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-- internal bitslip in iserdes works only with 8 bits. It may happen that when we make a 16-bit word from them,
-- internal bitslip is correct, but we need to swap the whole bytes. -> o_bitslip_swap_bytes
--
-- NOTE: swapping bytes is wrong, because that means we're grabbing when frame is "00FF". That suggests, that
-- we're using LSbyte from previous sample and MSbyte from current sample. It is correct to drop the byte, to have the frame signal "FF00"
--
-- However, the bytes are not swapped, i.e. LSbyte is still LSbyte. They just do not come from the same sample.
library ieee;
use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;
library UNISIM;
use UNISIM.vcomponents.all;
--library utilities;
entity bitslip_compensation is
port (
clk : in std_logic;
rst : in std_logic;
i_data : in std_logic_vector( 15 downto 0 );
i_valid : in std_logic;
o_bitslip : out std_logic;
o_bitslip_done : out std_logic;
o_bitslip_drop_byte : out std_logic;
o_bitslip_failed : out std_logic
);
end bitslip_compensation;
architecture behavioral of bitslip_compensation is
component swap_endianness
port (
i_data : in std_logic_vector;
o_data : out std_logic_vector
);
end component;
constant C_BITSLIP_FRAME_TRAINING_PATTERN : std_logic_vector( 15 downto 0 ) := X"FF00";
-- wait a while before bitslipping again
subtype t_counter_busy is natural range 0 to 5; -- in theory 2 is enough
signal s_counter_busy : t_counter_busy := 0;
-- count the number of bitslip attempts
subtype t_counter_attempts is natural range 0 to 9;
signal s_counter_attempts : t_counter_attempts := 0;
signal s_i_data_bytes_swapped : std_logic_vector( 15 downto 0 );
signal s_bitslip_done : std_logic;
signal s_bitslip_failed : std_logic;
begin
swap_endianness_inst : swap_endianness
port map( i_data => i_data, o_data => s_i_data_bytes_swapped );
o_bitslip_done <= s_bitslip_done;
o_bitslip_failed <= s_bitslip_failed;
main_process : process( clk )
begin
if( rising_edge(clk) ) then
o_bitslip <= '0';
o_bitslip_drop_byte <= '0';
if( rst = '1' ) then
-- reset
s_counter_busy <= t_counter_busy'high;
s_counter_attempts <= 0;
s_bitslip_done <= '0';
s_bitslip_failed <= '0';
elsif( s_bitslip_done = '1' or s_bitslip_failed = '1' ) then
-- do nothing, the bitslip has already been determined.
elsif( i_valid = '1' and s_counter_busy > 0 ) then
-- we are busy now, do not do anything
s_counter_busy <= s_counter_busy - 1;
elsif( i_valid = '1' and s_counter_busy = 0 and i_data = C_BITSLIP_FRAME_TRAINING_PATTERN ) then
-- we are not busy and the incoming pattern matches the training pattern.
s_bitslip_done <= '1';
elsif( i_valid = '1' and s_counter_busy = 0 and s_i_data_bytes_swapped = C_BITSLIP_FRAME_TRAINING_PATTERN ) then
-- we are not busy and the incoming pattern matches the training pattern if we swap its bytes:
-- drop the byte and start over.
o_bitslip_drop_byte <= '1';
s_counter_busy <= t_counter_busy'high;
elsif( i_valid = '1' and s_counter_busy = 0 and s_counter_attempts < t_counter_attempts'high ) then
-- we are not busy, we may bitslip again and the incoming pattern does not match.
s_counter_attempts <= s_counter_attempts + 1;
s_counter_busy <= t_counter_busy'high;
o_bitslip <= '1';
elsif( i_valid = '1' and s_counter_busy = 0 and s_counter_attempts = t_counter_attempts'high ) then
-- we are not busy, but we do not have another attempt and the pattern still does not match.
s_bitslip_failed <= '1';
end if;
end if;
end process;
end architecture;