ICE40 based passive tap » History » Version 4
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3 | 1 | laforge | h1. ICE40 based passive tap |
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5 | In 12/2019, @tnt implemented a bi-directional passive E1 tap device that samples the entire raw 2MBps data stream in both directions. |
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7 | This is useful in situations where the E1 line is not used channelized, i.e. not with individual 64kBps timeslots, such as in frame relay or 'wideband ISDN' (B-ISDN) use cases, where [[osmo-e1-recorder:]] and re-combining 64k slots in the capture has not always been successful. |
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9 | Contrary to the "normal" (end-of-line) [[ICE40_E1_USB_interface]], this approach uses actual E1 LIU (Line Interface Unit) hardware in order to use their built-in equalizer and additional gain for passive tapping of long-haul E1 lines. |
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11 | The setup conceptually looks like this: |
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13 | {{graphviz_link() |
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14 | digraph G { |
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15 | rankdir = LR; |
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17 | e1tap [label="osmocom e1-tap\ninserted into E1 line"]; |
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18 | xcvr1 [label="osmo-e1-xcvr 1"]; |
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19 | xcvr2 [label="osmo-e1-xcvr 2"]; |
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21 | e1tap -> xcvr1 [label="E1 A->B"]; |
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22 | e1tap -> xcvr2 [label="E1 B->A"]; |
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23 | xcvr1 -> iCEpick [label="serial bits A->B"]; |
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24 | xcvr1 -> iCEpick [label="SPI (ctrl)"]; |
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25 | xcvr2 -> iCEpick [label="serial bits B->A"]; |
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26 | xcvr2 -> iCEpick [label="SPI (ctrl)"]; |
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28 | iCEpick -> PC [label="USB (ISO)"]; |
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29 | } |
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30 | }} |
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32 | h2. Pictures |
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34 | 3 | laforge | h3. APU2 assembly with 2x e1-xcvr and iCEpick |
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36 | !apu-assembly.jpg! |
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38 | h3. APU2 assembly with 2x e1 xcvr interconnected with e1tap |
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40 | !assembly-interconnect-tap.jpg! |
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42 | 2 | laforge | h3. Two E1 XCVR with LOS (Los Of Signal) ON |
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44 | !e1xcvr-los-on.jpg! |
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46 | h3. Two E1 XCVR with LOS (Los Of Signal) OFF |
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48 | !e1xcvr-los-off.jpg! |
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50 | h3. iCEpick with LED cyan (all OK) |
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52 | !icepick-cyan.jpg! |
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54 | h3. APU2 LEDs (labelled in German) |
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56 | !apu-led.jpg! |