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Links

• xxx
• https://bitbucket.org/teamalphag/alphat_firmware - firmware sources on bitbucket

ALPHA-T front panel connections

From top to bottom:

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| minisas-C - links 8-11
| minisas-D - links 12-15
|
| ethernet sfp - use copper sfp only
| minisas - not used, do not connect
| esata - clock in, trigger out
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| minisas-A - links 0-3
| minisas-B - links 4-7
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| LEDs
|

MiniSAS and SATA flail cable connections:

P1 <--> link 3
P2 <--> link 2
P3 <--> link 1
P4 <--> link 0

LEDs:

--PCB-- (left)
LED[0] - trigger out - ag_trig_out
LED[1] - network packet received - sfp_rx_data_valid
LED[2] - Xilinx FPGA boot ok - FMC1_CFG_DONE
LED[3] - not used
(right)

ALPHA-T onboard jumpers and switches

• rotary switches: select IP address: 00=192.168.1.50, 11=.51, 22=.52, 33=.53, 44=.54, otherwire=.251

Firmware update procedure

• use quartus to generate the grifc.pof file (use grifc.cof)
• open quartus programmer
• attach grifc.pof to the 1st CFI_512 flash
• mark program/configure for the same flash (3 marks: pof, page_0 and OPTION_BITS
• check that "initiate configuration after programming" is set in tools->options
• say "start"
• should take about 5 minutes
• grifc should reboot into the new firmware

If CFI_512 flash is not visible to the quartus programmer, load correct code into the MaxV CPLD:

• open quartus programmer,
• say "auto detect"
• change file for the 5M2210 device
• use .../boot/maxv_3xfmc_normal.pof from the firmware git repository
• say "program", it should finish in 10-15 seconds
• say "auto detect"
• CFI_512 flash should be visible now.

ALPHA-g trigger functions

Trigger modes:

• software trigger
• pulser trigger
• trigger on GRIF16 ADC NIM and ESATA inputs
• adc16 grand-or
• adc32 grand-or
• adc16 wire multiplicity
• trigger on coincidences of ADC links

software trigger

to programmatically fire the trigger, one should:

• set the conf_enable_sw_trigger bit in conf_trig_enable, this will permit the software trigger to fire the trigger
• write value 0x4 to register 0x2B, this will cause the trigger to fire

pulser trigger

To use the pulser trigger, one should program:

• pulser period (in clocks)
• pulser width (in clocks, use value 5, the pulser no longer goes outside of the trigger board, so changing the width does not do anything)
• set the run_pulser bit in conf_trig_enable, this will cause the pulser to run
• set the enable_pulser bit in conf_trig_enable, this will cause the pulser to fire the trigger
• set the output_pulser bit in conf_trig_enable, this will cause the pulser to be output from the alphag firmware block (the pulser no longer goes outside of the trigger board, so changing the bit does not do anything)

adc16 multiplicity trigger

This trigger is intended for use with the barrel scintillator signals connected to adc16 digitizers. It does not work well with TPC AW signals.

The 16 adc16 trigger bits (16x16=256) are added together to form the hit multiplicity value (adc16_mult, 16 bits, actual range 0 to 256).

Four threshold signals are computed: adc16_mult_1ormore = adc16_mult>=1, 2ormore, 3ormore, 4ormore.

There is a counter for each of these four signals.

Each of these four signals can fire the trigger, see conf_trig_enable bits.

Control registers

Register addresses

Note: all registers are 32 bits unless otherwise noted.

