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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Libre/Open blockchain / cryptographic ASICs
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On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 6:10 AM ZmnSCPxj <ZmnSCPxj@protonmail.com> wrote:
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> Good morning Luke,
morning - can i ask you a favour because moderated (off-topic)
messages are being forwarded
https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev-moderation/
could you send these instead to libre-soc-dev@lists.libre-soc.org?
many thanks,
l.
> Another thing we can do with scan mode would be something like the below =
masking:
>
> input CLK, RESET_N;
> input TESTMODE;
> input SCANOUT_INTERNAL;
> output SCANOUT_PAD;
>
> reg gating;
> wire n_gating =3D gating && TESTMODE;
> always_ff @(posedge CLK, negedge RESET_N) begin
> if (!RESET_N) gating <=3D 1'b1; /*RESET-HIGH*/
> else gating <=3D n_gating; end
>
> assign SCANOUT_PAD =3D SCANOUT_INTERNAL && gating;
>
> The `gating` means that after reset, if we are not in test mode, `gating`=
becomes 0 permanently and prevents any scan data from being extracted.
> Assuming scan is not used in normal operation (it should not) then inadve=
rtent ESD noise on the `gating` flip-flop would not have an effect.
>
> Output being combinational should be fine as the output is "just" an AND =
gate, as long as `gating` does not transition from 0->1 (impossible in norm=
al operation, only at reset condition) then glitching is impossible, and wh=
en scan is running then `TESTMODE` should not be exited which means `gating=
` should remain high as well, thus output is still glitch-free.
>
> Since the flip-flop resets to 1, and in some technologies I have seen a r=
eset-to-0 FF is slightly smaller than a reset-to-1 FF, it might do good to =
invert the sense of `gating` instead, and use a NOR gate at the output (whi=
ch might also be smaller than an AND gate, look it up in the technology you=
are targeting).
> On the other hand the above is a tiny circuit already and it is unlikely =
you need more than one of it (well for large enough ICs you might want more=
than one scan chain but still, even the largest ICs we handled never had m=
ore than 8 scan chains, usually just 4 to 6) so overoptimizing this is not =
necessary.
>
>
> Regards,
> ZmnSCPxj
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