Root/TODO

Source at commit a7a94b85cd782d9e56cbbe3f44db29b6f4e0bdbe created 13 years 4 months ago.
By Werner Almesberger, Use getopt in atspi-rssi.c
1General
2=======
3
4Things not done yet
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6
7- document directory hierarchy
8
9- make sure all files have a copyright header or are listed in AUTHORS
10
11- connect all the bits and pieces of the build system
12
13- combine io-parts.h generation
14
15- combine "standard" EP0 commands, such as *_ID and *_BUILD
16
17- implement return to DFU in application's EP0 protocol
18
19- consider removing *_ID and using bcdDevice instead
20
21
22Bugs to fix
23-----------
24
25- builds fail if .version isn't there yet
26
27
28
29atrf
30====
31
32AT86RF230-based IEEE 802.15.4 transceiver. Two variants: one to make a USB
33dongle for use with any Linux host, and one that connects with SPI directly
34inside a Ben.
35
36Update: following Rikard Lindstrom's revelation that we can use the uSD slot
37also just as general GPIOs, the variant that goes inside the Ben can wait a
38bit and the atusd board for insertion into the uSD slot is being worked on
39first. We can verify most of the design of a fully integrated board with the
40atusd board and the latter will be of greater immediate use.
41
42
43Things done
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45
46- verify that the Ben can output an a) 16 MHz clock, and b) with +/- 40 ppm
47
48  Done, see ecn/ecn0005.txt. Works fine.
49
50- replace discrete balun and filter with integrated solution, to reduce BOM
51  size, maybe cost, insertion loss, and PCB space (see ATRF/ECN0003)
52
53  Done for atusd. At a first glamce, does not seem to affect performance.
54
55- check if we really need three DC blocking caps in the RF path
56
57  Reduced to two in atusd without apparent ill effects.
58
59
60Things not done yet
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62
63- examine spectrum around carrier frequency and first harmonic to look for
64  obvious distortions. Vary transmit power.
65
66- measure throughput as a function of placement/distance, carrier frequency,
67  and transmit power
68
69- atspi-txrx: suppport "extended mode" with IEEE 802.15.4 CSMA-CA for more
70  realistic throughput figures
71
72- measure full spectrum (ideally up to 25 GHz, but just 2nd and 3rd harmonic
73  will already tell most of the story) with calibrated antenna for FCC/ETSI
74  compliance assessment. Vary transmit power.
75
76- use IEEE 802.15.4 stack from linux-zigbee. The linux-zigbee kernel is
77  currently at 2.6.35. Once 2.6.36 is released, we should have Ben and
78  IEEE 802.15.4 support in the same kernel without further ado.
79
80- change layout of transceiver side of the board for placement inside Ben
81
82- define EMI filters for placement inside Ben
83
84- check USB standard for recommended USB dongle dimensions
85
86- change layout for straight USB dongle
87
88- generate proper BOM
89
90- implement sleep mode
91
92- (atusd) verify SPI signal timing, particularly the data clock
93
94
95Bugs to fix
96-----------
97
98- atrf vs. atspi naming is a bit confusing. Rename atrf hardware to atusb,
99  and maybe the tools from atspi to atrf ?
100
101
102ccrf
103====
104
105Board similar to the atrf, but with the TI/Chipcon CC2520.
106
107Cancelled. The CC2520 falls under US export restrictions, apparently because
108it contains an AES engine.
109
110
111cntr
112====
113
114Simple USB-based counter to measure a clock's long-time accuracy with
115arbitrarily high precision, by comparing it to an NTP time reference.
116
117
118Things not done yet
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120
121- measure duty cycle
122
123- use the LED to display activity on clock input and duty cycle
124
125- consider using a comparator and a DAC to allow for programmable logic levels
126
127- evaluate termination resistance
128
129- document circuit design
130
131- record beats between 16 bit counter polls and use them for the estimate
132  of lost cycles (2*1 is way too optimistic)
133
134- include system clock resolution in accuracy calculation
135
136- consider running shorter sliding windows to estimate drift
137
138- consider detecting unusual half-periods
139
140- consider using a reversed USB connector, to avoid having to cross D+/D- and,
141  worse, VBUS and GND
142
143- test input performance by counting a source that emits a known number of
144  cycles
145
146- consider using historical margins to sanity-check the current margin (if any
147  old.max < curr.min or old.min > curr.max, we have a problem) and to further
148  narrow the effective margin, thus achieving faster convergence. We would have
149  to consider temperature drift of the frequency source in this case.
150
151- find out why frequency measurements always seem to start high and then slowly
152  drop
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