oxidecomputer / oxidecomputer/quartz

SPI: Increase response time for reads

Open
#124 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
VHDL
Stars
22
Forks
2
Avg merge
9h 38m
Merged PRs (30d)
1

Description

Currently when a READ command is issued, data must be supplied the next clock cycle. This works fine for data that is sitting in registers somewhere already, but it does not give time to fetch data from RAMs. What type of solution do we want here? A flat increase in number of cycles? Or perhaps a dynamic latency depending on the type of access?

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

The issue concerns SPI READ command timing and fetching data from RAMs, but names no files, tests, or entry points. First locate the SPI implementation and its timing tests, then determine whether fixed or dynamic latency is intended. Done means the chosen latency behavior supports RAM reads and is covered by tests.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
embedded-iot
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.