Note: RW means read-write register, RO means read-only, ROL means read-only, contents is latched by the "latch_out" bit

Address	Quartus Name	Access	FwRev	Description
0x08	num_sample	RW	GRIF-C	magic register to control UDP packet size
0x1F	compilation_time	RO		Firmware revision
0x20	conf_trig_width <= par_value;
0x21	conf_busy_width <= par_value;
0x22	conf_pulser_width <= par_value;
0x23	conf_pulser_period <= par_value;
0x24	sw_trigger_counter <= 10;
0x24	-		0x5b120c9f (01Jun18_20:18)	not used
0x25	conf_trig_enable <= par_value;
0x26	conf_sas_trig_mask <= par_value;	obsolete
0x27	conf_sas_trig_mask_a <= par_value;	obsolete
0x28	conf_sas_trig_mask_b <= par_value;	obsolete
0x29	conf_nim_mask <= par_value;
0x2A	conf_esata_mask <= par_value;
0x2B	reset_out, latch_out, trigger_out	pulsed	0x5b120c9f (01Jun18_20:18)	see reg 0x2B bits
0x2C	conf_aw16_coinc_a	RW	???	configure AW coincidence trigger
0x2D	conf_aw16_coinc_b	RW	???
0x2E	conf_aw16_coinc_c	RW	???
0x2F	conf_aw16_coinc_d	RW	???
0x30	sas_sd[15:0]	ROL	0x5b120c9f (01Jun18_20:18)	sas signal detect for each link
0x31	pll_625_status	ROL	0x5b2057f5 (12Jun18_16:32)	62.5MHz PLL status, bits: 31=locked, 30=active clock, 29=esata_clk_bad, 28=clk625_bad, 27:0 not used, to be lock counter
0x32	clk_counter	ROL	0x5b2057f5 (12Jun18_16:32)	frequency counter of the system 125 MHz clock
0x33	clk_625_counter	ROL	0x5b2057f5 (12Jun18_16:32)	frequency counter of the currently selected 62.5 MHz clock (my_clk_625)
0x34	conf_control	RW	0x5b398983 (01Jul18_19:10)	see conf_control bits below
0x35	conf_drift_width	RW	0x5b398983 (01Jul18_19:10)	width of drift time blank-out in 62.5MHz clocks
0x36	conf_scaledown	RW	0x5b398983 (01Jul18_19:10)	trigger scaledown, 0=no scaledownaw trigger mlu control
0x37	conf_mlu	RW	0x5b398983 (01Jul18_19:10)	aw trigger mlu control
0x38	conf_trig_delay	RW	0x5baedfca (28Sep18_19:13)	delay the trigger pulse
0x39	esata_clk_counter	ROL	0x5baedfca (28Sep18_19:13)	frequency counter of the system 125 MHz clock
0x3A	esata_clk_esata_counter	ROL	0x5baedfca (28Sep18_19:13)	requency counter of the external clock (eSATA clock)
0x3B	conf_counter_adc_select	RW	0x5bb7f6ae (05Oct18_16:41)	select which 16 ADCs are connected to the selected adc counters, 0..15 - connect the adc16 signals, 16..47 connect the adc32 signals
0x3C	sysreset_ts	RO	0x5bb7f6ae (05Oct18_16:41)	125MHz counter of VME-SYSRESET active state
0x3D	GRIF-C csr	RW	GRIF-C	<= csr & ~par_value; // Selective clear
0x3E	GRIF-C csr	RW	GRIF-C	par_value; // Selective set
