XUF232 Constraints check: 6 cores available, should be 8 cores

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SGapp
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XUF232 Constraints check: 6 cores available, should be 8 cores

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Hey everyone,
I am having trouble finding my mistake on this one.
For my master's thesis I am trying to build a 32 channel PDM to USB interface based on the mic array example code. The example code is written for a XUF216 but I want to use a XUF232, because the XUF216 does not provide enough cores for processing 32 PDM inputs and transferring them via USB.

In my project I tried to replace old .xn file for the XUF216 and replace it with the .xn file for the XUF232. The "XUF232-1024-FB374-C40.xn" contains the following:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Network xmlns="http://www.xmos.com"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xmos.com http://www.xmos.com">
  <Type>Device</Type>
  <Name>XUF232-1024-FB374-C40 Device</Name>

  <Declarations>
    <Declaration>tileref tile[4]</Declaration>
    <Declaration>tileref usb_tile</Declaration>
    <!-- 
    <Declaration>tileref usb_tile[2]</Declaration>
     -->
  </Declarations>

  <Packages>
    <Package id="0" Type="XS2-UFnA-1024-FB374">
      <Nodes>
        <Node Id="0" InPackageId="0" Type="XS2-L12A-512" Oscillator="24MHz" SystemFrequency="500MHz" referencefrequency="100MHz">
        
          <Boot>
            <Source Location="bootFlash0"/>
            <Bootee NodeId="2"/>
          </Boot>
          
          <Tile Number="0" Reference="tile[0]">
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_1B" Name="PORT_SQI_CS_0"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_1C" Name="PORT_SQI_SCLK_0"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_4B" Name="PORT_SQI_SIO_0"/>
          </Tile>
          
          
          <Tile Number="1" Reference="tile[1]">
          <!-- USB connections on tile[1] -->
          <Port Location="XS1_PORT_1H"  Name="PORT_USB_TX_READYIN"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_1J"  Name="PORT_USB_CLK"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_1K"  Name="PORT_USB_TX_READYOUT"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_1I"  Name="PORT_USB_RX_READY"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_1E"  Name="PORT_USB_FLAG0"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_1F"  Name="PORT_USB_FLAG1"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_1G"  Name="PORT_USB_FLAG2"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_8A"  Name="PORT_USB_TXD"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_8B"  Name="PORT_USB_RXD"/>
            
			<!-- Audio Ports -->         	
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_4D"  Name="PORT_PLL_REF"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_1O"  Name="PORT_MCLK_IN"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_4E"  Name="PORT_I2C"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_16B" Name="PORT_MCLK_COUNT"/>  
          </Tile>
        </Node>
        
        <Node Id="2" InPackageId="2" Type="XS2-L12A-512" Oscillator="24MHz" SystemFrequency="500MHz" referencefrequency="100MHz">
          <Boot>
            <Source Location="LINK" BootMode="4"/>
          </Boot>
          <Tile Number="0" Reference="tile[2]">
            <!-- Global PDM Clock -->
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_1E" Name="PORT_PDM_CLK"/>
            <!-- PDM Mics 1-16 -->
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_8B" Name="PORT_PDM_DATA_01_TO_08"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_8A" Name="PORT_PDM_DATA_09_TO_16"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_1F" Name="PORT_PDM_MCLK"/>
          </Tile>
          
          <Tile Number="1" Reference="tile[3]">
            <!-- PDM Mics 17-32 -->
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_8B" Name="PORT_PDM_DATA_17_TO_24"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_8A" Name="PORT_PDM_DATA_25_TO_32"/>
            <Port Location="XS1_PORT_1F" Name="PORT_PDM_MCLK"/>
          </Tile>
        
        </Node>
        <Node Id="1" InPackageId="1" Type="periph:XS1-SU" Reference="usb_tile" Oscillator="24MHz">
        </Node>
        <!-- Commented this out after setting usb_tile[2] to usb_tile
        <Node Id="3" InPackageId="3" Type="periph:XS1-SU" Reference="usb_tile[1]" Oscillator="24MHz">
        </Node>
         -->
      </Nodes>
      <Links>
        <Link Encoding="5wire" Delays="3clk">
          <LinkEndpoint NodeId="0" Link="7"/>
          <LinkEndpoint NodeId="2" Link="0"/>
        </Link>
        <Link Encoding="5wire" Delays="3clk">
          <LinkEndpoint NodeId="0" Link="4"/>
          <LinkEndpoint NodeId="2" Link="3"/>
        </Link>
        <Link Encoding="5wire" Delays="3clk">
          <LinkEndpoint NodeId="0" Link="6"/>
          <LinkEndpoint NodeId="2" Link="1"/>
        </Link>
        <Link Encoding="5wire" Delays="3clk">
          <LinkEndpoint NodeId="0" Link="5"/>
          <LinkEndpoint NodeId="2" Link="2"/>
        </Link>
        <Link Encoding="5wire">
          <LinkEndpoint NodeId="0" Link="8" Delays="52clk,52clk"/>
          <LinkEndpoint NodeId="1" Link="XL0" Delays="1clk,1clk"/>
        </Link>
        
      <!-- Commented this out after setting usb_tile[2] to usb_tile   
        <Link Encoding="5wire">
          <LinkEndpoint NodeId="2" Link="8" Delays="52clk,52clk"/>
          <LinkEndpoint NodeId="3" Link="XL0" Delays="1clk,1clk"/>
        </Link>
       -->
      </Links>
    </Package>
  </Packages>

