VME-ALPHA-TTC
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VME-ALPHA-TTC - ALPHA (CERN AD-5) Si vertex detector control module
References
- https://bitbucket.org/expalpha/ttc_firmware.git
- File:ALPHA TTC 20091105.pdf board schematics
- File:ALPHA TTC.pdf firmware schematics
- https://bitbucket.org/expalpha/ttc_firmware/src/master/alphaTTC.txt firmware manual
- https://bitbucket.org/expalpha/ttc_firmware/src/master/ALPHA_TTC/ firmware binaries are alphaTTC.pof and alphaTTC_yyyymmdd.pof
- https://bitbucket.org/expalpha/ttc_firmware/src/master/MAX3000A_Addr_decode/VME_Addr_decode.pof firmware binary for the VME address decoder CPLD
- (dead) [1] SVN repository for firmware and documentation
- (dead) [2] board schematics
- (dead) [3] firmware schematics
- (dead) [4] firmware manual
- (dead) [5] firmware POF files (!!!DO NOT USE THE FILES NAMED ALPHA_TTC.POF!!!)
- 9dead) [6] POF file for the VME address decoder CPLD
Photos
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 TTC test program from the ALPHA SVN repository (testTTC.exe):
- mkdir $HOME/online
- cd $HOME/online
- svn checkout https://ladd00.triumf.ca/svn/alpha/trunk/online/vme
- cd vme
- make testTTC.exe
- (Makefile may need to be adjusted to switch between the GEF_VME and the Universe drivers)
- obtain and build the VME programmer (srunner_vme):
- 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
- read the firmware revision from VME register 0:
- ./testTTC.exe --ttcx --exit
- write Cyclone 1 FPGA firmware into the flash memory using the VME programmer:
- ./srunner_vme_gef.exe -program -64 alphaTTC_0x7f120629.pof 0x410000b4
- there is no reset-mod for the ALPHA TTC module, you have to cycle the power to reboot it (reboot the Cyclone 1 FPGA into the new firmware) (requires "fpga-reset" mod):