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Links

• https://daq13.triumf.ca - detector facility daq station
• https://daq17.triumf.ca - MOB lab daq station
• git clone dldaq@daq00.triumf.ca/git/dlana - trigger detector analysis software
• DL-DB - trigger detector SiPM board and distribution board documentation
• https://daq00.triumf.ca/AgWiki/index.php/Chronobox - DL-TDC base firmware documentation
• DL-TDC - DL-TDC special documentation
• VME-PPG32 - PPG32 documentation
• VME-NIMIO32#DL_clock_(PPG32-Rev2) - PPG32 (IO32) firmware documentation
• chronobox_firmware branch dl-tdc - DL-TDC firmware git repo
• chronobox_software - DL-TDC MIDAS frontend git repo
• (to be split) dldb - fedldb git repo

Drawings

File:DL-trigger-detector.drawio.pdf

DAQ

• ODB /eq/cb02/settings:
• dl_ctrl for A+B 0xC0FE
• dl_ctrl for A*B 0xC0F0
• A is grand-OR of all scintillators on the TDC-A cable (enabled by dl_trg_mask[7..0], 8 bits for the 8 scintillators)
• B is grand-OR of all scintillators on the TDC-B cable (enabled by dl_trg_mask[15..8], 8 bits for the 8 scintillators)
• each scintillator signal (A[7..0] and B[7..0]) is L*R hardwired in dl/dl.sv
• dl_tdc_mask can be used to disable each of the 32 TDC inputs (see map between TDC inputs and scintillator channels)
• there is no button to disable chronobox counters and rates for individual CB channels

TDC cabling map

This TDC map is hardcoded in the analyzer and in the FPGA trigger logic.

Orange and Black detectors TDC cable connections are the same.

TDC cable A is tdc00..tdc15
TDC cable B is tdc16..tdc31
A signal is tdc32
B signal is tdc33
T = A*B  is tdc34

TDC end  | SiPM | scintillator | SiPM | TDC end
------------------------------------------------
tdc01    |  B1  |  sc01, sc02  |  B2  | tdc14-15
tdc10-11 |  B3  |  sc03, sc04  |  B4  | tdc67
tdc23    |  B5  |  sc05, sc06  |  B6  | tdc12-13
tdc89    |  B7  |  sc07, sc08  |  B8  | tdc45
------------------------------------------------

DLDB port map

DLDB  scintil     channel     SiPM  scint
port  lator
-----------------------------------------
  0 - sc01 sc02 - ch01 ch02 - eB1 - e1 - e2
  1 - sc02 sc01 - ch09 ch10 - eB2 - e2 - e1
  2 - sc03 sc04 - ch03 ch04 - eB3 - e3 - e4
  3 - sc04 sc03 - ch11 ch12 - eB4 - e4 - e3
  4 - sc05 sc06 - ch05 ch06 - eB5 - e5 - e6
  5 - sc06 sc05 - ch13 ch14 - eB6 - e6 - e5
  6 - sc07 sc08 - ch07 ch08 - eB7 - e7 - e8
  7 - sc08 sc07 - ch15 ch16 - eB8 - e8 - e7
  8 - sc09 sc10 - ch17 ch18 - pB1 - p1 - p2
  9 - sc10 sc09 - ch25 ch26 - pB2 - p2 - p1
 10 - sc11 sc12 - ch19 ch20 - pB3 - p3 - p4
 11 - sc12 sc11 - ch27 ch28 - pB4 - p4 - p3
 12 - sc13 sc14 - ch21 ch22 - pB5 - p5 - p6
 13 - sc14 sc13 - ch29 ch30 - pB6 - p6 - p5
 14 - sc15 sc16 - ch23 ch24 - pB7 - p7 - p8
 15 - sc16 sc15 - ch31 ch32 - pB8 - p8 - p7	

