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16 years ago

Reed Solomon source_val, source_sop and source_eop

Hi, I am using the Reed Solomon decoder IP core v8.1 and I find the core behaviour a little strange. As long as there are no uncorrectable errors the signals source_val, source_sop and s...
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15 years ago

I'm not completely sure, but the reed solomon core has an unpredictable behavior when the number of error is too high.

Anyway when the decoder is correcting an error the source_valid is de-asserted, so it's better to add a ram block or a FIFO past to the RS-decoder to buffer the discontinuities.

Marco