"""A one-clock pulse on the input produces a one-clock pulse on the output.
If the output clock is faster than the input clock, then the input may be safely asserted at
- 100% duty cycle. Otherwise, if the clock ratio is n : 1, the input may be asserted at most once
- in every n input clocks, else pulses may be dropped.
- Other than this there is no constraint on the ratio of input and output clock frequency.
+ 100% duty cycle. Otherwise, if the clock ratio is `n`:1, the input may be asserted at most once
+ in every `n` input clocks, else pulses may be dropped. Other than this there is no constraint
+ on the ratio of input and output clock frequency.
Parameters
----------
i_domain : str
Name of input clock domain.
- o-domain : str
+ o_domain : str
Name of output clock domain.
- sync_stages : int
- Number of synchronisation flops between the two clock domains. 2 is the default, and
- minimum safe value. High-frequency designs may choose to increase this.
+ stages : int, >=2
+ Number of synchronization stages between input and output. The lowest safe number is 2,
+ with higher numbers reducing MTBF further, at the cost of increased deassertion latency.
"""
- def __init__(self, i_domain, o_domain, sync_stages=2):
- if not isinstance(sync_stages, int) or sync_stages < 1:
- raise TypeError("sync_stages must be a positive integer, not '{!r}'".format(sync_stages))
+ def __init__(self, i_domain, o_domain, *, stages=2):
+ _check_stages(stages)
self.i = Signal()
self.o = Signal()
- self.i_domain = i_domain
- self.o_domain = o_domain
- self.sync_stages = sync_stages
+
+ self._i_domain = i_domain
+ self._o_domain = o_domain
+ self._stages = stages
def elaborate(self, platform):
m = Module()
- itoggle = Signal()
- otoggle = Signal()
+ i_toggle = Signal()
+ o_toggle = Signal()
+ r_toggle = Signal()
ff_sync = m.submodules.ff_sync = \
- FFSynchronizer(itoggle, otoggle, o_domain=self.o_domain, stages=self.sync_stages)
- otoggle_prev = Signal()
+ FFSynchronizer(i_toggle, o_toggle, o_domain=self._o_domain, stages=self._stages)
- m.d[self.i_domain] += itoggle.eq(itoggle ^ self.i)
- m.d[self.o_domain] += otoggle_prev.eq(otoggle)
- m.d.comb += self.o.eq(otoggle ^ otoggle_prev)
+ m.d[self._i_domain] += i_toggle.eq(i_toggle ^ self.i)
+ m.d[self._o_domain] += r_toggle.eq(o_toggle)
+ m.d.comb += self.o.eq(o_toggle ^ r_toggle)
return m
# TODO: test with distinct clocks
class PulseSynchronizerTestCase(FHDLTestCase):
- def test_paramcheck(self):
- with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
- ps = PulseSynchronizer("w", "r", sync_stages=0)
- with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
- ps = PulseSynchronizer("w", "r", sync_stages="abc")
- ps = PulseSynchronizer("w", "r", sync_stages = 1)
+ def test_stages_wrong(self):
+ with self.assertRaises(TypeError,
+ msg="Synchronization stage count must be a positive integer, not 0"):
+ PulseSynchronizer("w", "r", stages=0)
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError,
+ msg="Synchronization stage count may not safely be less than 2"):
+ PulseSynchronizer("w", "r", stages=1)
def test_smoke(self):
m = Module()