0x3F	GRIF-C csr	RW	GRIF-C	<= par_value; // write
0x40	conf_bsc_control	RW	NEXT	Barrel Scintillator trigger control
0x41	conf_coinc_control	RW	NEXT	Coincidence trigger control
0x100	ts_625	ROL		latched timestamp
0x101	counter_trig_out	ROL		counter of issued triggers
0x102	counter_trig_in	ROL		counter of triggers
0x103	counter_pulser	ROL		counter of pulser
0x104	counter_adc16_grand_or	ROL
0x105	counter_adc32_grand_or	ROL
0x106	counter_adc_grand_or	ROL
0x107	counter_esata_nim_grand_or	ROL
0x108	counter_adc16_mult_1ormore	ROL
0x109	counter_adc16_mult_2ormore	ROL
0x10A	counter_adc16_mult_3ormore	ROL
0x10B	counter_adc16_mult_4ormore	ROL
0x10C	counter_aw16_coinc_a	ROL	???	counter of AW coincidence triggers
0x10D	counter_aw16_coinc_b	ROL	???
0x10E	counter_aw16_coinc_c	ROL	???
0x10F	counter_aw16_coinc_d	ROL	???
0x110	counter_drift	ROL	0x5b398983 (01Jul18_19:10)	counter of triggers that passed the drift time blank-out
0x111	counter_scaledown	ROL	0x5b398983 (01Jul18_19:10)	counter of triggers that passed the scaledown
0x112	counter_aw16_coinc	ROL	0x5b398983 (01Jul18_19:10)	counter of AW coincidence triggers
0x113	counter_aw16_mlu	ROL	0x5b398983 (01Jul18_19:10)	counter of AW MLU triggers
0x114	counter_aw16_mult_1ormore	ROL	0x5bb7f6ae (05Oct18_16:41)	counter of AW 1ormore triggers
0x115	counter_aw16_mult_2ormore	ROL	0x5bb7f6ae (05Oct18_16:41)	counter of AW 2ormore triggers
0x116	counter_aw16_mult_3ormore	ROL	0x5bb7f6ae (05Oct18_16:41)	counter of AW 3ormore triggers
0x117	counter_aw16_mult_4ormore	ROL	0x5bb7f6ae (05Oct18_16:41)	counter of AW 4ormore triggers
0x118	counter_bsc_grand_or	ROL	NEXT	counter of BSC grand-or triggers
0x119	counter_bsc_mult	ROL	NEXT	counter of BSC multiplicity triggers
0x11A	counter_coinc_mult	ROL	NEXT	counter of coinidence triggers
0x200..0x207	conf_adc16_masks	RW	all	adc16 enable bits
0x300..0x30F	conf_adc32_masks	RW	all	adc32 enable bits
0x400..0x41F	sas_bits[15:0][63:0]	ROL	all	sas data bits for each link
0x420..0x42F	sas_sd_counters[15:0]	ROL	0x5b120c9f (01Jun18_20:18)	sas signal detect counter for each link
0x430..0x43F	counters_adc16_or16[15:0]	ROL	0x5b120c9f (01Jun18_20:18)	16 counters of adc16 ORes
0x440..0x45F	counters_adc32_or16[31:0]	ROL	0x5b120c9f (01Jun18_20:18)	32 counters of adc32 ORes
0x460..0x46F	counters_adc_selected[15:0]	ROL	0x5bb7f6ae (05Oct18_16:41)	16 counters for selected group of adcs, see conf_counter_adc_select
0x470..0x4AF	counters_bsc64[63:0]	ROL	NEXT	64 counters for the BSC bars

