MCE firmware

• MCE Firmware Catalog

• MCE Untested features

• MCE bugs

• Using Ethernet Blaster

Firmware Features

• Flux jumping
• Raw-mode readout
• High rate acquisition
• Fast SQ2 Feedback and TES Biasing with an Address Card

Procedures for keeping DAS/MCE healthy during firmware upgrades, power cycles, etc.

It is good practice to do an MCE reset ("mce_reset" command or "mce_reset_clean" shell script) after any firmware upgrades or power cycles.

Software Tools

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

• CVS Firmware Repository

Modelsim SE requires some special setup:

• ModelSim SE Installation

• Quartus II Installation

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

svn manual: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/

• Accessing the svn repository
• svn commit guidelines
• svn basic operations
  • tagging
  • merging
  • branching
  • resurrecting deleted items