Read/Write EMIF DDR4

[Rleduc]

Hello,

I'm working on Arria 10, trying to read and write data to external memory DDR4.

Write part :

My data comes out from a FIFO and is 16 bits wide. I need to implement a logic that can read N times from FIFO and write in DDR4 memory, which means through avalon-mm interface.

Since DDR4 writedata (and readdata) is 256 bit wide, "avalon-write IP" that I would implement would take 8 samples of FIFO data (8x32=256) and then write this whole 256b vector to the EMIF avalon-mm.

Read part :

For reading data stored in DDR4 from HPS, I can directly do it with alt_read_word() function and accessing it through avalon-mm bridge and H2F AXI bridge.

Issue:

I can read properly what I write in DDR4 from HPS, so this part is not of an issue. However for now, I properly read junk data, because my writing logic is wrong.

From what I understood, EMIF amm uses burst mode. A burstcount of 4 would mean writing 4 times 256b of data, which also means in my case 4x8=32 samples that came from FIFO.

If user asks for 100 samples, I feel like it will be a mess, since I can only work with a fixed number of burst (4,8,16,...1024), whose each is a fixed number of 8 samples. How do I manage the number of bursts that will in the end not exactly be related to the number of samples ? What would be the general logic ? 

Thanks

[AdzimZM_Intel]

Hello,

Maybe you can make a repetitive data to continue provide data during the write or provide "0" after 100 sample.

[Rleduc]

Hi, thank you for you answer,

I did as you mention, provide 0 data in the last burst which is not full.

Now the logic seems good, but I have the following issue :

master_write_data[255:0] is properly filled with fifo data, I can see it in signaltap. However the EMIF amm_write_data[255:0] (slave) which is directly connected to master_write_data[255:0] is equal to 0x0 ! I don't understand how is this possible, is it supposed to be the same net ?

For information, local calibartion is in success, no reset. The only thing that I can notice is that :

- waitrequest_n is always 0, so I can wait forever

- I am not sure if emif clock which is 266MHz on the DDR4 side should be the same as fifo clock which is for now 100 MHz,. Should I use the clk output from emif "usr_clk" as well as "usr_reset" to feed the fifo ? Can clock cross domain work ?

Thanks !

[AdzimZM_Intel]

Hi,

I think you may try to read back the data that you have wrote in the memory.

Because not all signals can be read through the SignalTap.

Usually the usr_clk and usr_reset with be fed to traffic generator or user logic.

I think the fifo should be working fine if you fed with this signals.

Regards,

Adzim

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