Zynq 7100 PS lockup

Hello Billgood,

We have not investigated this subject further, however we would like to help you solve this issue. Based on what you are experiencing, we are under the assumption that you are most likely having a power issue. Could you answer these few questions for me please.

1. What ATX power supply are you using?

2. How long ago was your board purchased?

3. Do you encounter this issue all the time? Or just sometimes? What exactly is your design doing when it happens?

4. I would suggest you scope your power rails to make sure none are dropping out, also when doing this make sure that your trigger is set to falling edge trigger to avoid missing the capture you are looking for.

--Josh

Thanks for your reply I finally got some time to answer your questions.

1) I have tried 2 ATX power supplies.  I get the same PS lockup issue with both of them.

    a) Model: FSP300-60LG-5K (FSP Group INC)

     b) Model SPI300T8HNB (Sparkle Power INC)

2) I have 2 boards which I have tried.  The first board I received around 1 1/2 years ago.  The second board I bought about 3 months ago.  Both Mini-ITX boards have this on them "Mini-ITX-7Z-PCB-E"

3) Of the 2 boards I have tried the problem is consistent.  I have 3 builds which I have tested with.  The first build is the lowest LUT count, the second build is in the middle and the last build has the most LUTs.  The first build passed on both platforms,  the second build passed on the first platform and failed on the second platform, the third build failed on both platforms.   When the problem occurs I first power on the Mini-ITX board then load the BOOT.BIN file.  Linux loads correctly and I start the application which configures the IPs in the PL.  Once I get to the point where I start rx'ing data in the PL and DMAing it to the DDR the processor locks up. 

4) I first measured with the DMM all the voltage rails at their respective TP points 5-12 (1.5v, 1.8v, 2.0v, 3.3v, 1.0v, 1.0v_mgt, 1.2v_mgt and 2.5v).  They look good except for the 1.0v rail.  I am seeing this power rail increase in voltage.  After I power on the board and before the bit file is loaded I measure 1.036v,  After the bit file is loaded I measure 1.076v and then after I start my application which then causes the error to occur I measure 1.094v.  On the other board which seems to fail easier I measure 1.023v after power up,  after the bit file loads it is 1.047v, and after the error occurs it measures 1.084v.   I then looked at the 1.0v rail on the oscilloscope and I see  the 1.0v rail increase during the time I receive data and send it to DDR and then once the data stops the voltage goes down until the next burst of data is received.  This voltage change occurs when I have a good build with lower LUT count in it or with the higher LUT count build.  The voltage fluctuations seems to be worst with the higher LUT count builds that fail.  Looking at the Zynq 7000 electrical spec the recommended operating conditions are from .95v to 1.05v so it is exceeding those recommendations.

Thanks for your reply I finally got some time to answer your questions.

1) I have tried 2 ATX power supplies.  I get the same PS lockup issue with both of them.

    a) Model: FSP300-60LG-5K (FSP Group INC)

     b) Model SPI300T8HNB (Sparkle Power INC)

2) I have 2 boards which I have tried.  The first board I received around 1 1/2 years ago.  The second board I bought about 3 months ago.  Both Mini-ITX boards have this on them "Mini-ITX-7Z-PCB-E"

3) Of the 2 boards I have tried the problem is consistent.  I have 3 builds which I have tested with.  The first build is the lowest LUT count, the second build is in the middle and the last build has the most LUTs.  The first build passed on both platforms,  the second build passed on the first platform and failed on the second platform, the third build failed on both platforms.   When the problem occurs I first power on the Mini-ITX board then load the BOOT.BIN file.  Linux loads correctly and I start the application which configures the IPs in the PL.  Once I get to the point where I start rx'ing data in the PL and DMAing it to the DDR the processor locks up. 

4) I first measured with the DMM all the voltage rails at their respective TP points 5-12 (1.5v, 1.8v, 2.0v, 3.3v, 1.0v, 1.0v_mgt, 1.2v_mgt and 2.5v).  They look good except for the 1.0v rail.  I am seeing this power rail increase in voltage.  After I power on the board and before the bit file is loaded I measure 1.036v,  After the bit file is loaded I measure 1.076v and then after I start my application which then causes the error to occur I measure 1.094v.  On the other board which seems to fail easier I measure 1.023v after power up,  after the bit file loads it is 1.047v, and after the error occurs it measures 1.084v.   I then looked at the 1.0v rail on the oscilloscope and I see  the 1.0v rail increase during the time I receive data and send it to DDR and then once the data stops the voltage goes down until the next burst of data is received.  This voltage change occurs when I have a good build with lower LUT count in it or with the higher LUT count build.  The voltage fluctuations seems to be worst with the higher LUT count builds that fail.  Looking at the Zynq 7000 electrical spec the recommended operating conditions are from .95v to 1.05v so it is exceeding those recommendations.