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TMS320F28388D: EtherCAT CLOCK SELECTION

Part Number: TMS320F28388D

Tool/software:

Dear champs,

1. In our controlcard, there are 3 PHYs (1 EtherNET, 2 EtherCAT), about 3 sets of clock selection circuits:

For example:

1) P0_PHY_CLK select P0_25MHZ_CLK, P1_PHY_CLK select P1_25MHZ_CLK, and F2328x_CLK select 20MHZ _CLK.

----EtherNET-PHY is always ENET_PHY_CLK, so that the DSP and the three PHYs are not on the same frequency;

2) P0_PHY_CLK select P0_25MHZ_CLK, P1_PHY_CLK select P1_25MHZ_CLK, and F2328x_CLK select F2328x_25MHZ _CLK.

----In this way, the DSP and the 3 PHYs are all at the same frequency;

3) P0_PHY_CLK SELECT MCU_GPIO154, P1_PHY_CLK SELECT P1_25MHZ_CLK, F2328x_CLK SELECT 20MHZ _CLK

----MCU_GPIO154 is a clock signal generated internally by the DSP, so that the DSP is at the same frequency as EtherCAT-PHY0 and not at the same frequency as EtherCAT-PHY1 and EtherNET-PHY.

4) P0_PHY_CLK select MCU_GPIO154, P1_PHY_CLK select MCU_GPIO154, and F2328x_CLK select 20MHZ _CLK.

----In this way, the DSP is not at the same frequency as the EtherNET-PHY, and is at the same frequency as the two EtherCAT-PHY.

Now customer need to check:

1) Can the 3 sets of clock selection circuits be combined at will? Any requirements or suggestions?
2) Do EtherNET-PHY and EtherCAT-PHY have the same requirements for clock signals? Does EtherNET also recommend that it is best to co-frequency with a DSP?

Could you give some advice on this? Thank you!

Julia

  • Hi,

    1) Can the 3 sets of clock selection circuits be combined at will? Any requirements or suggestions?

    I'm not sure what you mean by this. There are 3 different 25 MHz clock outputs from the same oscillator. So they share the same source, but they are not sharing the same net.

    Does EtherNET also recommend that it is best to co-frequency with a DSP?

    No this is not the case.

    Thanks,

    Ben Collier