FPGA and TDC channel map

sc01 - ch01 - tdc00 - GPIO-1-20
sc01 - ch09 - tdc15 - GPIO-1-21
sc02 - ch02 - tdc01 - GPIO-1-22
sc02 - ch10 - tdc14 - GPIO-1-23
sc03 - ch03 - tdc10 - GPIO-1-31
sc03 - ch11 - tdc07 - GPIO-1-34
sc04 - ch04 - tdc11 - GPIO-1-29
sc04 - ch12 - tdc06 - GPIO-1-32
sc05 - ch05 - tdc02 - GPIO-1-24 not GPIO-1-30
sc05 - ch13 - tdc13 - GPIO-1-25
sc06 - ch06 - tdc03 - GPIO-1-26
sc06 - ch14 - tdc12 - GPIO-1-27
sc07 - ch07 - tdc08 - GPIO-1-35
sc07 - ch15 - tdc05 - GPIO-1-30
sc08 - ch08 - tdc09 - GPIO-1-33
sc08 - ch16 - tdc04 - GPIO-1-28

sc09 - ch17 - tdc16 - GPIO-0-15
sc09 - ch25 - tdc31 - GPIO-0-14
sc10 - ch18 - tdc17 - GPIO-0-13
sc10 - ch26 - tdc30 - GPIO-0-12
sc11 - ch19 - tdc26 - GPIO-0-4
sc11 - ch27 - tdc23 - GPIO-0-1
sc12 - sc20 - tdc27 - GPIO-0-6
sc12 - ch28 - tdc22 - GPIO-0-3
sc13 - ch21 - tdc18 - GPIO-0-11
sc13 - ch29 - tdc29 - GPIO-0-10
sc14 - ch22 - tdc19 - GPIO-0-9
sc14 - ch30 - tdc28 - GPIO-0-8
sc15 - ch23 - tdc24 - GPIO-0-0
sc15 - ch31 - tdc21 - GPIO-0-5
sc16 - ch24 - tdc25 - GPIO-0-2
sc16 - ch32 - tdc20 - GPIO_0-7

PPG32-Rev2 settings

Jumper settings

• JMP1 - left (INP)
• JMP2 - left (INP)
• JMP3 - left (TTL input)
• P0 - both right (NIM output)
• P1 - both left (TTL output)
• SW1 - 0 (VME address)
• SW2 - 0 (VME address)
• SW3 - C (VME A24 address 0xC0'0000)

Firmware sources

• cd $HOME/git
• git clone https://bitbucket.org/ttriumfdaq/vme-nimio32 vme-nimio32-dl-clock
• cd vme-nimio32-dl-clock
• git checkout dl-clock

Build firmware

• ssh trinatdaq ### must be Ubuntu-20 to run quartus 13.1
• cd /home/olchansk/git/vme-nimio32-dl-clock/VME-NIMIO32/PPG32-Rev1
• /daq/quartus/13.1.4.182/quartus/bin/quartus
• open VME-PPG32 project, processing -> start compilation
• will produce new sof and pof files (jic file must be regenerated manually)
• load sof file into FPGA using quartus jtag programmer, then load pof file into EPCS16 flasg using srunner, see below

Load firmware

• cd ~olchansk/git/vme
• ./srunner_vme_gef.exe -id -16 /dev/null 0x300020 ### identify EPCS chip
• ./srunner_vme_gef.exe -program -16 /home/olchansk/git/vme-nimio32-dl-clock/VME-NIMIO32/PPG32-Rev1/VME-PPG32.pof 0x300020
• ./test_VMENIMIO32_gef.exe --addr 0x300000 --reboot

Check clock status

• ./test_VMENIMIO32_gef.exe --addr 0x300000 --read 9 ### read clock status, bits are as above
• ./test_VMENIMIO32_gef.exe --addr 0x300000 --write 9 0 ### reset the pll_unlocked_latch

HP LVPS instructions

From: Gabby Gelinas <ggelinas@triumf.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:29:15 +0000

Hi all,

Including the instructions on how to save the start up settings of the low voltage power supplies in case something changes and it needs to be redone again
later.

1. Set the supplies to what you want them to default to
2. On one supply, press the blue button (says “save” above it)
3. Press "0"
4  Press “enter”
5. Repeat steps 2-4 on the other supply
6. Turn both supplies off
7. Turn both supplies on while holding down the “8” button to make sure it worked. You’ll see a message about loading save 0.

Gabby Gelinas