Finished draft design for SDP ring. Updated on SDP planning.

applications/lofar2/doc/prestudy/station2_sdp_firmware_planning.txt

@@ -80,140 +80,61 @@ No oversampled filterbank:
 * SDP Workpackage (UniBoard2 HW + FW)
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+Changed tasks:
+- T4.6 : 20 weeks booked explicitely for Required documents
+- T4.1 : 10 weeks, because GIT, RadioHDL finished
+- T4.2 : 10 weeks, because some FW done
+- T4.2 : ? weeks, hardware effort
+
+
 Firmware FPGA images:
 - the SDP has one main firmware design unb2c_sdp,
 - the integrated design of SDP is revision unb2c_sdp_station,
 - per task there are revisions of unb2c_sdp that contain subsets of the SDP functionality,
  
 
-Deliverables (D): items that are needed for a milestone
-Milestones (M) : 'cake moments' when you demonstrate deliverables
+Deliverables (D) = an item, product : items that are needed for a milestone
+Milestones (M) = a moment in time, achievement : 'cake moments' when you demonstrate or review
+                 deliverables as part of a larger system
 - integration passed
 - review passed
 
+Planning for LOFAR2.0 Station Workpackage 4 : Station Digital Processing
 
-Tasks:
+Below is the planning in weeks per task, the work includes:
+- UniBoard2 hardware 
+- Firmware that runs on UniBoard2
 
-INFRASTRUCTURE UniBoard2:
-  weeks  nr task
-     20  1) Maintain firmware development environment
-            - using GIT
-            - using RadioHDL
-            - updating existing VHDL library components
-            D=> Operational firmware development environment
-            D=> VHDL libraries verified in simulation
+weeks task   description
+10    T4.1   Maintain firmware development environment (GIT, RadioHDL, HDL libraries)
+10    T4.2   UniBoard2 test firmware (enable mass production of UniBoard2)
+ ?    T4.2   UniBoard2 board hardware
+20    T4.3   UniBoard2 board support package (BSP, M&C via Gemini Protocol, use ARGS for doc, C, VHDL)
+10    T4.4   Network access via 10GbE (support ARP and ping)
+20    t4.5   Ring access using test data and BSN monitor (support ring)
+20    T4.6   Required documents (SDP RS, detailed design, ICDs, FW manual)
+15    T4.7   ADC input and timestamp (RCU2 interface, capture timestamped data for offline analysis)
+10    T4.8   Subband filterbank (Fsub, critically sampled, SST)
+20    T4.9   Subband correlator (XC, one subband per 1 s integration)
+10    T4.10  Beamformer (BF, BST, beamlet output to CEP)
 
-         2) UniBoard2 board and test firmware
-            - unb2c board HW
-            D=> unb2c board detailed design document
-            D=> unb2c board schematic
-            D=> unb2c board layout
+10 + 10 + ? + 20 + 10 + 20 + 20 + 15 + 10 + 20 + 10 = 145 + ? weeks
 
-            M=> unb2c board detailed design document review (unb2b modifications)
-            M=> unb2c board schematic review
-            M=> unb2c board layout review (production ready)
-            M=> unb2c board lab validation using JTAG, unb2c_test designs OK
-            M=> unb2c board production validation using JTAG, unb2c_minimal_gmi OK
+Milestone : SDP ready for CDR:
+All major technical UniBoard2 hardware and SDP firmware risks are mitigated:
 