conf_control bits

Bit	Quartus Name	FwRev	Description
0	conf_clock_select	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	select 0=internal 62.5 MHz clock or 1=esata 62.5 MHz clock
1	conf_enable_aw_adc16	0x5baedfca (28Sep18_19:13)	route AW trigger (aw16) from adc16
2	conf_enable_aw_adc32a	0x5baedfca (28Sep18_19:13)	route AW trigger (aw16) from adc32 15..0
3	conf_enable_aw_adc32b	0x5baedfca (28Sep18_19:13)	route AW trigger (aw16) from adc32 31..16
15..4
23..16	conf_mlu_prompt	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	MLU trigger prompt window
31..24	conf_mlu_wait	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	MLU trigger wait window

conf_mlu bits

Bit	Quartus Name	FwRev	Description
31	mlu_reset	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	not used
30	mlu_write	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	1=write data bit into given address
16	mlu_data	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	data bit for writing to MLU RAM
15..0	mlu_write_addr	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	MLU RAM write address for writing the data bit

conf_bsc_control bits

Bit	Quartus Name	FwRev	Description
0	conf_bsc_adc_a	NEXT	enable mapping of BSC ADCs to ADC links 0..7
1	conf_bsc_adc_b	NEXT	enable mapping of BSC ADCs to ADC links 8..15
2	conf_bsc64_bot_only	NEXT	bsc64 uses bottom channels only
3	conf_bsc64_top_only	NEXT	bsc64 uses top channels only
4	conf_bsc64_bot_top_or	NEXT	bsc64 uses "or" of top and bottom
5	conf_bsc64_bot_top_and	NEXT	bsc64 uses "and" of top and bottom
6
7
15..8	conf_bsc64_mult	NEXT	bsc trigger fires if bsc64 multiplicity is equal or more than this value
31..16

conf_coinc_control bits

Bit	Quartus Name	FwRev	Description
0	conf_bsc_adc_a	NEXT	enable mapping of BSC ADCs to ADC links 0..7
1	conf_bsc_adc_b	NEXT	enable mapping of BSC ADCs to ADC links 8..15
2	conf_bsc64_bot_only	NEXT	bsc64 uses bottom channels only
3	conf_bsc64_top_only	NEXT	bsc64 uses top channels only
4	conf_bsc64_bot_top_or	NEXT	bsc64 uses "or" of top and bottom
5	conf_bsc64_bot_top_and	NEXT	bsc64 uses "and" of top and bottom
6
7
15..8	conf_bsc64_mult	NEXT	bsc trigger fires if bsc64 multiplicity is equal or more than this value
31..16

conf_trig_enable bits

Bit	Quartus Name	FwRev	Description
0	conf_enable_sw_trigger		trigger on software trigger (how generated???)
1	conf_enable_pulser		trigger on pulser
2	conf_enable_sas_or		obsolete
2	-	0x5b120c9f (01Jun18_20:18)	not used
3	conf_run_pulser		let the pulser run (frequency has to be set beforehand)
4	conf_output_pulser		enable external output of pulser signal
5	conf_enable_esata_nim		trigger on ESATA and NIM grand-or (esata and nim masks should be set beforehand)
6	conf_enable_adc16		trigger on adc16 grand-or
7	conf_enable_adc32		trigger on adc32 grand-or
8	conf_enable_adc16_1ormore		trigger on adc16 grand multiplicity "1 or more"
9	conf_enable_adc16_2ormore		same, "2 or more"
10	conf_enable_adc16_3ormore		same, "3 or more"
11	conf_enable_adc16_4ormore		same, "4 or more"
12	conf_enable_adc16_coinc		trigger on special coincidence of adc16 links
12	-	0x5b08938c (25May18_15:51)	not used
13	conf_enable_udp	0x5a7a3fbd (06Feb18_15:52)	enable sending UDP packets
14	conf_enable_busy	0x5a7a3fbd (06Feb18_15:52)	enable activation of busy counter
15	conf_enable_adc	0x5b120c9f (01Jun18_20:18)	trigger on adc grand-or
16	conf_enable_aw16_coinc_a	???	enable AW coincidence trigger
17	conf_enable_aw16_coinc_b	???
18	conf_enable_aw16_coinc_c	???
19	conf_enable_aw16_coinc_d	???
20	conf_clock_select	0x5b2057f5 (12Jun18_16:32)	select 0=internal 62.5 MHz clock or 1=esata 62.5 MHz clock
20	not used	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	not used, clock select moved to the conf_control register
21	conf_enable_aw16_coinc	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	enable AW coincidence trigger
22	conf_enable_aw16_mlu	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	enable AW MLU trigger
23
24	conf_enable_aw16_1ormore	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	trigger on AW preamp multiplicity "1 or more"
25	conf_enable_aw16_2ormore	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	same, "2 or more"
26	conf_enable_aw16_3ormore	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	same, "3 or more"
27	conf_enable_aw16_4ormore	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	same, "4 or more"

reg 0x2B bits

Bit	Quartus Name	FwRev	Description
0	reset_out	0x5b120c9f (01Jun18_20:18)	reset counters, etc
1	latch_out	0x5b120c9f (01Jun18_20:18)	latch counters, sas bits, etc
2	trigger_out	0x5b120c9f (01Jun18_20:18)	generate a trigger

