DSO203 GCC APP - Community Edition (2.51+SmTech1.8+Fixes)

Wow, lots of changes there :slight_smile:



Itā€™s a pity you made them over v1.7, and that Iā€™m extremely busy at the moment :confused:

Would you consider forking the current github repo (https://github.com/pmos69/dso203_gcc) and adding some/all changes, even little by little? (thereā€™s some overlap with latter changes in v1.8-v1.24)

If you fork the github repo, you can commit changes there and issue a pull request at any time so that changes can be merged in the current code.



PS:

Just did took a very quick look at some changes in the calibration and there are a few things I still donā€™t understand.

For example, in Balance() and Calibrat(), I donā€™t understand why you initialize a_Avg and b_Avg with anything other than 0, since they are not really averages but cumulative values and the averaging is only done at the end.



ex from Calibrat():
[code]ā€¦
a_Avg = 2048; b_Avg = 2048;
for(i=0; i <4096; i++){
DataBuf[i] = __Read_FIFO(); // read into the 32-bit FIFO data
swap=0x300;
swap &= DataBuf[i];
if ((swap==0x100)||(swap==0x200))DataBuf[i]^=0x300; //swap 2 least significant digits of chB, fixes error in FPGA programming
a_Avg += (DataBuf[i] & 0xFF ); // cumulative DC average
a_Avg-=ADCoffset;
b_Avg += ((DataBuf[i]>>8) & 0xFF );
b_Avg-=ADCoffset;

}
TmpA  = Ka1[Range] +(Ka2[Range]*(a_Avg/4096)+ 512)/1024;
TmpB  = Kb1[Range] +(Kb2[Range]*(b_Avg/4096)+ 512)/1024;

ā€¦[/code]

From what I understand, all 4096 values in the buffer are added first in avg_a and avg_b, and at the end those cumulative values are divided by 4096 to get the average values.

If thatā€™s the case, it doesnā€™t make sense to initialize avg_a and avg_b with anything other that 0.

It would make sense to initialize them to a value representing 0, if avg_a and avg_b were averages to begin with, and not cumulative values.



If one imagines, for example, that the buffer only had 1 value, and not 4096, I would presume the cumulative values for avg_a and avg_b would have to be equal to the values in the buffer, whatever the values in the buffer, and dividing the cumulatives by the number of samples (1) the averages would also also always be the same as the values in the buffer.

That does not happen in the current code.



As the math is done, if I imagine different buffer sizes with all constant values, the end result varies with the buffer size, even if the values in the buffers are all the same, and that doesnā€™t seem right.

Itā€™s a fact the ā€œerrorā€ tends to zero as the buffer size increases, but nonethelessā€¦

Wow indeed. It would be great to get all these fixes into the base community edition. The UI chsnges seem well thought out as well.



On the subject of the avg offset it looks like the 2048 is there to give a 0.5 bit rounding offset per sample into the average value as it is divided by 4096.

Yes, but assuming 2048 is samples/2, what it does is simply add 1 (decimal) to the real average in (Ka2[Range]*(a_Avg/4096)+ 512)/1024

Average values will change from 0-255 (real) to 1-256.



(assuming Ka1[Range]=0 Ka2[Range]=1024 and ADCoffset=0 for simplification)

It just preloads the starting point at 1/2 least significant bit. I actually didnā€™t give it a whole lot of thought, this is common practice when working with ADCā€™s. Has to do with integer math, where most compilers will not round out a value. For example, if you start out at 0, then add 0.999, you will still get 0, however, subtract 0.001 and you will get -1. This creates a 1/2 LSB offset biased towards the negative. If you preload it at +0.5 then it takes an equal level to bring it positive as it does negative, effectively ā€œcenteringā€ the zero level. This is also the reason the original author added ā€œ512ā€ to the calibration calculations, these subsequently get divided by 1024, biasing the value to +1/2 LSB.

The original code initialized these @ 2048 (out of 4096 samples). I just changed it so it would work correctly when using the smaller buffer.

As I mentioned, I did not give this huge amount of thought at the time, it may be that the 1/2LSB offset is taken care in subsequent calculations, so you may be rightā€¦

Thanks for the explanation Wildcat.

I suppose youā€™re right, but the way itā€™s done, thereā€™s a constant shift of 1 (decimal) to the average value, not 0.5.

This happens because 0.5 is also being added to the value in the +512/1024 part of the calculation.

This means that 4096 samples of value 0 will give an average of 1, and 4096 samples of value 255 will give an average of 256.

(ā€¦unless the shifts are both truncated in the integer math. would have to check)



PS:

Nevermind - It will give correct values.

http://codepad.org/elskAHll

[code]main(){
int a, b, c, d, e, f, Ka2, a_Avg, b_Avg, c_Avg, d_Avg, e_Avg, f_Avg;
Ka2 = 1024;

a_Avg = 0 + 2048;
b_Avg = (255 * 4096) + 2048;
c_Avg = 1 + 2048;
d_Avg = ((255 * 4096) - 1) + 2048;
e_Avg = (255 * 4096) - ((255 * 4096) - (254 * 4096))/2 + 2048;
f_Avg = e_Avg - 1;

a = (Ka2 * (a_Avg / 4096) + 512)/1024;
b = (Ka2 * (b_Avg / 4096) + 512)/1024;
c = (Ka2 * (c_Avg / 4096) + 512)/1024;
d = (Ka2 * (d_Avg / 4096) + 512)/1024;
e = (Ka2 * (e_Avg / 4096) + 512)/1024;
f = (Ka2 * (f_Avg / 4096) + 512)/1024;

printf(ā€œA=%d\nā€, a);
printf(ā€œB=%d\nā€, b);
printf(ā€œC=%d\nā€, c);
printf(ā€œD=%d\nā€, d);
printf(ā€œE=%d\nā€, e);
printf(ā€œF=%d\nā€, f);
return 0;
}[/code]

</s><i> </i>Output: A=0 B=255 C=0 D=255 E=255 F=254<e>

Where do I get binary files from?

