IEEE-1588-PTP

For the fast introduction of the IEEE 1588 technology demo versions of the IEEE 1588 protocol software are available for download. All demos are provided as binary code and can directly run on the evaluation boards of the different chip manufacturers. With the demo versions also a demo of the IEEE 1588 PTP Manager software is provided.  
In addition, with the Linux Live CD IXXAT offers a demo version of the IEEE 1588 protocol stack for the PC, which can be started directly from the CD (boot image).
All platforms offered on this page provide a hardware based support for the IEEE 1588 protocol. Both time stamping and implementation of an adjustable real-time clock in hardware enables a synchronization accuracy in the nanosecond range. 

Sample: 
One P4080DS-PB evaluation board synchronized back-to-back with a MPC8360E-MDS reference board, using a synchronization interval of 0,125 sec, reaches an accuracy of +/- 28 nsec offset peaks. The standard deviation of the offset between the nodes is 7 nsec.
The startup and the synchronization are done very fast. Normally up to 20 synchronization intervals are required to become synchronized.

Fig. 1: Start of the synchronization process (Sample for P4080)

The following diagram shows the offset from the master values after the synchronization initiation of a long term test.


Fig. 2: Offset from master values in synchronized status (Sample for P4080)

The following diagram shows the offset from master value distribution of the long-term test:

Fig. 3: Distribution of the offset from master values (Sample for P4080)

The IXXAT IEEE1588 stack offers a large number of configuration possibilities and completely implements the IEEE1588-2008 standard. Supported are the transportation protocols IPv4 (annex D), IPv6 (annex E) and IEEE 802.3 (annex F). The software also allows the operation as binary clock or transparent clock with several Ethernet interfaces. The stack has a management API, via which a management device can be implemented.
The currently available downloads are listed in the following table:

Access data is required for the download, which you can request here: Access data 

CPU	Eval-Kit	IEEE 1588 Version	Max. deviation (1)	Standard deviation (1)	Max. no. of  slaves (2)	Download
Freescale  QorIQ P4080	P4080DS- PB	V1.06.05	+/- 28 ns	7 ns	350	ptp_demo_12_ V10605.zip (1,7 MB)
Freescale MPC8313	MPC8313E- RDB REV-C	V1.06.05	+/- 35 ns	8 ns	45	ptp_demo_04_ V10605.zip 1,7 MB)
Freescale MPC8309	MPC 8309 TWR	V1.05.05	+/- 55 ns	16 ns	30	ptp_demo_13_ V10605.zip 2,0 MB)
Freescale  QorIQ P2020	P2020RDB- PC REV C	V1.06.05	+/- 40 ns	8 ns	180	ptp_demo_10_ V10605.zip 1,9 MB)
Freescale  QorIQ P5040	P5040DS- PA	V1.06.05	+/- 29 ns	7 ns	500	ptp_demo_17_ V10605.zip 1,9 MB)
Freescale  QorIQ P1025	P1025- TWR	V1.06.05	+/- 50ns	9 ns	60	ptp_demo_19_ V10605.zip 1,8 MB)
STMicro-electronics STM32 F207	STM3220F- EVAL	V1.06.05	+/- 40 ns	11 ns	10	ptp_demo_09_ V10605.zip 2,6 MB)
Linux  Live CD	-	V1.05.05	-	-	-	linuxlivecd_ 010509.iso (167 MB)