPGA core.
> What I was trying is running TS7500 without TS752, so I can use SPI pins 
> which were before connected to offboard SPI (TS-752 flash chip) for my custom 
> requirement. 
> 
> 11     DIO_11                DIO or flash_cs#
> 12     DIO_12                DIO or spi_miso
> 13     DIO_13                DIO or spi_mosi
> 14     DIO_14                DIO or spi_clk
> 
> I was trying the following code and tapping signal form SPI pins to 
> oscilloscope, but I didn't get anything.
> 
>     sbuslock();
>     sbus_poke16(0x40, (0 << 14) | (15 << 10) | (1 << 8)); // go to LUN#1
>     sbus_poke16(0x4c, ii); // write ii to SPI
>     usleep(10000);
>     ret_val = sbus_peek16(0x42) >> 3; // read from SPI    
>     usleep(10000);
>     sbusunlock();
>  
> Did I access the right register? Is there any procedure I must do before 
> accessing SPI register?
> I give so much appreciation for your answer
> 
> --- In  "Gregory W. Maglathlin" <maglathlin@> wrote:
> >
> > Actually if you use version 4 of the FPGA core a programmable SPI 
> > interface is supported.  I modified the core to use different I/Os for 
> > Chip select #2 and #3.  Specifically I changed the FPGA to use DIO 21 
> > for CS #2 and DIO 22 for CS#3.  This allows me to use the FPGA SPI 
> > interface to read the TS-752 temperature sensor in approximately 2 usec 
> > with the following 5 instructions (works beautifully). You can still bit 
> > bang to get the data (as in the sbus.c gettemp() routine but this takes 
> > significantly longer.
> > 
> >         sbus_poke16(0x40, (0 << 14) | (15 << 10) | (3 << 8));
> >         sbus_poke16(0x4c, 0x8000);
> >         val = sbus_peek16(0x42) >> 3;
> >         if((val & 0x1000) != 0) val=((~(val & 0xfff) & 0xfff) + 1);
> >         temperature = (float) val * 62500.0 / 1000000.0;
> > 
> > Modifying CS#2 to use DIO 21 allows for the interface of another spi 
> > device via the 20 pin header. 
> > 
> > I suggest looking at the latest ts-75xx/tsa-4500 document (published Feb 
> > 2010) and the fpga open core source code.  Utilizing the free fpga 
> > devlopment software is a bit of a learning curve but well worth it.  I 
> > think TS's decision to use the opencore framework for the 7500 is rather 
> > cool.
> > 
> > Good luck,
> > Greg
> > 
> > Razvan-Ionut Stoian wrote:
> > >  
> > >
> > > TS7500 does not have a specific hardware SPI port (no hardware pins 
> > > assigned).
> > >
> > > You have to bit bang 3 GPIOs in order to create the SPI port.
> > > (Unfortunately, TS does not specify  this in their docs.)
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On *Wed, 2/24/10, Jongsoo Kim /<jongsoo.kim@>/* wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >     From: Jongsoo Kim <jongsoo.kim@>
> > >     Subject: [ts-7000] SPI interface on TS7500
> > >     To: 
> > >     Cc: "'xinping guo'" <xinpingguo@>
> > >     Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 5:40 PM
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > >     Group
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > >     I am trying to configure SPI interface to use AD converter ( AD 7927).
> > >
> > >     I am having some following issue
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > >     1) generate CS# on DIO#11
> > >
> > >     2) generalte SPI clk whenver SPI read or write command is issued
> > >
> > >     3) configure SPI as 16 bits data access
> > >
> > >     4) need to write to SPI reg#48 to configure the control register
> > >     (select channel, voltage range, power manager) and then read this
> > >     register to get the AD data.
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > >     I would appreciate if someone can advise me.
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > >     Thanks
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > >     Jongsoo Kim
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>




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