synchronize two or more DMA

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EvPa_264126
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Hello all.

   

I can not figure out how to synchronize 2 or more DMA.
I created a table with the signal(the meander)that is common to all of the DMA.

   

At the outputs of the registers, I hope to see 2 synchronous meander (F_1000 and S_1000)
For measurements I added signal the start DMA ( F_1 and S_1 )
In fact I see the delay 10uS.

   

My question is:
Is there a possibility to synchronize the work of two or more DMA  ?

   

A copy of the screens and the project are attached below.

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HeLi_263931
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Can you tell us a little bit more about that the different signals mean in the screen shot? Where did you connect the logic analyzter to?

   

When I understand this right you habe a table in RAM, and transfer its values into both control registers, and then check the two lowest bits with the logic analyzer. And you expect them to be in sync with each other, since the DMA request inpuit is feed the same signal.

   

It might be that your bus clock is too slow. You trigger the DMA with a 4MHz signal, and have a bus clock of 24MHz. This means each DMA request has only 3 bus cycles to finish (6 cycles for both DMAs), and this is way shorter than what the DMA needs. According to the PSoC3 TRM, a DMA transfer needs 6+n cycles. And since you have 2 DMAs fighting for resources, you can have strange results.

   

Apart from that: since there is only a single DMA controller available, and you want to have two transfers between the same target and source (memory to peripheral), they will always be executed one after another, and not in parallel.

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ETRO_SSN583
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If the targets are on the same spoke then arbitration will occur.

   

 

   

Per TRM -

   

 

   

When both the CPU and DMAC request access to the
same spoke on  PHUB at the same time, the CPU
takes the higher priority by default. The PHUB
manages the arbitration between the DMA channels
and the CPU and DMAC manages arbitration
between various DMA channels. For more
information, see  PSoC®  3, PSoC®  5 Architecture
TRM.

   

 

   

So you would double buffer the DACs to synch them.

   

 

   

Regards, Dana.

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EvPa_264126
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Thank you for your answers!
Channels of the analyzer connected as signed:
DMA_1:
channel 4 of the analyzer is connected to Pin 2.1 (S_1)
channel 6 of the analyzer is connected to Pin 2.3 (S_1000)

   

Under each channel I put the same channel from DMA_2:

   

channel 5 analyzer is connected to Pin 2.0 (F_1)

   

channel 7 of the analyzer is connected to Pin 2.2 (F_1000)

   


This is a simple test signal for the analysis of signal delay:

   

bit0 - start signal repeats every thousandth signal drq.

   

bit1 - meander.

   

In reality this will be 2 DAC and 8 digital signals (ControlReg) which should work synchronously.

   

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I know, in General terms, how does the DMA work and  I expected this result.

   

I planned to compensate for the time shift with the help of the shift register, if he does not change in time (up to 30 minutes).
But I'm worried that the work of the CPU will cause instability and will cause further out of sync. This, too, says danaaknight.
My problem was divided into 2 parts:

   

- to ensure a guaranteed simultaneous launch

   

- to ensure detection of ( at least ) being out of sync with long work (10-30 minutes)

   

Now I plan to solve at least the first part.
But i could think of nothing except the shift register. May be there is another solution?
If I'm lucky, I'll share the solution.
p.s. I did not understand the idea of a double buffer the DACs ((
 

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ETRO_SSN583
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Use the strobe mode for the DAC, and strobe is fed by DMA complete

   

signal from both channels. So OR the two nrq's out of the DMA (enable them

   

first, maybe set "D's with them), then feed that to both DAC strobes.

   

 

   

Strobe Mode

   

This parameter selects whether the data is immediately written to the DAC when the data is
written into the VDAC8 data register. This mode is enabled when the Register Write option is
selected. When the External option is selected, a clock or signal from the Digital components or
control register controls when the data is written from the DAC register to the actual DAC.

   

 

   

Double buffering generally refers to 2 registers, one is fall thru to compnent, like a DAC, and this

   

registers input comes from a clocked/strobed register. Allows one to write data to input register,

   

then with a synch signal clock that into the outpuit register to update the component, like a DAC

   

in synch with other components fed the same synch clock..

   

 

   

Regards, Dana.

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EvPa_264126
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I see that the shift between the signals DMA stable over time, but its value depends on the number of the components used (for example the clocks).
Until I decided to use a simpler method:
I сооздам table for each DMA.

   

Signal in each table will be shifted by a certain number of clock cycles.

   

This value I pick up through experience, when all of the components have already been created.
An example of a tables:
#define TABLE_SIZE 10  
CYCODE const uint8 Dig_Table2[TABLE_SIZE]=
{1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0};
CYCODE const uint8 Dig_Table1[TABLE_SIZE]=
{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0};
I hope picture helps to understand it.
 

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