From fb7dfbfbdcb9413530f8d4d25505ce4d0404adeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrey Miroshnikov Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2022 11:17:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs(pinmux): Changed 'bank' to 'port'/'mux', added section on PinSpec class --- docs/pinmux.mdwn | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/pinmux.mdwn b/docs/pinmux.mdwn index aa475128f..9e5a28659 100644 --- a/docs/pinmux.mdwn +++ b/docs/pinmux.mdwn @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Links: * * * Extra info: [[/docs/pinmux/temp_pinmux_info]] +* - Latest +manual demo of pinmux generation Managing IO on an ASIC is nowhere near as simple as on an FPGA. An FPGA has built-in IO Pads, the wires terminate inside an @@ -417,7 +419,8 @@ there will be a lag on the output data compared to the incoming # Pinmux GPIO Block -The following diagram is an example of a GPIO block with switchable banks and comes from the Ericson presentation on a GPIO architecture. +The following diagram is an example of a mux'd GPIO block that comes from the +Ericson presentation on a GPIO architecture. [[!img gpio-block.svg size="800x"]] @@ -426,15 +429,73 @@ The following diagram is an example of a GPIO block with switchable banks and co The block we are developing is very similar, but is lacking some of configuration of the former (due to complexity and time constraints). -The implemented pinmux consists of two sub-blocks: +The implemented pinmux uses two sub-blocks: 1. A Wishbone controlled N-GPIO block. -1. Bank selectable N-port I/O multiplexer (for current usecase set to 4 -ports/banks). +1. N-port I/O multiplexer (for current usecase set to 4 +ports). + +### Terminology + +For clearer explanation, the following definitions will be used in the text. +As the documentation is actively being written, the experimental code may not +adhere to these all the time. + +* Bank - A group of contiguous pins under a common name. +* Pin - Bi-directional wire connecting to the chip's pads. +* Function (pin) - A signal used by the peripheral. +* Port - Bi-directional signal on the peripheral and pad sides of the +multiplexer. +* Muxwidth - Number of input ports to the multiplexers +* PinMux - Multiplexer for connecting multiple peripheral functions to one IO +pad. + +For example: + +A 128-pin chip has 4 banks N/S/E/W corresponding to the 4 sides of the chip. +Each bank has 32 pins. Each pin can have up to 4 multiplexed functions, thus +the multiplexer width for each pin is 4. + +### PinSpec Class + +* PinSpec class +defined here. + +PinSpec is a powerful construct designed to hold all the necessary information +about the chip's banks. This includes: + +1. Number of banks +1. Number of pins per each bank +1. Peripherals present (UART, GPIO, I2C, etc.) +1. Mux configuration for every pin (mux0: gpio, mux1: uart tx, etc.) +1. Peripheral function signal type (out/in/bi) + +### Pinouts + +* Pinouts class +defined here. + +The Pinspec class inherits from the Pinouts class, which allows to view the +dictionaries containing bank names and pin information. + +* keys() - returns dict_key object of all the pins (summing all the banks) which +is iterable +* items() - a dict_key of pins, with each pin's mux information + +For example, PinSpec object 'ps' has one bank 'A' with 4 pins +ps.keys() returns dict_keys([0, 1, 2, 3]) +ps.items() returns +dict_items([(0, {0: ('GPIOA_A0', 'A'), 1: ('UART0_TX', 'A'), + 2: ('TWI0_SDA', 'A')}), + (1, {0: ('GPIOA_A1', 'A'), 1: ('UART0_RX', 'A'), + 2: ('TWI0_SCL', 'A')}), + (2, {0: ('GPIOA_A2', 'A')}), (3, {0: ('GPIOA_A3', 'A')})]) ## The GPIO block +*NOTE !* - Need to change 'bank' terminology for the GPIO block in doc and code! + [[!img n-gpio.svg size="600x"]] The GPIO module is multi-GPIO block integral to the pinmux system. @@ -534,16 +595,19 @@ because these should be equal. [[!img iomux-4bank.svg size="600x"]] -This block is an N-to-1 (4 bank shown above) mux and it simultaneously connects: +This block is an N-to-1 (4-port shown above) mux and it simultaneously connects: * o/oe signals from one of N peripheral ports, to the pad output port * i pad port signal to one of N peripheral ports (the rest being set to 0). -*(NOTE: an N-pin 4-bank IOMux has not been implemented yet - do it within the pinmux instead?)* +The block is then used in a higher-level pinmux block, and instantiated for each +pin. ## Combined Block +*NOTE !* - Need to change 'bank' terminology for the GPIO block in doc and code! + [[!img pinmux-1pin.svg size="600x"]] The GPIO and IOMux blocks are combined in a single block called the -- 2.30.2