Difference between revisions of "MCE firmware"

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All firmware can be downloaded from http://e-mode.phas.ubc.ca/mce/firmware/. Source code available here https://github.com/multi-channel-electronics/mce_firmware Release notes for each firmware release can be found below:

There are two ways to load MCE firmware:

Things to bear in mind:

In v5+ firmware, if you update firmware on any readout card, the card doesn't reply to any command unless the Clock Card is also reprogrammed.
Always cleanly reset the MCE after a power-up or a reconfiguration! If not, MCE communication with the PC or Sync Box may not work. On MAS prompt, type: mce_reset_clean

Source on GitHub: https://github.com/multi-channel-electronics/mce_firmware
MCE Timing Diagram
MCE fibre protocol - communication between the MCE and the controlling PC over the fibre-optic link
MCE backplane protocol - communication between cards within the MCE
Monitoring MCE Status [DOC] (Nov. 9, 2006)
MCE commands

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 {{Related|Firmware}}
 == Releases ==
-All firmware can be downloaded from [http://e-mode.phas.ubc.ca/mce/firmware/ http://e-mode.phas.ubc.ca/mce/firmware/]. Release notes for each firmware release can be found below:
+All firmware can be downloaded from [http://e-mode.phas.ubc.ca/mce/firmware/ http://e-mode.phas.ubc.ca/mce/firmware/].
+Source code available here https://github.com/multi-channel-electronics/mce_firmware
+Release notes for each firmware release can be found below:
 * [[ Clock Card firmware]]
 * [[ Readout Card firmware]]