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  • RaymanRayman Posts: 14,683
    Check for coupling between pins yet?
  • Excellent news, Chip!
  • RaymanRayman Posts: 14,683
    edited 2020-02-25 00:58
    I sure hope that coupling issue is fixed and everything else is ok

    It was nice to be able select neighboring pin for adc input but definitely better if the cross coupling is gone
  • It'll work. Its the third revision. Everything always works ok on the third revision.
  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,156
    I haven't actually run the scope program to see if there's no coupling, but I know that mode doesn't work, anymore, because our old test fails on the new silicon. We have to run the new test that does not use the cross coupled modes. ON screened these parts with the new test before they sent them to us. It's pretty certain there are no problems.
  • RaymanRayman Posts: 14,683
    I’ve seen it said that neighboring pins can cross couple even without the kind of switch that was there...
  • Yes!

    @"Ken Gracey" planning time!
  • potatohead wrote: »
    Yes!

    @"Ken Gracey" planning time!

    Yes, planning time is here. We have two classes this week and I have one March 10th with 35 teachers (Moreno Valley, CA). After that, we'll start getting our plan together and bring in the community on the whole effort.

    Thanks for the support potatohead.

    Ken
  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,156
    I ran the HDMI_Scope_Demo program on the Rev C silicon and, sure enough, the crosstalk between even/odd pin pairs is gone!
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  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,156
    Today when the new Rev C chips arrived, Terrell took some P2 Eval Rev B boards from stock to remove the Rev B silicon and replace it with Rev C silicon for testing. He went through four boards to get two good ones. See picture. Anyway, it's not going to be practical to upgrade P2 chips on customer boards from Rev B to Rev C. Terrell said he has to get the whole assembly so hot before the solder reflows that he was worried he was going to turn the whole thing black. In the old days of eutectic Sn/Pb solder, this would have been much more doable.
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  • roglohrogloh Posts: 5,809
    edited 2020-02-25 07:11
    cgracey wrote: »
    I ran the HDMI_Scope_Demo program on the Rev C silicon and, sure enough, the crosstalk between even/odd pin pairs is gone!

    Great result, waveform looks cleaner than before.

  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    Congratulations Chip!
  • YanomaniYanomani Posts: 1,524
    edited 2020-02-25 08:22
    Congratulations, Chip, Ken and Parallax team!

    Another milestone achieved. :smiley:

    A side note: considering the difficulties Terrell did experienced, when doing the rework/substitution of the LQFP-100 package (due to the large GND pad) and the tradition of Parallax in backing its products, perhaps your team should consider a two-step soldering-proccess, when assembling the upcoming lots of pcbs.

    Despite the increase in costs, perhaps they could use some other interesting lead-free compounds, that can lower the solder melting point during a second step, when only P2 would be soldered in place, while still keeping the final assemblies within specc'd operational limits (e.g. Indalloy #254 and #227).
  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,156
    edited 2020-02-25 09:07
    Yanomani wrote: »
    Congratulations, Chip, Ken and Parallax team!

    Another milestone achieved. :smiley:

    A side note: considering the difficulties Terrell did experienced, when doing the rework/substitution of the LQFP-100 package (due to the large GND pad) and the tradition of Parallax in backing its products, perhaps your team should consider a two-step soldering-proccess, when assembling the upcoming lots of pcbs.

    Despite the increase in costs, perhaps they could use some other interesting lead-free compounds, that can lower the solder melting point during a second step, when only P2 would be soldered in place, while still keeping the final assemblies within specc'd operational limits (e.g. Indalloy #254 and #227).

    If we could just get some lower-temp solder paste, we could do the whole board using it. The little 3.3V LDO's are almost impossible to desolder, due to the heat needed on the top plane.
  • evanhevanh Posts: 15,969
    edited 2020-02-25 09:53
    Well, I can certainly vouch for the survivability of going too high temp. I've got an overall darkened Eval Board after reaching maybe 240 degC in an oven. I think I was able to lift any components at will upon removal. Certainly the USB power switch I was targetting offered no resistance. All four GND studs now have their solder excessively pooled at the underside.

    I'm still using the same board happily every day.

  • RaymanRayman Posts: 14,683
    Nice to see the smooth scope program results!

    I guess I lost track of the timeline... I was thinking these new chips wouldn't come until April.

    Is there a new ETA for general availability of these new, Rev. C, chips? Is that still April?
  • evanhevanh Posts: 15,969
    edited 2020-02-25 11:42
    There was always going to be some early samples but Ken also has said everything will be about three weeks earlier than first estimated because OnSemi moved the production up.

    So what was going to be late April will instead be early April. So, five weeks to go I guess.

  • Were the pads reworked to resolve the latchup "problem"? I can't recall. Problem in quotes because latchup only occurs well above spec.

    Will Rev. C Eval boards be available? Hoping to have a full collection :)
  • K2K2 Posts: 693
    ke4pjw wrote: »
    Will Rev. C Eval boards be available? Hoping to have a full collection :)
    +3

  • ke4pjw wrote: »
    Were the pads reworked to resolve the latchup "problem"? I can't recall. Problem in quotes because latchup only occurs well above spec.

    Will Rev. C Eval boards be available? Hoping to have a full collection :)
    If you're really going to have a full collection you'll have to get someone to sell you one of the ultra rare glob top boards.

  • I'm waiting for final confirmation from ON Semiconductor. They tend to under-promise and over-deliver.

    I believe we'll see the first half of our Revision C chips this month (March) and the second half next month (April). Those who placed orders for the trays of 90 will get shipped as soon as we receive them.

    We will also be reducing the price of the current Propeller 2 ES Evaluation Board using Revision B ES P2 chips by 25% to sell them out.

    Thanks,

    Ken Gracey
  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,156
    ke4pjw wrote: »
    Were the pads reworked to resolve the latchup "problem"? I can't recall. Problem in quotes because latchup only occurs well above spec.

    Will Rev. C Eval boards be available? Hoping to have a full collection :)

    We did not put the guard rings around certain n-wells because it would have been a very expensive all-layer change. We're just going to rate the part for 4.0V, absolute max.
  • Steph LindsaySteph Lindsay Posts: 767
    edited 2020-02-25 18:49
    cgracey wrote: »
    The new P2 silicon seems fine.

    To celebrate, Ken has put the P2-ES Eval Rev B boards and the P2-ES Rev B 4-packs on sale:

    Propeller 2 ES Eval Board Rev B - $100 (save 33%)

    Propeller 2 ES Rev B TQFP 4-pack - $50 (save 50%)
  • evanhevanh Posts: 15,969
    edited 2020-02-25 20:16
    David Betz wrote: »
    ke4pjw wrote: »
    Will Rev. C Eval boards be available? Hoping to have a full collection :)
    If you're really going to have a full collection you'll have to get someone to sell you one of the ultra rare glob top boards.
    There was both revA and revB editions of those. I have a revB. I don't think Chip gave out any of the revA glob-tops.

  • ProTip: For those of us in the Southeast, USPS is faster (and cheaper) than UPS Ground.
  • cgracey wrote: »
    The new P2 silicon seems fine.

    Excellent! :smiley:
  • @"Ken Gracey" Can you fix the protoboard addon 64005 so that two can actually sit side by side? Seems like a major oversight that it's too wide.
  • cgracey wrote: »
    The new P2 silicon seems fine.
    Are there any differences between B and C other than the pin coupling fix?

  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,156
    David Betz wrote: »
    cgracey wrote: »
    The new P2 silicon seems fine.
    Are there any differences between B and C other than the pin coupling fix?

    No. That was the only change.
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