From 4000adfb217e1adb18558f43166f3eec066fb17c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastien Bourdeauducq Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 16:42:28 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] RELEASE_NOTES: update ARTIQ-6 section --- RELEASE_NOTES.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst index 318759e30..48a98b202 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst @@ -8,13 +8,22 @@ ARTIQ-6 Highlights: +* New hardware support: + - Zynq SoC core devices, enabling kernels to run on 1 GHz CPU core with + a floating-point unit for faster computations. This currently requires an external + repository (https://git.m-labs.hk/m-labs/artiq-zynq) and only supports the ZC706. + - Mirny 4-channel wide-band PLL/VCO-based microwave frequency synthesiser + - Fastino 32-channel, 3MS/s per channel, 16-bit DAC EEM + - Kasli 2.0 +* Matrix math support on the core device. +* Trigonometric functions and miscellaneous math library support on the core device. * Performance improvements: - #1432: SERDES TTL inputs can now detect edges on pulses that are shorter than the RTIO period - Improved performance for kernel RPC involving list and array. -* Coredevice SI to mu conversions now always return valid codes, or raise a `ValueError`. -* Zotino now exposes `voltage_to_mu()` -* `ad9910`: The maximum amplitude scale factor is now `0x3fff` (was `0x3ffe` +* Coredevice SI to mu conversions now always return valid codes, or raise a ``ValueError``. +* Zotino now exposes ``voltage_to_mu()`` +* ``ad9910``: The maximum amplitude scale factor is now ``0x3fff`` (was ``0x3ffe`` before). * Dashboard: - Applets now restart if they are running and a ccb call changes their spec @@ -25,11 +34,16 @@ Highlights: * Core device: ``panic_reset 1`` now correctly resets the kernel CPU as well if communication CPU panic occurs. * NumberValue accepts a ``type`` parameter specifying the output as ``int`` or ``float`` -* A parameter `--identifier-str` has been added to many targets to aid +* A parameter ``--identifier-str`` has been added to many targets to aid with reproducible builds. +* Python 3.7 support in Conda packages. Breaking changes: +* ``artiq_netboot`` has been moved to its own repository at + https://git.m-labs.hk/m-labs/artiq-netboot +* Core device watchdogs have been removed. + ARTIQ-5 -------