  <ExternalDevices>
    <Device NodeId="0" Tile="0" Class="SQIFlash" Name="bootFlash0" Type="S25LQ016B" PageSize="256" SectorSize="4096" NumPages="8192">
      <Attribute Name="PORT_SQI_CS" Value="PORT_SQI_CS_0"/>
      <Attribute Name="PORT_SQI_SCLK" Value="PORT_SQI_SCLK_0"/>
      <Attribute Name="PORT_SQI_SIO" Value="PORT_SQI_SIO_0"/>
    </Device>
  </ExternalDevices>

  <JTAGChain>
    <JTAGDevice NodeId="0"/>
    <JTAGDevice NodeId="2"/>
  </JTAGChain>

</Network>

I also changed the target in the Makefile. My File looks as follows:

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# The TARGET variable determines what target system the application is
# compiled for. It either refers to an XN file in the source directories
# or a valid argument for the --target option when compiling
TARGET = XUF232-1024-FB374-C40

# The APP_NAME variable determines the name of the final .xe file. It should
# not include the .xe postfix. If left blank the name will default to
# the project name
APP_NAME = PDM_USB

#### Original build flags with xscope option
# BUILD_FLAGS     = -DFLASH_MAX_UPGRADE_SIZE=64*1024 -fcomment-asm -Xmapper --map -Xmapper MAPFILE -Wall -O3 -report -lquadflash -fsubword-select -save-temps -g -fxscope -DXSCOPE -DSDA_HIGH=2 -DSCL_HIGH=1 -DXUD_SERIES_SUPPORT=4 -march=xs2a -DUSB_TILE=tile[1] -DADAT_TX_USE_SHARED_BUFF=1 -DQUAD_SPI_FLASH=1 -Wno-timing
#### Build flags without xscope option
BUILD_FLAGS     = -DFLASH_MAX_UPGRADE_SIZE=64*1024 -fcomment-asm -Xmapper --map -Xmapper MAPFILE -Wall -O3 -report -lquadflash -fsubword-select -save-temps -g -DSDA_HIGH=2 -DSCL_HIGH=1 -DXUD_SERIES_SUPPORT=4 -march=xs2a -DUSB_TILE=tile[1] -DADAT_TX_USE_SHARED_BUFF=1 -DQUAD_SPI_FLASH=1 -Wno-timing


# The USED_MODULES variable lists other module used by the application.
USED_MODULES = lib_logging lib_mic_array module_dfu module_i2c_shared module_i2c_single_port module_usb_device module_usb_shared module_xud


# The flags passed to xcc when building the application
# You can also set the following to override flags for a particular language:
# XCC_XC_FLAGS, XCC_C_FLAGS, XCC_ASM_FLAGS, XCC_CPP_FLAGS
# If the variable XCC_MAP_FLAGS is set it overrides the flags passed to
# xcc for the final link (mapping) stage.
XCC_FLAGS = $(BUILD_FLAGS) -O2 -g

# The XCORE_ARM_PROJECT variable, if set to 1, configures this
# project to create both xCORE and ARM binaries.
XCORE_ARM_PROJECT = 0

# The VERBOSE variable, if set to 1, enables verbose output from the make system.
VERBOSE = 0

MODULE_LIBRARIES = xud_x200

XMOS_MAKE_PATH ?= ../..
-include $(XMOS_MAKE_PATH)/xcommon/module_xcommon/build/Makefile.common

As a first step I tried to run a single 16 channel pdm receiver + decimator plus the application on tile[2] (this requires a total of 7 cores). The XUF232 should provide 8 cores per tile, but the build fails with this message:

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Creating PDM_USB.xe
Constraint check for tile[0]:
  Cores available:            6,   used:          1 .  OKAY
  Timers available:          10,   used:          1 .  OKAY
  Chanends available:        32,   used:          0 .  OKAY
  Memory available:       262144,   used:       4468 .  OKAY
    (Stack: 348, Code: 3148, Data: 972)
Constraints checks PASSED.
Constraint check for tile[1]:
  Cores available:            6,   used:          6 .  OKAY
  Timers available:          10,   used:          8 .  OKAY
  Chanends available:        32,   used:         18 .  OKAY
  Memory available:       262144,   used:      52268 .  OKAY
    (Stack: 4028, Code: 34508, Data: 13732)
Constraints checks PASSED.
xmap: Warning: More than 6 cores used on a tile. Ensure this is not the case on tile running XUD.
Constraint check for tile[2]:
  Cores available:            6,   used:          7 .  FAILED
  Timers available:          10,   used:          7 .  OKAY
  Chanends available:        32,   used:         17 .  OKAY
  Memory available:       262144,   used:      17180 .  OKAY
    (Stack: 3692, Code: 9196, Data: 4292)
Error: Constraints check FAILED for tile[2].
Constraint check for tile[3]:
  Cores available:            6,   used:          1 .  OKAY
  Timers available:          10,   used:          1 .  OKAY
  Chanends available:        32,   used:          0 .  OKAY
  Memory available:       262144,   used:       4460 .  OKAY
    (Stack: 348, Code: 3148, Data: 964)
Constraints checks PASSED.
xmake[1]: *** [bin//PDM_USB.xe] Error 1
xmake: *** [bin//PDM_USB.xe] Error 2
Can anyone give me a hint what I am doing wrong here?
Any help is greatly appreciated. I tried for hours to find the mistake but did not have success.


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Post by mon2 »

Hi. Which tool version of the xtimecomposer are you using? Is it the latest release?
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Post by SGapp »

The "About xTimecomposer" section displays the following:
Version: Community_14.4.1 (build 235-acbb966, Dec-01-2019)
which I run on OS X 10.11.16

After spending half a day figuring this thing out without any meaningful results I decided to create a new project for the XUF232 and copy my src folder into the new project which displayed the correct number of cores. I then copied the contents of the new .xn file and the contents of the new Makefile into my old project. This resolved the issue.

I am now working on how to distribute the PDM RX and PCM process functions onto different tiles. I will be back with new questions soon ;)
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