MPC5746R DECFILTER howto?

[jamesmurray]

I've been struggling with the decimation filter on the MPC5746R.

I have been using the Reference Manual, AN4209 and the MPC5676R example posted a few days ago by davidtosenovjan‌

Is there any working example code for a standalone application ? (i.e. polled, not interrupt or DMA.)

Are there any more training materials?

What I got particularly stuck on is the behaviour of the status register and bits IDF, IBIF, ODF, OBIF. I'm still unclear from the RM which ones I should be checking. I _was_ trying to use IBIF and OBIF but they are rarely set. Now I check and clear both pairs and FINALLY got some data to go in and out of the filter. What is correct usage of these bits?

James

[davidtosenovjan]

You should poll IBIC and OBIC and clear both flags by IDFC and ODFC. I would however rather expect using of interrupts or DMA approaches.

[jamesmurray]

I was using polling to then feed the data to an SPI DAC that uses a different data format and therefore cannot use DMA.

Those input MUXing options are a complete surprise to me, I didn't think of looking there at all as the manual says (seemed to say?) there are no links in hardware.

Any chance of getting your useful clarification added? and the references to more than two filter blocks removed?

James

[davidtosenovjan]

There is no internal data bus between ADC and DECFILTER (on MPC5777C and several MPC56xx devices called 'Parallel Side Interface'), that's what was mentioned by 'no direct hardware interface'. But there is a hardware interface between eTPU/eMIOS and DECFILTER (triggers).

Regarding MCR[ISEL]=0, I will report it as a documentation error. Thanks for pointing it out.

[jamesmurray]

OK, I understand that now. As I said, a documentation update to make that explicitly clear with your words "there is a hardware interface between eTPU/eMIOS and DECFILTER (triggers)." and referencing the input MUXing spreadsheet would certainly help.

One more question, hopefully my last  ( ! )

What are INTAG and OUTTAG used for? The only references I can find are in sections 36.4.5 and 36.4.6 ? (On the 5777C they appear to used by the eQADC.)

James

[jamesmurray]

Also, the Ref manual says

"The integrator halt and enable states can be controlled in the following
ways:
• by hardware, through external signals"

Can anyone provide more detail on these external signals? I have a strong feeling that this text is incorrect for this chip. For comparison I looked at the MPC5777C and it has hardware links to the eTPU for those signals. The MPC5746R DECFILTER does not have any links to other modules according to the introduction to the section.

Rather than just copying/pasting module descriptions it would be helpful if the manual authors would edit them to remove superfluous and misleading text. The section about head/middle/tail filters is a good example, someone added a note to say ignore "middle" because the rest of the page has text and diagrams showing filter combinations that are impossible on the 5746R. This is not helpful in understanding a complex module. Instead of adding a note... fix the text!!

Likewise the description of MCR[ISEL] seems contradictory. The specific section says that value 0 is reserved, but the introduction shows value 0 might be used in a cascade combo?

James

[davidtosenovjan]

Hi, routing on this device is made slightly different way and it is described in excel sheet embedded in the RM.

In the tab 'Input Muxing' you may see eTPU/eMIOS routing to decimation filters' integrators.

Regarding MCR[ISEL], you are right. Because on this device there is no direct hardware interface from the SAR and Sigma-Delta ADCs to the Decimation Filters on the device (because this device does not have eQADC module normally offering this feature). MCR[ISEL]=0 is not an option.