AXI ADC Trigger

The AXI ADC Trigger IP core implements triggering for the ADC path and also controls two I/O triggering pins.

More about the generic framework interfacing ADCs can be read here at Generic AXI ADC.

Features

  • AXI Lite control/status interface

  • Analog triggers, two channels

    • Greater than a limit

    • Lower than a limit

    • Passing through the limit, high

    • Passing through the limit, low

  • Digital triggers, two trigger pins

    • Low

    • High

    • Any edge

    • Rising edge

    • Falling edge

  • Mixing analog and digital triggers

  • Instrument trigger (from Logic Analyzer)

  • Controls two IO trigger pins

Files

Name

Description

library/axi_adc_trigger/axi_adc_trigger.v

Verilog source for the peripheral.

Block Diagram

AXI ADC Trigger block diagram

Submodules

  • Channel trigger

    • Channel A

      • Amplitude limit - LIMIT_A (0x0014) - Defines the threshold level for the ADC trigger

      • Function - TRIGGER_FUNCTION_A (0x0018) - Lower, higher than limit; pass-through limit

      • Hysteresis - TRIGGER_FUNCTION_A (0x001c) - “+-” value. Used for the pass-through functions

    • Channel B

      • Amplitude limit - LIMIT_A (0x0024) - Defines the threshold level for the ADC trigger

      • Function - TRIGGER_FUNCTION_A (0x0028) - Lower, higher than limit; pass-through limit

      • Hysteresis - TRIGGER_FUNCTION_A (0x002c) - “+-” value. Used for the pass-through functions

  • External trigger

    • Pin 0 (Ti) Configurations - CONFIG_TRIGGER_I (0x004) allows for:

      • falling edge (bit 8)

      • rising edge (bit 6)

      • any edge (bit 4)

      • high level (bit 2)

      • low level (bit 0)

    • Pin 1 (To) Configurations - CONFIG_TRIGGER_I (0x004) allows for:

      • falling edge (bit 9)

      • rising edge (bit 7)

      • any edge (bit 5)

      • high level (bit 3)

      • low level (bit 1)

Important

In the case of M2K, the trigger pins (Ti and To) are chosen one for input and one for output. This is for the ease of configuring a daisy-chain of M2Ks. Both pins can be configured as input or output using the IO_SELECTION register (0x000c).

  • Channel A MUX - TRIGGER_MUX_A(0x0020) - Selects between a combination of ADC trigger and the external trigger

  • Channel B MUX - TRIGGER_MUX_B(0x0030) - Selects between a combination of ADC trigger and the external trigger

  • Output MUX - TRIGGER_OUT_CONTROL(0x0034) - Selects a combination between the channel A and/or B MUX’s and the input of the instrument trigger

  • Holdoff counter (32 bit) - TRIGGER_HOLDOFF(0x0048) - Controls the trigger out silent period after an event.

  • Delay counter (32 bit) - TRIGGER_DELAY(0x0040) - Controls the trigger delay

  • External trigger control

    • IO_SELECTION(0x000c) - Controls the direction of the external trigger pins, and the source (for each pin configured as output)

    • TRIGGER_OUT_HOLD_PINS(0x004c) - Controls the hold period after a transition to a new logic level.

Configuration Parameters

Name

Description

Default Value

Choices/Range
SIGN_BITS

Sign Bits.

 2

OUT_PIN_HOLD_N

Out Pin Hold N.

 100000

Interface

Physical Port

Logical Port

Direction

Dependency
s_axi_awaddr AWADDR

in [6:0]

s_axi_awprot AWPROT

in [2:0]

s_axi_awvalid AWVALID

in

s_axi_awready AWREADY

out

s_axi_wdata WDATA

in [31:0]

s_axi_wstrb WSTRB

in [3:0]

s_axi_wvalid WVALID

in

s_axi_wready WREADY

out

s_axi_bresp BRESP

out [1:0]

s_axi_bvalid BVALID

out

s_axi_bready BREADY

in

s_axi_araddr ARADDR

in [6:0]

s_axi_arprot ARPROT

in [2:0]

s_axi_arvalid ARVALID

in

s_axi_arready ARREADY

out

s_axi_rdata RDATA

out [31:0]

s_axi_rresp RRESP

out [1:0]

s_axi_rvalid RVALID

out

s_axi_rready RREADY

in

Physical Port

Logical Port

Direction

Dependency
s_axi_aclk CLK

in

Physical Port

Logical Port

Direction

Dependency
s_axi_aresetn RST

in

Physical Port

Logical Port

Direction

Dependency
clk CLK

in

Physical Port

Logical Port

Direction

Dependency
reset RST

in

Physical Port

Direction

Dependency

Description
trigger_in

in

Instrument trigger input
trigger_i

in [1:0]

