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Glossary

Alden Hart edited this page Aug 27, 2020 · 2 revisions

Terms Used

Term Description
Word Words are 32 bits (try to standardize a little for simplicity)
Message A complete SPI transmission consisting of one or more words
Forward Channel SPI communication initiated by firmware to FPGA, carrying motor position parameters
Reverse Channel Data transmitted by FPGA to firmware during message transfer
Init FPGA initialization
In-Cycle The interval where the RAPcore is processing motion or other runtime events
Out-Of-Cycle The interval that is not in-cycle
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