I found HEX binaries in root directory of archive, but if I tried to install any of them (i suppose there are three version to three different slots), no one is possible to install. Each try seems to be succesfull (fast unmount/mount and rename HEX to RDY extension) but nothing on DSO is overwritten. There is still previous one version of DSO active in slot1 and previously installed LOGIC analyzer in slot 3.



May be I missed something, or included HEX is wronlgy compiled a recompilation necessary. I want to start building of development environment for future improvement participation, but now I need to use DSO with best actual FWā€¦

Wowā€¦ YES, I see thatā€¦ It appears to be because I renamed the files just before archiving themā€¦

Rename them app1.hex app2.hex app3.hex and they should work fineā€¦

Replaced original post archive, should work fine nowā€¦

Thank you very much Wildcat. You fixed the triggering so now I can see occasional bursts of data on a serial line. This scope hase been practically useless to me until now.

My congrats good work of Wildcat and Pmos!



You moved DSO Quad form almost unusable toy to quite nice DSO. I hope that we get soon merged FW of yours and Pmosā€™s version with good buttons layout - each FW i tried used different mapping and for me it was necessary to print help card with buttons mapping. (I see Wildcat buttons mapping to be most effective - especially moving some fucntion from jogdials to big buttons is nice.



May be let discuss some definitive buttons functions layout and keep it across future versionsā€¦



I was very disappointed by severity and amount of bugs in official firmware as very poor and incomplete doc.



So it is necessary strongly recommend to newcomers IMMEDIATELY switch to PMOS or WILDCAT version!!!



Zdenek Hladik

Let me ask for filename restrictions of FW files. As we found Widcatā€™s previous version used names

[list]

  • appW_1.hex, appW_2.hexā€¦
  • [/list]

    which was silently ignored (but renamed to .rdy) in process of update. So all seemed good but no app written!!!



    Any tips for filename rules to avoid this crazy problems in future? In wiki is not rules for filenames.

    I suppose 8.3 filename limit as CRLF (DOS) line ends in text Intel HEX files.



    Also as I see in WIKI - DSO Quad have 4 32kB slots for applications, but any program can overlap to next segment(s) and in case

    of all (official, pmos, Wildcatā€¦) osciloscopes it takes 2 adjacent slots. Popular Logic analyzer probably takes only one slot?

    Estimation of used memory from HEX file size is

    [list]

  • HEX size about 2.2 times real size
  • [/list]

    Wildcatā€™s last uses about 56kB real memory with HEX file size about 120kBā€¦

    From first two lines we can recognize destination slot:

    [list]

  • :020000040800F2

    :10C000ā€¦ - first slot at C000 hex



    :020000040801F1

    :104000ā€¦ - second slot at 14000 hex



    :020000040801F1

    :10C000ā€¦ - third slot at 1C000 hex



    :020000040802F0

    :104000ā€¦ - fourth slot at 24000 hex
  • [/list]

    It seems slots are not protected and by overlapping you can totally corrupt existing application!!!



    Please complement or fix my info if you know.



    zhladik

    Well, itā€™s not just my work - far from that. Iā€™m just one of the contributors.

    [code]All thanks to:

    • The original firmware developers
    • Marco Sinatti (marcosin)
    • Gabriel Valky (gabonator1)
    • JackTheVendicator
    • Jerson (http://jerson.co.in)
    • vblack[/code]
      ā€¦and now Wildcat.



      PS: I will try to merge Wildcatā€™s fixes into the current version, but Iā€™ve been extremelly busy and havenā€™t had a chance to dive into that yet.

    Can someone fix the first post? It notes

    However per the last picture posted here, itā€™s really a sub set of green CH4. This buggered me for a while. Long press of play/pause doesnā€™t seem to do anything.

    Yup.

    Itā€™s a ā€œbugā€ in the readme file. It was changed to the CH4 menu in v1.20.



    Iā€™ll update the readme in the next version.

    Hi Guys,



    I have a new DSO203 which is reporting hw version 2.7 and a DSO SYS version of 1.52 I am trying your app version 1.24.

    Is your latest software version compatible with my new DSO?

    I cant seem to find how to calibrate from the software? No menu item.



    Thanks in advance



    Matt.

    Yes.

    Check the readme (or the fisrt post on this thread).

    Calibration: long press button 2 (square)

    Thank you Wildcat, this is only firmware which work good for me to :wink:

    Is there a way to make this app install in another slot. It would be good to get the original firmware in slot 1-2 and this APP in slot 3-4 ??



    Thanks

    Iā€™ve been using the Wildcat version as my main app which functions very nicely as a scope.



    I canā€™t seem to make sense of the signal generator part though. It sets the waveform and the amplitude OK but all the frequencies seem to be off by a factor of 4. E.g. when I set 1KHz I get a 250 microsecond period waveform on the display rather than the 1msec I was expecting. The timebase looks OK against normal external signals.



    Am I missing something here?