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    From: Arnim Laeuger<arnim.laeuger@g...>
    Date: Sat Mar 18 15:36:47 CET 2006
    Subject: [oc] AC97 system integration
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    Hi!

    > Any idea why "The Wishbone clock must be at least 2x bit_clk_pad_i"?

    This is my interpretation of the circuit built around bit_clk_r in
    ac97_soc.v. bit_clk_r samples the AC97 clock on bit_clk_pad_i with the
    Wishbone clock. This can only work reliably when wclk has at least
    twice the frequency of the sampled signal.

    Initially, I did not recognize this and got GO/NOGO designs depending on
    the frequency of wclk. For a design where wclk was close below 2x
    bit_clk_pad_i, there was much noise on the speaker output. Sometimes no
    signal at all which turned into noisy audio when I touched some of the
    analog components connected to the V_REF pin on LM4550. Another design
    with wclk around 20 MHz worked perfectly fine. Nearly drove me mad...

    > I had noise problem with my own AC97 controller on LM4550: when I had
    > speaker and headphone both plugged, the speaker output is ok. But
    > when I unplugged the headphone, the speaker output because noisy
    > instantly; The heaphone output was always noisy regardless whether
    > the speaker is connected or not.

    *Might* be similar to my observation. I mean, messing with the analog
    domain often reveals effects that are hard to diagnose at first sight.
    What frequency is your wclk?


    Cheers

    Arnim

    ReferenceAuthor
    [oc] AC97 system integrationHunkZ

    Follow upAuthor
    [oc] AC97 system integrationRudolf Usselmann

     
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