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DAC38RF82EVM: What's the meaning of "sysrefphase4 state has been observed in the sysrefalign logic at least once since the last sysrefalign sync" in Alarm Monitoring?

Part Number: DAC38RF82EVM
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Hi everyone,

I created a project in Vivado to interface DAC38RF82EVM with HTG700 board and got the waveform I wanted.

However, I still get some alarm related with SYSREF from the GUI.

It says:"

sysrefphase4 state has been observed in the sysrefalign logic at least once since the last sysrefalign sync.

sysrefphase1 state has been observed in the sysrefalign logic at least once since the last sysrefalign sync.

align_to_r3 state has been observed in the sysrefalign logic at least once since the last sysrefalign sync.

align_to_r1 state has been observed in the sysrefalign logic at least once since the last sysrefalign sync.

"

I read the datasheet of DAC38RF82 and cannot find a detailed explanation that I can understand.

Can anyone tell me the meaning of this alarm info?

Thank you.

Regards,

Tong

  • Hi Tong,

    See section 8.3.10 of DAC38RF82 datasheet for a description of the SYSREF phases used to aid deterministic sampling of SYSREF in the SYSREF align block. For most applications using a low frequency reference clock to the DAC internal PLL, the SYSREF align block is bypassed so that the alarms you are seeing can be safely ignored.

    Thanks,
    Eben.