UDP data format

Offset	Name	Quartus name	FwRev	Description
0	packet counter	none	all	UDP packet counter, counting from 0, reset by reboot. Automatically added by UDP transmitter code in the GRIFC base firmware
1	0x8 packet header		all	28 bits of counter_trig_out
2	trigger timestamp	trig_ts	all	62.5MHz trigger timestamp
3	accepted triggers	counter_trig_out	all	counter of accepted triggers
4	input triggers	counter_trig_in	all	counter of trigger input
5	pulser triggers	counter_pulser	all	counter of pulser triggers
6	trigger bitmap	udp_trig_bits	0x5a48448d (30Dec17_17:59)	bitmap of trigger information, see below
7	nim bits	udp_nim_bits_masked	???	32 bits of ADC NIM inputs (2 bits per ADC)
8	esata bits	udp_esata_bits_masked	???	32 bits of ADC ESATA inputs (2 bits per ADC)
9	mlu bits	aw16_prompt	0x5b398983 (01Jul18_19:10)	16 bits of MLU input, 1 bit per preamp
10	drift-blank-off counter	udp_drift_counter	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	counter of triggers that passed the drift blank-off
11	scaledown counter	udp_scaledown_counter	0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)	counter of triggers that passed the scaledown
X
12	0x9 packet footer		all	28 bits of counter_trig_out

trigger bitmap

              udp_trig_bits[0] <= adc16_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[1] <= adc32_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[2] <= adc_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[3] <= esata_nim_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[4] <= adc16_coinc_top;
              udp_trig_bits[5] <= adc16_coinc_bot;
              udp_trig_bits[6] <= adc16_coinc;
              udp_trig_bits[7] <= 0;
              udp_trig_bits[23:8] <= adc16_coinc_dff[15:0];
              udp_trig_bits[31:24] <= mult16[7:0];

Firmware 0x5b08938c (25May18_15:51)

              udp_trig_bits[0] <= adc16_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[1] <= adc32_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[2] <= adc_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[3] <= esata_nim_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[4] <= 0; // not used
              udp_trig_bits[5] <= 0; // not used
              udp_trig_bits[6] <= 0; // not used
              udp_trig_bits[7] <= 0;
              udp_trig_bits[23:8] <= 0; // not used
              udp_trig_bits[31:24] <= mult16[7:0];

Firmware 0x5b217dc4 (13Jun18_13:25)

              udp_trig_bits[0] <= adc16_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[1] <= adc32_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[2] <= adc_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[3] <= esata_nim_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[4] <= 0; // not used
              udp_trig_bits[5] <= 0; // not used
              udp_trig_bits[6] <= 0; // not used
              udp_trig_bits[7] <= 0;
              udp_trig_bits[23:8] <= xadc16_or16[15:0]; // 16x AW preamps hits
              udp_trig_bits[31:24] <= xadc16_or16_mult[7:0]; // 16x AW preamp multiplicity (sum of xadc16_or16 bits)

Firmware 0x5b3aa19f (02Jul18_15:05)

              udp_trig_bits[0] <= adc16_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[1] <= adc32_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[2] <= adc_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[3] <= esata_nim_grand_or;
              udp_trig_bits[4] <= 0; // not used
              udp_trig_bits[5] <= 0; // not used
              udp_trig_bits[6] <= 0; // not used
              udp_trig_bits[7] <= udp_mlu_out;
              udp_trig_bits[23:8] <= xadc16_or16[15:0]; // 16x AW preamps hits
              udp_trig_bits[31:24] <= xadc16_or16_mult[7:0]; // 16x AW preamp multiplicity (sum of xadc16_or16 bits)

TODO

• add FwRev to the UDP data output

End

//KO