Another MEM11 Status update

I've been simulating parts of the MEM11 FPGA since the last time I sent out an update. Most of my time has been writing various testcases and getting them to work on Xilinx's iSIM simulator. I'm making pretty good progress and have tested a fair number of the modules in the MEM11 FPGA design. I have found some bugs in my code but most of the problems have actually been in my test cases. So far I've tested (and they "work"): * Various "register" modules that I've written * Reset sequencer * Status jumpers and status LEDs * LED panel interface for the RF11 LEDs * FRAM interface * absolute and periodic timers * Hardware multiplier * DMA FIFO These all form the high level blocks that the J1 micro will interface to. My test code is actually using the registers and register addresses (MMIOs) that the J1 would use. The next blocks to test are the UART interface and all of the various aspects of the UNIBUS interface (which I've partitioned into about 6 distinct modules each of which will be tested separately). I'm still undecided with the UART as to how far to go in creating a behavioral model for the UART part itself (vs just making something that has the appropriate number of registers and can "wiggle" the interrupt line). I did create a behavioral model for the FRAMs but that was relatively easy (just some big arrays). Once I have the UNIBUS tested out, I'll figure out how to get the J1 to execute some test code and I'll re-run all of the tests on the full FPGA design with tests on the J1. I'm pretty excited as I'm not finding a lot of issues with the design. However, the UNIBUS modules may have more issues due to the relative complexity of what's going on there. Plus the test cases will be much more involved (ie I have to write tests to not only initialize the various aspects of the UNIBUS module but also generate correct UNIBUS transactions with correct timing). However, I'm getting better at writing the testcases and what I usually run into now are typo's. TTFN - Guy