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:- Lead: [mailto:anand.ram@calnexsol.com Anand Ram] (Calnex)
:- Lead: [mailto:anand.ram@calnexsol.com Anand Ram] (Calnex)
:- Lead: [mailto:julianstj@fb.com Julian St James] (Meta)
:- Lead: [mailto:julianstj@fb.com Julian St James] (Meta)
==Meeting invite==
1:00pm-1:30pm PST every Second and Fourth Thursday: [https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_OGE1MzNkMGMtZDRjMS00YzFiLTg4MTAtZjcxNzEwYzI2ODIy%40thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%2522fbb4e2fb-f802-4d55-beca-b7149551e928%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%2522cff27e02-befc-4437-98d5-96034f77b90c%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=5f0bbd41-a286-4e8b-b786-5162812cfe21&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true Launch Teams Meeting Link]


==Recording from Past Calls==
==Recording from Past Calls==
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ctz2eWt2e71y9ChquZGdu6Fc9H5PQZZs/view?usp=sharing 20 Jan 2022]
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ew3LOo-vUEA_KcP0A_MnnkuHmVzykC6V/view?usp=sharing 27 Jan 2022]
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iBY6HX9EA6CKG3QWYw7ZwfNMUUyketMG/view?usp=sharing 24 Feb 2022]
==Hardware Roadmap==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! Design !! Objective
|-
| '''#1'''
| Time Card based PPS measurement
| Scaleable use of the Time Card in a generic server to perform up to 4 PPS measurements
|-
|}


=Hardware Roadmap=
==Software==
Initial Proof of Concept based on Time Card for PPS measurement
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! Design !! Objective
|-
| '''#1'''
| Time Card based PPS measurement
| Interface with Time Card driver and export PPS measurement data in a useful format
|-
|}


=Software=
==Potential Future Hardware Solutions==
Integrate Time Card timestamping for data collection and export


==Potential Future Solutions==
{| class="wikitable"
1. TDC based design, targeting small and cheap use-case.
|-
2. PTM based design, to synchronize multiple measurement daughter cards with a high stability source over PCIe
!
3. UWB based design, targeting locations where GPS is not available at point of measurement
! Core Hardware !! Objective
4. DPLL based design, targeting non-FPGA use case
|-
| '''#1'''
| TDC
| Small, cheap, and low power use-case
|-
|-
| '''#2'''
| PTM controller
| A PCIe based daughter card that can be synchronized with a high stability source (Time Card) over PCIe to scale PPS measurements
|-
|-
| '''#3'''
| UWB
| A method for distributing GPS and time to areas where measurements are made, but GPS is not available
|-
|-
| '''#4'''
| DPLL
| A discrete design based around a DPLL , removing the need for an FPGA
|-
|}

Revision as of 15:55, 28 February 2022

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Instrumentation and Measurement - Workstream #6

Time Appliances Project

Objective

Open source ecosystem for instrumentation and measurement software and tools. Scalable, reliable, cost-effective and efficient.

Project Team

- Lead: Anand Ram (Calnex)
- Lead: Julian St James (Meta)

Meeting invite

1:00pm-1:30pm PST every Second and Fourth Thursday: Launch Teams Meeting Link

Recording from Past Calls

20 Jan 2022

27 Jan 2022

24 Feb 2022


Hardware Roadmap

Design Objective
#1 Time Card based PPS measurement Scaleable use of the Time Card in a generic server to perform up to 4 PPS measurements

Software

Design Objective
#1 Time Card based PPS measurement Interface with Time Card driver and export PPS measurement data in a useful format

Potential Future Hardware Solutions

Core Hardware Objective
#1 TDC Small, cheap, and low power use-case
#2 PTM controller A PCIe based daughter card that can be synchronized with a high stability source (Time Card) over PCIe to scale PPS measurements
#3 UWB A method for distributing GPS and time to areas where measurements are made, but GPS is not available
#4 DPLL A discrete design based around a DPLL , removing the need for an FPGA