External trigger input
trigger_o

out [1:0]

Trigger output
trigger_t

out [1:0]

Trigger T signal, controlling if pin is input or output
data_a

in [15:0]

Analog data for channel A
data_b

in [15:0]

Analog data for channel B
data_valid_a

in

Data valid signal for channel A
data_valid_b

in

Data valid signal for channel B
data_a_trig

out [15:0]

Data with trigger embedded as most significant bit, channel A
data_b_trig

out [15:0]

Data with trigger embedded as most significant bit, channel B
data_valid_a_trig

out

Data valid for channel A
data_valid_b_trig

out

Data valid for channel B
trigger_out

out

Trigger out of the adc_trigger delayed by 4 clock cycles plus the trigger delay mechanism used with the variable FIFO for history (data before trigger)
trigger_out_la

out

Trigger out of the adc_trigger delayed by 2 clock cycles, minimum delay possible for instrument trigger
fifo_depth

out [31:0]

Controls the dynamic depth of the history FIFO

Detailed Description

The AXI ADC Trigger core implements triggering for the ADC path. The trigger is generated based on two external trigger pins, a triggering signal from the logic analyzer and the ADC channels.

The external trigger pins are controlled by the core and can be both input or output. For external triggering, they must be set to inputs (independently).

The analog triggering is based on comparison with a limit. The data format must be in 2’s complement and the maximum number of bits of the analog channel is 15. The trigger can be transmitted independent or embedded in the output word, at bit 15. When embedded, the triggers must be extracted and data must be reconstructed, before forwarding the data to the DMA. The Util Extract IP core can be used for this purpose. Embedding the trigger in the data allows for additional IPs with unknown pipeline length to be introduced in the path.

If a history for data before the trigger is needed, a Util VAR FIFO should be used. The FIFO depth is controlled using the trigger_offset bus of this IP.

Register Map

DWORD

BYTE

Reg Name

Description

BITS

Field Name

Type

Default Value

Description
0x0 0x0 VERSION

Version Register

[31:0] VERSION RO 0x00030000

Version number
0x1 0x4 SCRATCH

Scratch Register

[31:0] SCRATCH RW 0x00000000

Scratch register
0x2 0x8 TRIGGER_O

Control TRIGGER_O Value

[1] TRIGGER_O_1 RW 0x0

Set TRIGGER_O_1 value

[0] TRIGGER_O_0 RW 0x0

Set TRIGGER_O_0 value
0x3 0xc IO_SELECTION

Control Trigger Pins Direction

[7:5] TRIGGER_O_1 RW 0x0

Select output trigger pin 1 (To PIN):

0: SOFTWARE TRIGGER - TRRIGER_O_1(0x0004) 1: TRIGGER_I_1 (PIN) 2: TRIGGER_I_0 (PIN) 3: TRIGGER_OUT (axi_adc_trigger) 4: TRIGGER_IN (Logic analyzer)

[4:2] TRIGGER_O_0 RW 0x0

Select output trigger pin 0 (Ti PIN):

0: SOFTWARE TRIGGER - TRRIGER_O_0(0x0004) 1: TRIGGER_I_0 (PIN) 2: TRIGGER_I_1 (PIN) 3: TRIGGER_OUT (axi_adc_trigger) 4: TRIGGER_IN (Logic analyzer)

[1] IO_SELECTION_1 RW 0x0

Drives the TRIGGER_T[1](To) pin.

[0] IO_SELECTION_0 RW 0x0

Drives the TRIGGER_T[0](Ti) pin.
0x4 0x10 CONFIG_TRIGGER_I

Configure Digital Triggering

[9:8] FALL_EDGE RW 0x0

Enable falling edge triggering for TRIGGER[0] or TRIGGER[1] pin.

[7:6] RISE_EDGE RW 0x0

Enable rising edge triggering for TRIGGER[0] or TRIGGER[1] pin.

[5:4] ANY_EDGE RW 0x0

Enable any edge triggering for TRIGGER[0] or TRIGGER[1] pin.

[3:2] HIGH_LEVEL RW 0x0

Enable high level triggering for TRIGGER[0] or TRIGGER[1] pin.

