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By Werner Almesberger, great atusd -> atben renaming: renamed design files and some references
1*** NEEDS UPDATING ***
2
3General
4=======
5
6Things not done yet
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8
9- document directory hierarchy
10
11- make sure all files have a copyright header or are listed in AUTHORS
12
13- connect all the bits and pieces of the build system
14
15- combine io-parts.h generation
16
17- combine "standard" EP0 commands, such as *_ID and *_BUILD
18
19- implement return to DFU in application's EP0 protocol
20
21- consider removing *_ID and using bcdDevice instead
22
23
24Bugs to fix
25-----------
26
27- builds fail if .version isn't there yet
28
29
30
31atrf
32====
33
34AT86RF230-based IEEE 802.15.4 transceiver. Two variants: one to make a USB
35dongle for use with any Linux host, and one that connects with SPI directly
36inside a Ben.
37
38Update: following Rikard Lindstrom's revelation that we can use the uSD slot
39also just as general GPIOs, the variant that goes inside the Ben can wait a
40bit and the atben board for insertion into the uSD slot is being worked on
41first. We can verify most of the design of a fully integrated board with the
42atben board and the latter will be of greater immediate use.
43
44
45Things done
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47
48- verify that the Ben can output an a) 16 MHz clock, and b) with +/- 40 ppm
49
50  Done, see ecn/ecn0005.txt. Works fine.
51
52- replace discrete balun and filter with integrated solution, to reduce BOM
53  size, maybe cost, insertion loss, and PCB space (see ATRF/ECN0003)
54
55  Done for atben. At a first glamce, does not seem to affect performance.
56
57- check if we really need three DC blocking caps in the RF path
58
59  Reduced to two in atben without apparent ill effects.
60
61
62Things not done yet
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64
65- examine spectrum around carrier frequency and first harmonic to look for
66  obvious distortions. Vary transmit power.
67
68- measure throughput as a function of placement/distance, carrier frequency,
69  and transmit power
70
71- atrf-txrx: suppport "extended mode" with IEEE 802.15.4 CSMA-CA for more
72  realistic throughput figures
73
74- measure full spectrum (ideally up to 25 GHz, but just 2nd and 3rd harmonic
75  will already tell most of the story) with calibrated antenna for FCC/ETSI
76  compliance assessment. Vary transmit power.
77
78- use IEEE 802.15.4 stack from linux-zigbee. The linux-zigbee kernel is
79  currently at 2.6.35. Once 2.6.36 is released, we should have Ben and
80  IEEE 802.15.4 support in the same kernel without further ado.
81
82- change layout of transceiver side of the board for placement inside Ben
83
84- define EMI filters for placement inside Ben
85
86- check USB standard for recommended USB dongle dimensions
87
88- change layout for straight USB dongle
89
90- generate proper BOM
91
92- implement sleep mode
93
94- (atben) verify SPI signal timing, particularly the data clock
95
96
97ccrf
98====
99
100Board similar to the atrf, but with the TI/Chipcon CC2520.
101
102Cancelled. The CC2520 falls under US export restrictions, apparently because
103it contains an AES engine.
104
105
106cntr
107====
108
109Simple USB-based counter to measure a clock's long-time accuracy with
110arbitrarily high precision, by comparing it to an NTP time reference.
111
112
113Things not done yet
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115
116- measure duty cycle
117
118- use the LED to display activity on clock input and duty cycle
119
120- consider using a comparator and a DAC to allow for programmable logic levels
121
122- evaluate termination resistance
123
124- document circuit design
125
126- record beats between 16 bit counter polls and use them for the estimate
127  of lost cycles (2*1 is way too optimistic)
128
129- include system clock resolution in accuracy calculation
130
131- consider running shorter sliding windows to estimate drift
132
133- consider detecting unusual half-periods
134
135- consider using a reversed USB connector, to avoid having to cross D+/D- and,
136  worse, VBUS and GND
137
138- test input performance by counting a source that emits a known number of
139  cycles
140
141- consider using historical margins to sanity-check the current margin (if any
142  old.max < curr.min or old.min > curr.max, we have a problem) and to further
143  narrow the effective margin, thus achieving faster convergence. We would have
144  to consider temperature drift of the frequency source in this case.
145
146- find out why frequency measurements always seem to start high and then slowly
147  drop
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