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Highlights:
* New hardware support:
- Kasli-SoC, a new EEM carrier based on a Zynq SoC, enabling much faster kernel execution.
- Kasli-SoC, a new EEM carrier based on a Zynq SoC, enabling much faster kernel execution
(see: https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.15290).
- DRTIO support on Zynq-based devices (Kasli-SoC and ZC706).
- DRTIO support on KC705.
- HVAMP_8CH 8 channel HV amplifier for Fastino / Zotinos
- Almazny mezzanine board for Mirny
* TTL device output can be now configured to work as a clock generator.
- Phaser: improved documentation, exposed the DAC coarse mixer and ``sif_sync``, exposed upconverter calibration
and enabling/disabling of upconverter LO & RF outputs, added helpers to align Phaser updates to the
RTIO timeline (``get_next_frame_mu()``
- Urukul: ``get()``, ``get_mu()``, ``get_att()``, and ``get_att_mu()`` functions added for AD9910 and AD9912.
* Softcore targets now use the RISC-V architecture (VexRiscv) instead of OR1K (mor1kx).
* Gateware FPU is supported on KC705 and Kasli 2.0.
* Faster compilation for large arrays/lists.
* Phaser:
- Improved documentation
- Expose the DAC coarse mixer and ``sif_sync``
- Exposes upconverter calibration and enabling/disabling of upconverter LO & RF outputs.
- Add helpers to align Phaser updates to the RTIO timeline (``get_next_frame_mu()``)
* Core device moninj is now proxied via the ``aqctl_moninj_proxy`` controller.
* Faster exception handling.
* Several exception handling bugs fixed.
* Support for a simpler shared library system with faster calls into the runtime. This is only used by the NAC3
compiler (nac3ld) and improves RTIO output performance (test_pulse_rate) by 9-10%.
* Moninj improvements:
- Urukul monitoring and frequency setting (through dashboard) is now supported.
- Core device moninj is now proxied via the ``aqctl_moninj_proxy`` controller.
* The configuration entry ``rtio_clock`` supports multiple clocking settings, deprecating the usage
of compile-time options.
* Packaging via Nix Flakes.
* Firmware and gateware can now be built on-demand on the M-Labs server using ``afws_client``
(subscribers only).
* Added support for 100MHz RTIO clock in DRTIO.
* Previously detected RTIO async errors are reported to the host after each kernel terminates and a
warning is logged. The warning is additional to the one already printed in the core device log
immediately upon detection of the error.
* Extended Kasli gateware JSON description with configuration for SPI over DIO.
* ``get()``, ``get_mu()``, ``get_att()``, and ``get_att_mu()`` functions added for AD9910 and AD9912.
* TTL outputs can be now configured to work as a clock generator from the JSON.
* On Kasli, the number of FIFO lanes in the scalable events dispatcher (SED) can now be configured in
the JSON hardware description file.
the JSON.
* ``artiq_ddb_template`` generates edge-counter keys that start with the key of the corresponding
TTL device (e.g. ``ttl_0_counter`` for the edge counter on TTL device ``ttl_0``).
* ``artiq_master`` now has an ``--experiment-subdir`` option to scan only a subdirectory of the
repository when building the list of experiments.
* Added support for 100MHz RTIO clock in DRTIO.
* Previously detected RTIO async errors are reported to the host after each kernel terminates and a
warning is logged. The warning is additional to the one already printed in the core device log upon
detection of the error.
* Experiments can now be submitted by-content.
* The master can now optionally log all experiments submitted into a CSV file.
* Removed worker DB warning for writing a dataset that is also in the archive.
* ``PCA9548`` I2C switch class renamed to ``I2CSwitch``, to accomodate support for PCA9547, and
possibly other switches in future. Readback has been removed, and now only one channel per
switch is supported.
* The "ip" config option can now be set to "use_dhcp" in order to use DHCP to obtain an IP address.
DHCP will also be used if no "ip" config option is set.
* Urukul monitoring and frequency setting (through dashboard) is now supported.
* Experiments can now call ``scheduler.check_termination()`` to test if the user
has requested graceful termination.
* ARTIQ command-line programs and controllers now exit cleanly on Ctrl-C.
* ``artiq_coremgmt reboot`` now reloads gateware as well, providing a more thorough and reliable
device reset (7-series FPGAs only).
* Firmware and gateware can now be built on-demand on the M-Labs server using ``afws_client``
(subscribers only). Self-compilation remains possible.
* Easier-to-use packaging via Nix Flakes.
* Python 3.10 support (experimental).
Breaking changes:
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* Mirny: Added extra delays in ``ADF5356.sync()``. This avoids the need of an extra delay before
calling `ADF5356.init()`.
* The deprecated ``set_dataset(..., save=...)`` is no longer supported.
* The ``PCA9548`` I2C switch class was renamed to ``I2CSwitch``, to accomodate support for PCA9547,
and possibly other switches in future. Readback has been removed, and now only one channel per
switch is supported.
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