[1:0] LOW_LEVEL RW 0x0

Enable low level triggering for TRIGGER[0] or TRIGGER[1] pin.
0x5 0x14 LIMIT_A

Analog Trigger Level for Channel

[15:0] LIMIT_A RW 0x0000

Analog trigger level for channel A. 2’s complement.
0x6 0x18 FUNCTION_A

Analog Triggering Function

[1:0] TRIGGER_FUNCTION_A RW 0x0

Analog triggering function for channel A:

0: Lower than limit 1: higher than limit 2: pass through high limit 3: passthrough low limit
0x7 0x1c HYSTERESIS_A

Analog Trigger Hysteresis for Channel

[31:0] HYSTERESIS_A RW 0x00000000

Used for the passthrough functions.
0x8 0x20 TRIGGER_MUX_A

Trigger Selection for Path

[3:0] TRIGGER_MUX_A RW 0x0

Selects trigger a mode:

0: Always on 1: Digital triggering, based on trigger[0] 2: ADC triggering, based on channel A 3: Reserved 4: Digital triggering OR ADC triggering 5: Digital triggering AND ADC triggering 6: Digital triggering XOR ADC triggering 7: Option 4 negated 8: Option 5 negated 9: Option 6 negated
0x9 0x24 LIMIT_B

Analog Trigger Level for Channel

[15:0] LIMIT_B RW 0x0000

Analog trigger level for channel B. 2’s complement.
0xa 0x28 FUNCTION_B

Analog Triggering Function

[1:0] TRIGGER_FUNCTION_B RW 0x0

Analog triggering function for channel B:

0: Lower than limit 1: higher than limit 2: pass through high limit 3: passthrough low limit
0xb 0x2c HYSTERESIS_B

Analog Trigger Hysteresis for Channel

[31:0] HYSTERESIS_B RW 0x00000000

Used for the passthrough functions.
0xc 0x30 TRIGGER_MUX_B

Trigger Selection for Path

[3:0] TRIGGER_MUX_B RW 0x0

Selects trigger a mode:

0: Always on 1: Digital triggering, based on trigger[0] 2: ADC triggering, based on channel B 3: Reserved 4: Digital triggering OR ADC triggering 5: Digital triggering AND ADC triggering 6: Digital triggering XOR ADC triggering 7: Option 4 negated 8: Option 5 negated 9: Option 6 negated
0xd 0x34 TRIGGER_OUT_CONTROL

Selection Multiplexer and embedded trigger selection

[16] EMBEDDED_TRIGGER RW 0x0

When set the bit 15 of the out channel data will be the trigger. This allows to keep the data in sync with the trigger in future data processing, before feeding the data to the DMA. When set a util_extract module is required in the system.

[3:0] TRIGGER_MUX_OUT RW 0x0

Final Trigger Selection Multiplexer. Selects trigger a mode:

0: Trigger A 1: Trigger B 2: Trigger A OR Trigger B 3: Trigger A AND Trigger B 4: Trigger A XOR Trigger B 5: Trigger LA 6: Trigger A OR Trigger LA 7: Trigger B OR Trigger LA 8: Trigger A OR Trigger B OR Trigger LA
0xe 0x38 FIFO_DEPTH

Controls the Dynamic Depth of the History FIFO

[31:0] FIFO_DEPTH RW 0x00000000

Controls the depth of the history FIFO. Should be less than the maximum FIFO depth. If set to 0, the FIFO is bypassed.
0xf 0x3c TRIGGERED

Indicates Triggering Status

[1] TRIGGERED RW1C 0x0

Indicates if the trigger has been triggered since the last time this register has been reset.
0x10 0x40 TRIGGER_DELAY

Control the Trigger Delay

[31:0] TRIGGER_DELAY RW 0x00000000

Delays the start of data capture with TRIGGER_DELAY number of samples after the trigger.
0x11 0x44 STREAMING

Controls Streaming Mode

[0] STREAMING RW 0x0

If the streaming bit is set, after the trigger condition is met data will be continuously captured by the DMA. The streaming bit must be set to 0 to reset triggering.
0x12 0x48 TRIGGER_HOLDOFF

Controls hold off time

[31:0] TRIGGER_HOLDOFF RW 0x00000000

Defines the time interval, after a trigger event, where the next trigger events will be ignored, until the end of the interval. The time interval is set by counter. Down-counting on the ADC clock(100MHz). The value written in the register is loaded in the counter at a trigger event.
0x13 0x4c TRIGGER_OUT_HOLD_PINS

Controls external trigger hold time

[1] TRIGGER_OUT_HOLD_PINS RW 0x0

Defines a time period, in which the external trigger pins, configured as outputs, will hold the new logic level after a transition. The down-counter, counting on ADC clock, is loaded with the value written in the register after a new transition of the source trigger signal, if the counter is inactive.

Access Type

Name

Description

RO

Read-only

Reads will return the current register value. Writes have no effect.

RW

Read-write

Reads will return the current register value. Writes will change the current register value.

RW1C

Read,write-1-to-clear

Reads will return the current register value. Writing the register will clear those bits of the register which were set to 1 in the value written. Bits are set by hardware.

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