-      5     - unb2c FPGA pinning design
-     10     - unb2c FPGA interface test designs
-            D=> unb2c_test design revisions (1GbE, 10GbE, DDR4, flash, ADC)
-            D=> unb2c_test_adc (read ADC samples from multiple inputs)
-            
-
-     20  3) UniBoard2 board support package (BSP)
-            - M&C by SCU via Gemini protocol
-            - M&C interface definition and generation using ARGS (doc, C, HDL)
-            D=> Gemini board for SCU M&C tests
-            D=> unb2c_minimal_gmi (1GbE, flash)
-            M=> unb2c_minimal_gmi validated using M&C by SCU (read design name)
-
-INFRASTRUCTURE SDP:
-     10  4) Network access via 10GbE
-            - Ethernet MAC, UDP/IPv4, ARP, ping
-            D=> 10GbE HDL component including support for UDP/IPv4, ARP, ping
-            D=> unb2c_10GbE
-            M=> unb2c_10GbE validated using data capture on PC and ping
-
-     20  5) Ring access using test data and BSN monitor
-            D=> unb2c_ring_combiner for BF
-            D=> unb2c_ring_multicast for XC
-            D=> unb2c_ring_endcast for SO, TB
-            M=> unb2c_ring revisions verified in simulation
-            M=> unb2c_ring revisions validated on hardware using M&C on SCU
-
-APPLICATION SDP documents:
-         6) Required documents
-            D=> Detailed design document of SDP firmware
-            D=> L1 ICD-11109 SDP-CEP: beamlet data protocol
-            D=> L1 ICD-11109 SDP-CEP: transient data protocol
-            D=> L2 ICD-11211 SC-SDP: FW register map and register definitions
-            D=> L2 ICD-11211 SC-SDP: UniBoard2 hardware M&C
-            D=> L2 ICD-11207 RCU2S-SDP: ADC interface
-            D=> L2 ICD-11209 STF-SDP: Time and frequency interface
-            D=> L2 ICD-11218 SDP-STCA: Subrack interface
-            
-            M=> SDP detailed design and interface documents ready for DDR
-            M=> SDP detailed design and interface documents updated for CDR
-            
-            D=> SDP firmware verification and maintenance document
-            M=> SDP all documents finished
-
-APPLICATION single node:
-  weeks  nr task
-     15  7) ADC input and timestamp (RCU2 interface)
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_adc_capture, read ADC or WG samples from databuffer via M&C
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_station (ADC)
-            
-
-M=> SDP ready for CDR
-    All major technical UniBoard2 hardware and SDP firmware risks are mitigated (by design and
-    based on validation with at least two UniBoard2 using JTAG, unb2c_minimal_gmi, unb2c_ring,
-    and unb2c_sdp_adc_capture).
-
-
-     10  8) Subband filterbank (Fsub)
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_filterbank to read SST via M&C
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_station (ADC + SST)
-
-APPLICATION multi node:
-  weeks  nr task
-     20  9) Subband correlator (XC)
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_correlator_one_node, read XST via M&C and create ACM for one node
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_correlator_multi_node, read XST via M&C and use ring to create complete ACM
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_station (ADC + SST + XST)
-
-APPLICATION multi node / network output:
-  weeks  nr task
-     10 10) Beamformer (BF)
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_beamformer_bst_one_node, read BST via M&C
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_beamformer_output_one_input, output to CEP for one input from one node
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_beamformer_output_one_node, output to CEP and sum one node
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_beamformer_output_multi_node, output to CEP and use ring to sum nodes
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_station (ADC + SST + XST + BST + BF output)
-            ==> detailed design doc
-            
-     25 11) Transient buffer (TB)
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_transient_buffer revisions (ADC + SST + TB readout, M&C access DDR4)
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_station (ADC + SST + XST + BST + BF output + TB readout)
-            ==> detailed design doc
-
-     20 12) Transient detection (TD)
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_transient_buffer revisions (ADC + TD event)
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_station (ADC + SST + XST + BST + BF output + TB readout + TD event)
-            ==> detailed design doc
-
-     20 13) Subband offload (SO) for AARTFAAC2.0
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_subband_offload revisions (ADC + SST + SO, one node, all nodes via ring)
-            ==> unb2c_sdp_station (ADC + SST + XST + BST + BF output + TB readout + TD event + SO)
-            ==> detailed design doc
-
-INTEGRATION:
-  weeks  nr task
-     20 14) Station integration tests (using unb2c_sdp_station)
-            - Laboratory tests
-            - Technical commissioning Dwingeloo Test Station ("Huisje West")
-            - Technical commissioning Prototype Test Station
-            - Technical commissioning Pre-production Test Station
+- by design
+- SDP hardware and interfaces validated with at least two UniBoard2 using JTAG, firmware for BSP,
+  ring and ADC
+- Station TD validated using BF beamlet output to CEP
+
+The remaining tasks concern completing the applications that the firmware needs to perform.
+
+weeks task   description
+25    T4.11  Transient buffer (TB, ADC data, subband data)
+20    T4.12  Transient detection (TDET)
+20    T4.13  Subband offload (SO) for AARTFAAC2.0
+20    T4.14  Station integration tests (using unb2c_sdp_station)
 
+25 + 20 + 20 + 20 = 85 weeks
 

applications/lofar2/doc/prestudy/station2_to_do_erko.txt

@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ Open issues:
 - Write RadioHDL article
 - Write HDL RL=0 article - desp_hdl_design_article.txt
 - XST : SNR = 1 per visibility for 10000 samples, brigthtest sourcre log 19.5 --> 4.5 dB --> T_int = 1 s is ok.
+- BSP registers:
+  . duration of operations : counts time since last power cycle (passive heartbeat)
+  . cause of reboot (power cycle, overtemperature, ...)