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  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,133
    Rayman, if you want to send me the files that you're working on, I can get them working under PNut and tell you what I did.
  • AribaAriba Posts: 2,682
    Chip
    here is a code that compiles fine, but not works correct. It's a compact version extracted from a serial object, I tried to make.
    The string("") pseudo methode seems not to return a valid pointer. And the dec methode does really strange things, which I was not able to debug.

    Andy
  • RaymanRayman Posts: 13,805
    edited 2020-02-12 13:59
    I can send the files. But, I'll take a look first to see what is not working...
    There is some VGA output, it's just a blank screen though...
    Update: I might be wrong about that... On a different setup, there appears to be no VGA output after all...

    BTW: I think it is a mistake not to allow users to select clock dividers and multipliers.
    For example, if I set:
    CON _clkfreq = 250_000_001
    

    I'd guess there's no way for your algorithm to get that last digit exactly right.
    So what'd it pick? There's no way to tell...

    Also, I think people just want to have their own control over the clock settings...
  • RaymanRayman Posts: 13,805
    I have to say that the PASM2 instructions like DRVH, DRVL, DIRL are really great to have and it's a shame they can't be accessed directly from Spin2.
    But, I guess I can just do inline assembly to use them, so that's good.
  • RaymanRayman Posts: 13,805
    edited 2020-02-12 13:58
    It's nice to use the EvalBoard's LEDs for debugging...

    Using inline assembly to do DRVL to turn them on.
    But, something appears strange here....
    This second inline assembly does not appear to work:
    
    CON _clkfreq = 297_000_000
      
        
    PUB Main()|i,j,k,x,y
    
        org
            drvl    #57
    	drvl	#56
        end
    
        i:=1
        
        org
            drvl    #58
        end
        
        repeat
    
  • RaymanRayman Posts: 13,805
    edited 2020-02-12 14:05
    Chip, here are the set of files I'm working with.
    You don't need all the files in this zip, some are the original FastSpin versions.
    The filenames that end in "_Spin2" are ones I've tried to adapt to Spin2.

    The main file is "1080p_TileDriver_Test3o.spin2".
    It compiles, but doesn't appear to be working properly...

    This is a fairly large code that includes several assembly cogs and garryj's USB kb/mouse too.

    Note: That I gave up on trying to adapt SmartSerial and just commented that part all out...
  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,133
    edited 2020-02-12 14:49
    Rayman, at this time, inline assembly code needs a RET, which could be a _RET_.

    Maybe I should add a RET after the user's code.
  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,133
    edited 2020-02-12 15:04
    > @Rayman said:
    > I can send the files. But, I'll take a look first to see what is not working...
    > There is some VGA output, it's just a blank screen though...
    > Update: I might be wrong about that... On a different setup, there appears to be no VGA output after all...
    >
    > BTW: I think it is a mistake not to allow users to select clock dividers and multipliers.
    > For example, if I set: CON _clkfreq = 250_000_001
    >
    >
    > I'd guess there's no way for your algorithm to get that last digit exactly right.
    > So what'd it pick? There's no way to tell...
    >
    > Also, I think people just want to have their own control over the clock settings...

    You can specify frequency tolerance through (I think, will confirm in a bit) _FREQTOL, which can be set to zero. The compiler will error if it can't meet the requirement.

    I went through a lot of deliberation about allowing any user setting, but it becomes very complex to validate what somebody might put in. This way, it's validated and optimal. If you want to do strange things, you can do them at run time.
  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,133
    > @Rayman said:
    > I have to say that the PASM2 instructions like DRVH, DRVL, DIRL are really great to have and it's a shame they can't be accessed directly from Spin2.
    > But, I guess I can just do inline assembly to use them, so that's good.

    For setting the LEDs in Spin2, it's easy to use PINWRITE(56 ADDPINS 7, value). There are quite few PASM instructions for doing pin operations, but for Spin2, I boiled them down to a few high-level instructions.
  • RaymanRayman Posts: 13,805
    edited 2020-02-12 16:13
    cgracey wrote: »
    Rayman, at this time, inline assembly code needs a RET, which could be a _RET_.

    Maybe I should add a RET after the user's code.

    Ok, I see now. You need the RET and the END to both be there, like this:
        org
            drvl    #57
    	drvl	#56
        	ret
        end
        i:=1
        
        org
            drvl    #58
        	ret
        end
        repeat
    
  • RaymanRayman Posts: 13,805
    edited 2020-02-12 16:16
    I troubleshooted the files I posted using the leds a bit and find two issues so far...

    One is that vga.print("C") doesn't produce the expected result (actually, doesn't appear to do anything).

