MCE firmware

Always cleanly reset the MCE after a power-up or a reconfiguration! If you do not, MCE DAC outputs will not be initialized to zero, and MCE communication with the PC may not work.

> mce_reset_clean

MCE Firmware Release Information

• MCE Firmware Catalog
• MCE Untested features
• MCE bugs

MCE Features and How-To Guides

• Digital 4-pole Butterworth Low-pass filter
• Flux jumping
• Raw-mode readout
• High rate acquisition
• Fast SQ2 Feedback and TES Biasing with an Address Card
• The STOP Command

Hardware Peripherals

• Using Ethernet Blaster
• USB Blaster
• Sync Box

Software Tools

All that you need to know about logging into our CVS repository can be found here:

• CVS Firmware Repository
• Quartus II Installation
• ModelSim SE Installation (from scratch)

We decided (sadly) NOT to migrate from CVS to SVN, if we ever do here is some information:

• SVN Manual
• Accessing the SVN Repository
• SVN Commit Guidelines
• SVN Basic Operations
  • Tagging
  • Merging
  • Branching
  • Resurrecting Deleted Items

Quick Reference Guide for Firmware Testing

• MAS Cheat Sheet