TMS320F28375S: Calculating the RAM data and address parity

Jordan Nelson

Part Number: TMS320F28375S

What is the Parity scheme for the TMS320F2837xS chips in the GSx and LSx RAM sectors? Based on testing it seems the parity for the data value is always stored as even parity. However for the address parity it seems to be different per RAM sector, example shown below:

RAM Sector	Address	Number of 1’s	Parity Bit Value	Parity Type
LS0	0x877E	10	1	ODD
LS1	0x8F8E	9	1	EVEN

Can TI please provide the parity that each RAM block uses and scheme?

In gathering this data we used a Launchpad with the TMS320F28375S to access the registers described in the TRM (SPRUHX5F) section 3.11.1.8. For an example of RAM data and address parity tests, I looked into the SafeTI Diagnostic Library however there is no such test on the address parity.

over 6 years ago

0 Ozino Odharo over 6 years ago

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Jordan,

You can find more information about the parity regarding LSx adn GSx on page 184 of the datasheet. http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tms320f28375s.pdf

Regards,

Ozino

0 Sal Pezzino over 6 years ago in reply to Ozino Odharo

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Hi,

I will check with another engineer to confirm.

sal

0 Jordan Nelson over 6 years ago in reply to Sal Pezzino

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Hey Sal,

Table 3-13 of the TRM (SPRUHX5F) defines that bit 16 of the memory will contain the parity for the address and it can be modified when LSxTEST.TEST_LSy is set to 0b10 (where y=0-5) and GSxTEST.TEST_GSy is set to 0b10 (where y=0-15). It does seem that there is some correlation between what we observe at bit 16 and the address in the RAM.

In section 3.11.1.7 of the TRM it states that the parity scheme is even, but we are finding some instances of odd parity in the address.

Thanks,

-Jordan

0 Sal Pezzino over 6 years ago in reply to Jordan Nelson

TI__Mastermind 32995 points

Hi Jordan,

We are checking with design and will reply back here.

sal

0 Vivek Singh over 6 years ago in reply to Sal Pezzino

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Hi,

The address parity is calculated for 32bit address and for offset only (not the base address).

For following two case -

1) Since it's 4KB RAM block, only 11bits of address (which represents the offset) need to be considered for parity calculation.

2) Also discard the LSB bit for parity calculation.

0x877E -> 77E -> 9 1's

0x8F8E -> 78E -> 7 1's

Hence parity value is same for both the address.

Hope this is clear. I am going to raise a request to add this clarification in documentation.

Regards,

Vivek Singh

0 Jordan Nelson over 6 years ago in reply to Vivek Singh

Prodigy 250 points

Hey Vivek,

Thanks for the clarification, we would like to see this as an update to the documentation in support of our design.

Can you confirm that the bit mask then for the address to calculate the parity is 0x7FE?

Thanks again,

-Jordan

0 Vivek Singh over 6 years ago in reply to Jordan Nelson

TI__Guru** 115881 points

HI Jordan,

Can you confirm that the bit mask then for the address to calculate the parity is 0x7FE?

Yes, for 4KB RAM block, this is correct mask value. This will change based on the size of RAM block. E.g. for 8KB RAM block, this mask value will be 0xFFE

Regards,

Vivek Singh

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