Releasing a pin from smartpin mode issue?

ozpropdev · 2016-02-23 02:22

Chip
I've been playing with the smartpins and noticed an issue when trying to release a pin from smartpin mode.
I can change from mode to mode with no problem but if I try to go back to standard IO mode I get no action.
In the configuration long used by PINSETM all modes have Bit 31 set high.
Is clearing bit 31 supposed to release the pin from smartpin mode?

'Smart pin reset test

con

	sys_clk = 80_000_000
	freq1 = 10

	transition = %00101
	nco_freq   = %00110

dat		org

		pinsetm	mode1,#32		'transition mode
		pinsetx	##80,#32
		setb	dirb,#32
		pinsety	##2_000_000,#32		'2M transitions

		setb	dirb,#34
.busy		testb	inb,#32 wz		'wait for completion
	if_z	jmp	#.busy
		setb	outb,#34		'show completion

		qfrac	##freq1,##sys_clk	'calc freq value
		getqx	adra
		pinsetm	mode2,#32		'nco freq mode
		pinsetx	#1,#32
		pinsety	adra,#32
		setb	dirb,#32

		waitx	##sys_clk * 5		'5 seconds of nco_freq

		clrb	dirb,#32		'reset/release smartpin?
		pinsetm	#0,#32
		pinsetx	#0,#32
		pinsety	#0,#32

'the following code doesn't work *********

		setb	dirb,#32
.flash		waitx	##sys_clk / 2		'1 Hz flash
		notb	outb,#32
		jmp	#.flash

mode1		long	1 << 31 | transition << 24
mode2		long	1 << 31 | nco_freq << 24

ozpropdev · 2016-02-23 02:54

One solution I found was to put the smartpin into an input mode (i.e. Quadrature mode) and then release the pin.
This seems to reset the smartpin and allows standard OUTx operations to follow.

evanh · 2016-02-23 03:07

I vaguely remember Chip saying something about toggling DIR somewhere, presumably after clearing bit 31. I can't remember if that was specifically for returning to plain I/O or not.

Rayman · 2016-02-23 03:08

Maybe I don't remember right, but isn't dropping DIR supposed to reset smartpin?

evanh · 2016-02-23 03:09

Ah, maybe ignore that idea. I see you are doing a lot of DIR toggling, I guess that's standard procedure.

cgracey · 2016-02-23 04:17

The MSB set in D for PINSETM means you are setting the mode. If the MSB is clear, you are doing a PINACK.

So, to go to normal mode, use $80000000 in D.

ozpropdev · 2016-02-23 04:28

Got it,Thanks Chip. That did the trick.

ozpropdev · 2016-02-23 05:39

Currently the PINSETM #D,#S instruction uses the following pattern to configure the smartpin.

D/# = %1_DD_MMMMM_BBBB_AAAA_LL_T_PPPPPPPPPPPPP

and to acknowledge the smartpin

D/# = %0_xx_xxxxx_xxxx_xxxx_xx_x_xxxxxxxxxxxxx

May I suggest the following changes.

Arrange the configuration bits as follows

D/# = %PPPPPPPPPPPPP_T_LL_BBBB_AAAA_DD_MMMMM_0
and invert what was bit31 to be 0=load,1=ack

This world clean code up a bit.

	PINSETM #0,#32		'reset smartpin
	PINSETM	#1,#32		'acknowledge smartpin
	PINSETM	#%00110_0,#32	'set nco_freq mode

For some of the modes that don't require any other configuration bits a simple 9 bit immediate can be used.
This eliminates the need for additional "long" declarations or using an AUGD operation.

This simplifies things a bit and "looks" more logical.

cgracey · 2016-02-23 07:18

ozpropdev wrote: »
Currently the PINSETM #D,#S instruction uses the following pattern to configure the smartpin.

D/# = %1_DD_MMMMM_BBBB_AAAA_LL_T_PPPPPPPPPPPPP

and to acknowledge the smartpin

D/# = %0_xx_xxxxx_xxxx_xxxx_xx_x_xxxxxxxxxxxxx

May I suggest the following changes.

Arrange the configuration bits as follows

D/# = %PPPPPPPPPPPPP_T_LL_BBBB_AAAA_DD_MMMMM_0
and invert what was bit31 to be 0=load,1=ack

This world clean code up a bit.
	PINSETM #0,#32		'reset smartpin
	PINSETM	#1,#32		'acknowledge smartpin
	PINSETM	#%00110_0,#32	'set nco_freq mode
For some of the modes that don't require any other configuration bits a simple 9 bit immediate can be used.
This eliminates the need for additional "long" declarations or using an AUGD operation.

This simplifies things a bit and "looks" more logical.

Excellent!

Right now, for SETPINx, the data shifts out from MSBs to LSBs at two bits per clock. So, if the first bit pair is non-%00, it loads the full 32 bits. Otherwise, we have a PINACK and no more data is shifted. That's why PINACK takes only two clocks.

To switch things around so that simpler smart pin modes can be configured with a 9-bit constant, I'll need to send from bottom up, with the LSBs indicating whether we have a configuration or just a PINACK.

PINACK, D/# = %xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx_00
SETPINM, D/# = %T_DD_LL_PPPPPPPPPPPPP_BBBB_AAAA_MMMMM_1

It's important to get P[7:0] into a byte registration, so that the SETBYTE instruction can be used to set the DAC or level comparator.

This way...

SETPINM #0,pin = PINACK
SETPINM #1,pin = set smart pin to normal mode

I'll incorporate these changes in the next release.

ozpropdev · 2016-02-24 03:09

Chip
The smartpins currently pass their status through INx which is OK until you need to read the actual output state.
If for example I have a few smartpins doing some "smart stuff" and I wanted to capture pin states with the streamer I will get smartpin status instead of pin output state.

Is it possible to map the smartpin status onto the ADRx registers instead leaving INx free for actual pin state?

ozpropdev · 2016-02-24 09:13

or maybe the smartpins could have permanent status registers replacing the ADRx locations?

cgracey · 2016-02-24 09:25

I've been thinking about this.

We use the INx bits now because they were already there and have some special qualities. I think, in most cases, if you are using a smart pin, you won't be interested in reading the state of the actual pin. It would be a lot of extra wire and logic to bring those into each cog separately and then lose the current WAITPxx and edge-detect compatibility that we have with the INx bits.

I just don't see an easy solution to what is maybe a rare use case.

ozpropdev · 2016-02-24 09:34

OK, Wasn't sure if it was tricky or not.
No worries, thanks.

Tubular · 2016-02-24 09:43

Is there a way to use a neighboring pin in feedback more where its INA can be read?

cgracey · 2016-02-24 09:46

Tubular wrote: »

Is there a way to use a neighboring pin in feedback more where its INA can be read?

Yes, you don't even need to use a smart pin mode. Just set the A-input mux.

cgracey · 2016-02-24 09:48

Actually, it's not that way in the current release, but will be in the next.

Releasing a pin from smartpin mode issue?

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