    More serious is that:
    vga.print_string(string("Hello, welcome to the P2 tile driver"))
    

    Makes it go off the rails... All the LEDS go off and it sometimes doesn't want to reload...
    Maybe this is related to the string issue that Ariba mentioned...
  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,133
    edited 2020-03-03 00:46
    Here is how you can set up the clock in PNut:
    CON
      _clkfreq = 250_000_000	'Set 20MHz-crystal + PLL mode (%10_11)
    ' _errfreq = 1_000		'(optional error tolerance)
    
    CON
      _xtlfreq =  12_000_000	'Set crystal + PLL mode (_xtlfreq >= 16MHz ? %10_11 : %11_11)
      _clkfreq = 148_500_000
    ' _errfreq = 100		'(optional error tolerance)
    
    CON
      _xinfreq =   4_000_000	'Set input + PLL mode (%01_11)
      _clkfreq = 320_000_000
    ' _errfreq = 0			'(optional error tolerance)
    
    CON
      _xtlfreq =  24_000_000	'Set crystal mode (_xtlfreq >= 16MHz ? %10_10 : %11_10)
    
    CON
      _xinfreq =  50_000_000	'Set input mode (%01_10)
    
    CON
      _rcfast			'Set RCFAST mode (%00_00) - this is the default clock mode
    
    CON
      _rcslow			'Set RCSLOW mode (%00_01)
    
    After compilation:
    
    clkmode_			'constant which contains the clock mode for HUBSET use
    clkfreq_			'constant which contains the clock frequency
    
    clkmode				'Spin2 variable which contains the current clock mode (LONG[$40])
    clkfreq				'Spin2 variable which contains the current clock mode (LONG[$44])
    
    
    For Spin2 programs, PASM code can do 'RDLONG/WRLONG data,#@clkmode/@clkfreq'.
    
    Pure PASM programs can use clkmode_/clkfreq_:
    
    	HUBSET	##clkmode_ & !3		'start crystal/PLL, stay in RCFAST
    	WAITX	##20_000_000/100	'wait 10ms
    	HUBSET	##clkmode_		'switch to crystal/PLL
    
  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,133
    I am fixing the string() problem. I had overlooked updating this when I made changes to the compiler for Spin2.
  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,133
    Ariba wrote: »
    Chip
    here is a code that compiles fine, but not works correct. It's a compact version extracted from a serial object, I tried to make.
    The string("") pseudo methode seems not to return a valid pointer. And the dec methode does really strange things, which I was not able to debug.

    Andy

    Andy, there was a problem with the string() thing. I posted a new version just above this post. Download that one.

    Here is your code working. I changed the dec() method to make it easier for me to understand:
    CON
      _clkfreq = 160_000_000
      baud     = 115200
    
    PUB MyTest() | n
      waitms(1000)
      pinstart(62, %0000_0000_000_0000000000000_01_11110_0, (clkfreq/baud)<<16 + 7, 0)
      waitms(2000)
      hex($ABCDEF,8)
      str(string(13,10,"Hello",13,10))
      dec(-54321)
      repeat n from 32 to 127
        tx(n)
    
    PUB tx(c)
      wypin(62,c)
      repeat until pinread(62)
      akpin(62)
    
    PUB str(stringptr)
      repeat strsize(stringptr)
        tx(byte[stringptr++])
    
    PRI dec(value) | flag, place, digit
      if value < 0
        -= value
        tx("-")
      flag~
      place := 1_000_000_000
      repeat
        if flag ||= (digit := value / place // 10) or place == 1
          tx("0" + digit)
      while place /= 10
    
    PUB hex(value, digits)
      value <<= (8 - digits) << 2
      repeat digits
        tx(lookupz((value ROL= 4) & $F : "0".."9", "A".."F"))
      tx(32)
    
  • AribaAriba Posts: 2,682
    cgracey wrote: »
    ...
    Here is your code working. I changed the dec() method to make it easier for me to understand:

    Thank you. Sorry if it's hard for you to understand the code, the dec methode I used is taken from the Spin1 TV_Text object (with some modifications to compile with Spin2). The comment at begin in TV_Text says: " Author: Chip Gracey , Copyright (c) 2006 Parallax, Inc.". ;-)

    But the real problem is, that this is valid code, and it does not work. Something is wrong with the compiler or the interpreter. If I try to debug it, I get strange intermediate results for the division and the modulo. Also I get different results with i /= 10 and i := i / 10 for example. if I try the same operators separatly in the main methode, they work.

    I will try with the newest PNUT version later...
  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,133
    edited 2020-02-12 20:58
    Ariba wrote: »
    cgracey wrote: »
    ...
    Here is your code working. I changed the dec() method to make it easier for me to understand:

    Thank you. Sorry if it's hard for you to understand the code, the dec methode I used is taken from the Spin1 TV_Text object (with some modifications to compile with Spin2). The comment at begin in TV_Text says: " Author: Chip Gracey , Copyright (c) 2006 Parallax, Inc.". ;-)
    That sounds about right.
    But the real problem is, that this is valid code, and it does not work. Something is wrong with the compiler or the interpreter. If I try to debug it, I get strange intermediate results for the division and the modulo. Also I get different results with i /= 10 and i := i / 10 for example. if I try the same operators separatly in the main methode, they work.
    I fixed the multiply-divide-assign bug a few days ago. I had redone the SKIPF patterns a while ago and had an incorrect bit in every one.
    I will try with the newest PNUT version later...
    Okay. It should work fine now. No known problems, at this point.
  • jmgjmg Posts: 15,140
    Rayman wrote: »
    BTW: I think it is a mistake not to allow users to select clock dividers and multipliers.
    For example, if I set:
    CON _clkfreq = 250_000_001
    

    I'd guess there's no way for your algorithm to get that last digit exactly right.
    So what'd it pick? There's no way to tell...

