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+// ***************************************************************************
+// ***************************************************************************
+// ***************************************************************************
+// ***************************************************************************
+
+`timescale 1ns/100ps
+
+module ad_sysref_gen (
+
+    input       core_clk,
+
+    input       sysref_en,
+    output reg  sysref_out
+);
+
+  // SYSREF period is multiple of core_clk, and has a duty cycle of 50%
+  // NOTE: if SYSREF always on (this is a JESD204 IP configuration),
+  // the period must be a correct multiple of the multiframe period
+  parameter    SYSREF_PERIOD = 128;
+
+  localparam   SYSREF_HALFPERIOD = SYSREF_PERIOD/2 - 1;
+
+  reg  [ 7:0]   counter;
+  reg           sysref_en_m1;
+  reg           sysref_en_m2;
+  reg           sysref_en_int;
+
+  // bring the enable signal to JESD core clock domain
+  always @(posedge core_clk) begin
+    sysref_en_m1 <= sysref_en;
+    sysref_en_m2 <= sysref_en_m1;
+    sysref_en_int <= sysref_en_m2;
+  end
+
+  // free running counter for periodic SYSREF generation
+  always @(posedge core_clk) begin
+    if (sysref_en_int) begin
+      counter <= (counter < SYSREF_HALFPERIOD) ? counter + 1 : 0;
+    end else begin
+      counter <= 0;
+    end
+  end
+
+  // generate SYSREF
+  always @(posedge core_clk) begin
+    if (counter == SYSREF_HALFPERIOD) begin
+      sysref_out <= ~sysref_out;
+    end else begin
+      sysref_out <= 1'b0;
+    end
+  end
+
+endmodule