Field notes

Small details. Expensive debugging sessions.

A few interface habits make failures easier to find and easier to explain. Start with the handshake, then make the experiment repeatable.

01 · AXI-Lite

Address and data do not arrive as a pair.

Why a simultaneous AW/W demo leaves a gap, and how to test separate arrivals without demanding illegal assumptions from the peripheral.

02 · Handshakes

A READY/VALID transfer is a commitment. Check what happens while the receiver is not ready, not just on the cycle it accepts data.

03 · Workflow

A random seed helps only when the source, configuration and toolchain match. Build a small replay bundle before the next intermittent failure.

We are shaping the AXI-Lite pilot around real failure modes and integration work.