VME-ALPHA-TTC

References

• [1] SVN repository for firmware and documentation
• [2] AlphaTTC schematics
• [3] firmware manual

Available hardware

• Main FPGA: Altera cyclone 1: EP1C6Q240C6N
• Trigger FPGA: two of the same (3 FPGA grand total)
• Serial flash for FPGA configuration: Altera EPCS16
• 6+6 NIM outputs
• 2 analog outputs for calibration pulse
• 2 NIM inputs
• 256 LVDS inputs into the 2 trigger FPGAs (128 inputs each)

Firmware update procedure

• obtain and build the VME programmer (srunner_vme) and IO32 test program (test_VMENIMIO32):
  • mkdir $HOME/packages
  • cd $HOME/packages
  • svn checkout https://ladd00.triumf.ca/svn/daqsvn/trunk/vme (username svn, password svn)
  • cd vme
  • make -k srunner_vme.exe srunner_vme_gef.exe test_VMENIMIO32.exe test_VMENIMIO32_gef.exe

• read the firmware revision from VME register 0:
  • ./test_VMENIMIO32_gef.exe --addr 0x100000 --read 0

• write Cyclone 1 FPGA firmware into the flash memory using the VME programmer:
  • ./srunner_vme_gef.exe -program -64 VME-NIMIO32.pof 0x100020
  • !!!be careful about using Rev0 pof files for Rev0 boards and Rev1 pof files for Rev1 boards!!!

• reboot the Cyclone 1 FPGA into the new firmware (requires "fpga-reset" mod):
  • ./test_VMENIMIO32_gef.exe --addr 0x100000 --reboot

Firmware revisions

Firmware for the main FPGA:

• firmware sources [[4]]
• firmware schematics [[5]]
• pof files for Rev0 [[6]]

Firmware for the VME address decoder:

• firmware sources [[7]]
• board Rev0 [[8]]