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14 years agoDDR Critical Warning
Hello everybody, I am working with a cyclone III FPGA, when I add in my sopc system the ddr controller with the clock bridge all of the bottom messages appear. My system works up to 96 MHz and...
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14 years agoHi again,
I suppouse there is no easy answer for these critical warnings. For trying to guest a solution I suggest to explain each error. If someone can contribute I 'll be grateful. The first one: "the PLL clock source should be a dedicated PLL input clock pin or an output of the neighboring PLL" When I attach the ddr controller into the sopc system, the clock wich feeds the component is the external clk connected to niosII. In my design this clock comes from another PLL. I have read that in cycloneIII there are no neighboring PLLs, is that true? The second one: "must have bandwidth mode set to High instead of Medium" The ddr controller pll has auto mode in the bandwith option. I suppouse when I work with devices which have a speed grade of 8, it is no possible for the system to implement high bandwith, am I right? The third one: "Timing requirements not met" When I use the timing analyzer, the top failing paths belong to the clock crossing bridge, has something to do with the two errors commented above? The fourth one: "Read Capture and Write timing analyses may not be valid" No idea from where start. Many thanks! ifdm