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AD9213-DUAL-EBZ: LTC6946 settings

		
	
				

			

									
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    Hi folks
    

    I have purchased a AD9213-DUAL-EBZ and I'm pairing it with a Xilinx VMK180. I am struggling a bit with the LTC6946/LTC6952 pairing - I can't get the LTC6952 to lock its PLL. Please might you supply the register settings for the 6946 that you use in the design with the Stratix board? I have the 6952 settings from that design's DTS but can't find any scripts or lists of settings for the 6946. Please might you help me?
    

    Thank you!
    

    Roddy
    
			
    
			
									
		                                 
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      Moving this question to the Clocks & Timers forum. Someone here should be able to assist you.
      
			
      

		
			
	      

		
		
	
      
	
      
		
      
			
		
      
	
      
	
      
		
						
						
				
						
				
				
		
		
      
			
		
      
	
      

      

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        Just in case it's helpful, I have attached the contents of the LTC6946 registers and the LTC6952 DTS section. The LTC6952 driver shows in dmesg:
        ltc6952 spi3.1: CLKIN: 3750.000000 MHz REFIN: 500.000000 MHz REF: Valid VCO: Valid PLL: Unlocked



        
    
        
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        	ltc6952: ltc6952@1 {
		compatible = "adi,ltc6952";
		reg = <1>;
		#address-cells = <1>;
		#size-cells = <0>;
		spi-max-frequency = <1000000>;
		jesd204-device;
		#jesd204-cells = <0x02>;
		jesd204-sysref-provider;
		clock-output-names = "ltc6952_out0", "ltc6952_out1",
				"ltc6952_out2", "ltc6952_out3", "ltc6952_out4",
				"ltc6952_out5", "ltc6952_out6", "ltc6952_out7",
				"ltc6952_out8", "ltc6952_out9", "ltc6952_out10";
		#clock-cells = <1>;
		adi,vco-frequency-hz = <3750000000>; /* = 3.75 GHz = <0xdf847580>; */
		/* adi,ref-frequency-hz = <250000000>; */ /* = 250 MHz */
		adi,ref-frequency-hz = <500000000>; /* = 500 MHz */
		adi,charge-pump-microamp = <1000>; /* another file has <3370> for for vco=1.25GHz & vref = 1000MHz */

		channel@0 {
			reg = <0x00>;
			adi,extended-name = "SYSREF_0";
			adi,divider = <0x300>; /* => sysref = 4.8828125 MHz = (device clock) / JESD_N / JESD_K */
			adi,digital-delay = <0x00>;
			adi,analog-delay = <0x00>;
			adi,sysref;
		};

		channel@1 {
			reg = <0x01>;
			adi,extended-name = "SYSREF_1";
			adi,divider = <0x300>;
			adi,digital-delay = <0x00>;
			adi,analog-delay = <0x00>;
			adi,sysref;
		};

		channel@4 {
			reg = <0x04>;
			adi,extended-name = "CLK_COPY"; /* CLK_COPY or GLBLCLK or LA00_CC*/
			adi,divider = <0x0c>; /* => 312.5 MHz */
			adi,digital-delay = <0x00>;
			adi,analog-delay = <0x00>;
		};

		channel@5 {
			reg = <0x05>;
			adi,extended-name = "SYSREF_COPY"; /* SYSREF_COPY or LA02 */
			adi,divider = <0x300>;
			adi,digital-delay = <0x00>;
			adi,analog-delay = <0x00>;
		};

		channel@6 {
			reg = <0x06>;
			adi,extended-name = "FMC_P1_GBTCLK1M2C";
			adi,divider = <0x0c>;
			adi,digital-delay = <0x00>;
			adi,analog-delay = <0x00>;
		};

		channel@7 {
			reg = <0x07>;
			adi,extended-name = "FMC_P1_GBTCLK3M2C";
			adi,divider = <0x0c>;
			adi,digital-delay = <0x00>;
			adi,analog-delay = <0x00>;
		};

		channel@8 {
			reg = <0x08>;
			adi,extended-name = "FMC_P2_GBTCLK1M2C";
			adi,divider = <0x0c>;
			adi,digital-delay = <0x00>;
			adi,analog-delay = <0x00>;
		};
		
		channel@9 {
			reg = <0x09>;
			adi,extended-name = "FMC_P2_GBTCLK3M2C";
			adi,divider = <0x0c>;
			adi,digital-delay = <0x00>;
			adi,analog-delay = <0x00>;
		};
	};

        

        





        
    
        
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        LTC6946-2 status: LOCK=1, UNLOCK=0, ALC[HI/LO]=0/1, TUNE[HI/LO]=0/0
Dividers: O=1, R=3, N=45 | fPFD=83.333333 MHz, fVCO=3750.000000 MHz, fOUT=3750.000000 MHz
0x00 0x33
0x01 0x04
0x02 0x00
0x03 0xf0
0x04 0x01
0x05 0x2d
0x06 0xfa
0x07 0x61
0x08 0x39
0x09 0x9b
0x0a 0xe4
0x0b 0x62

        

        


        
			
        

		
			
	      

		
		
	
        
	
        
		
        
			
		
        
	
        
	
        
		
						
						
				
						
				
				
		
		
        
			
		
        
	
        

        

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          It hasn't fixed the problem, but I had a bug in my LTC6946 script, which I have now fixed, so my LTC6946 registers (which still don't work) are:
          LTC6946-2 status: LOCK=1, UNLOCK=0, ALC[HI/LO]=0/0, TUNE[HI/LO]=0/0
          Dividers: O=1, R=3, N=45 | fPFD=83.333333 MHz, fVCO=3750.000000 MHz, fOUT=3750.000000 MHz
          0x00 0x22
          0x01 0x04
          0x02 0x00
          0x03 0xf0
          0x04 0x03
          0x05 0x00
          0x06 0x2d
          0x07 0x61
          0x08 0x39
          0x09 0x9b
          0x0a 0xe4
          0x0b 0x62

          
			
          

		
			
	      

		
		
	
          
	
          
		
          
			
		
          
	
          
	
          
		
						
						
				
						
				
				
		
		
          
			
		
          
	
          

          

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            I've now found the LTC6946 settings for this project: they are in the altera_adxcvr_master branch of the Analog Devices kernel source, file ltc6946.c
            (Sorry for wasting anyone's time with this.)
            
			
            

		
			
	      

		
		
	
            
	
            
		
            
			
		
            
	
            
	
            
		
						
						
						
						
				
				
		
		
            
			
		
            
	
            

            

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