    Yes, certainly there should be a report or listing file somewhere, that shows exactly what the compiler chose to do.

  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,133
    edited 2020-02-12 21:08
    jmg wrote: »
    Rayman wrote: »
    BTW: I think it is a mistake not to allow users to select clock dividers and multipliers.
    For example, if I set:
    CON _clkfreq = 250_000_001
    

    I'd guess there's no way for your algorithm to get that last digit exactly right.
    So what'd it pick? There's no way to tell...

    Yes, certainly there should be a report or listing file somewhere, that shows exactly what the compiler chose to do.

    This:
    CON _clkfreq = 250_000_000
    
    PUB go()
    
    Produces this listing:
    TYPE: 40   VALUE: 0EE6B280   NAME: _CLKFREQ
    TYPE: 54   VALUE: 00000000   NAME: GO
    TYPE: 40   VALUE: 010418FB   NAME: CLKMODE_
    TYPE: 40   VALUE: 0EE6B280   NAME: CLKFREQ_
    
    
    CLKMODE:   $010418FB
    CLKFREQ: 250,000,000
    XINFREQ:  20,000,000
    
    
    Redundant OBJ bytes removed:           0
    
    OBJ bytes:          12
    VAR bytes:           4
    
    00000- 08 00 00 80 0A 00 00 00 00 04 00 00               '............'
    
  • RaymanRayman Posts: 13,805
    edited 2020-02-12 21:42
    I tried the latest, but I get a "Method is too large to accommodate String() instances" error.
    But it's not really that big...
  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,133
    > @Rayman said:
    > I tried the latest, but I get a "Method is too large to accommodate String() instances" error.
    > But it's not really that big...

    Okay. Sorry about that. It uses an RFVAR word to handle the string offset from the object base. It's range is 0..$3FFF. I need to make it relative to the method, not the entire object. In the meantime, if you can make your object within 16KB, it will work. I should have this fixed within an hour.
  • jmgjmg Posts: 15,140
    cgracey wrote: »
    Produces this listing:

    Can that also report the chosen values for PFD, XtalDiv, VCODiv, etc and the error from requested MHz ?

  • AribaAriba Posts: 2,682
    Sorry, the dec methode from my example does still not work correct with the version 34c.
    But this time I have found the problematic codeline. It's the elseif that does weird things.
    If I write:
        else
         if r or i==1
          tx("0")
    
    then it works. If I write
        elseif r or i==1
          tx("0")
    
    then i gets overwritten with 0 or -1

    Andy

  • Isn't RFVAR able to handle much longer values, anyways? Why limit it to 2 bytes? (Is a method larger than 16K ever going to happen though? Maybe if there's a lot strings, I guess.)
  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,133
    edited 2020-02-12 22:42
    > @Wuerfel_21 said:
    > Isn't RFVAR able to handle much longer values, anyways? Why limit it to 2 bytes? (Is a method larger than 16K ever going to happen though? Maybe if there's a lot strings, I guess.)

    It was limited to two bytes because I was going back and patching it later and did not have another pass in which to figure out exactly how big it needed to be. I figured two bytes would be sufficient.

    Meanwhile, I just thought of a better way to do this. I'll have a single bytecode followed by a single byte for length which will simply jump over the string and push the string address onto the stack. This will require no fix up after the method is compiled.
  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,133
    > @Ariba said:
    > Sorry, the dec methode from my example does still not work correct with the version 34c.
    > But this time I have found the problematic codeline. It's the elseif that does weird things.
    > If I write: else if r or i==1 tx("0")
    >
    > then it works. If I write elseif r or i==1 tx("0")
    >
    > then i gets overwritten with 0 or -1
    >
    > Andy

    Andy, Thanks for trying it. I will be back in the shop in a few minutes and will address this. Should be fixed in an hour.
  • Hi Chip
    In your next release of Pnut can you make it always generate a LST file rather than having to manually do a CTRL L CTRL S every time ypu compile.
    This will ensure the symbol data isl always current. :)

  • RaymanRayman Posts: 13,805
    Will it be safe to use asm block to setup an interrupt inside the spin2 cog?
  • Chip
    I'm working on bringing my debugger up to date.
    Can you post a list of the symbol type values used by Pnutt V34c.
    Here's what I have worked out so far.
    Symbol types for Pnut V34c
    
    TYPE:	Description
    =========================
    40	Constant Integer
    41	Constant Float
    49	BYTE
    4A	WORD
    4B	LONG
    4C	RES
    50	Object
    54	PUB/PRI
    
    

  • ozpropdevozpropdev Posts: 2,791
    edited 2020-02-13 03:57
    and
    46	VAR BYTE
    47	VAR WORD
    48	VAR LONG
    
    and
    
    45	LOCAL LONG?
    
    
    
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