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Always cleanly reset the MCE after a power-up or a reconfiguration! If you do not, MCE communication with the PC or Sync Box may not work. | Always cleanly reset the MCE after a power-up or a reconfiguration! If you do not, MCE communication with the PC or Sync Box may not work. | ||
> mce_reset_clean | > mce_reset_clean | ||
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> mce_reset_clean | > mce_reset_clean | ||
| − | + | = MCE Firmware Releases = | |
You can download all the MCE firmware configuration files [http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~mce/mcedocs/firmware/ here]. Information on the firmware for each card can be found through the links below: | You can download all the MCE firmware configuration files [http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~mce/mcedocs/firmware/ here]. Information on the firmware for each card can be found through the links below: | ||
* [[ Clock Card (CC) ]] | * [[ Clock Card (CC) ]] | ||
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* [[ Power-Supply Unit Controller (PSUC) ]] | * [[ Power-Supply Unit Controller (PSUC) ]] | ||
| − | + | = MCE Features and How-To Guides = | |
* [[ Data mode | Readout Card Data Modes ]] | * [[ Data mode | Readout Card Data Modes ]] | ||
* [[ Digital 4-pole Butterworth Low-pass filter ]] | * [[ Digital 4-pole Butterworth Low-pass filter ]] | ||
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* [[ The STOP Command ]] | * [[ The STOP Command ]] | ||
| − | + | = MCE Firmware Bugs/ Features Under Development = | |
* [[ MCE bugs ]] | * [[ MCE bugs ]] | ||
* [[ Firmware Features Under Development ]] | * [[ Firmware Features Under Development ]] | ||
* [http://e-mode.phas.ubc.ca/mcebugzilla Bugzilla] | * [http://e-mode.phas.ubc.ca/mcebugzilla Bugzilla] | ||
| − | + | = Hardware Peripherals = | |
* [[ Using Ethernet Blaster ]] | * [[ Using Ethernet Blaster ]] | ||
* [[ USB Blaster ]] | * [[ USB Blaster ]] | ||
* [[ Sync Box ]] | * [[ Sync Box ]] | ||
| − | + | = Software Tools = | |
All that you need to know about logging into our CVS repository can be found here: | All that you need to know about logging into our CVS repository can be found here: | ||
* [[ CVS Firmware Repository ]] | * [[ CVS Firmware Repository ]] | ||
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** [[ Firmware svn undelete | Resurrecting Deleted Items ]] | ** [[ Firmware svn undelete | Resurrecting Deleted Items ]] | ||
| − | + | = MCE Testing = | |
* [[ MCE RTL Testbenches ]] | * [[ MCE RTL Testbenches ]] | ||
* [[ MCE Test Scripts ]] | * [[ MCE Test Scripts ]] | ||
Revision as of 10:06, 20 August 2008
Contents
Critical Notes
Quartus II 8.0 and 8.0 + sp1 are notorious for generating .pof files that seem to program the configuration device, but do not work after a power-cycle. When generating .pof files, do not used these versions of Quartus II. Instead, use Quartus II 7.2, or 6.1, or older.
Always cleanly reset the MCE after a power-up or a reconfiguration! If you do not, MCE communication with the PC or Sync Box may not work.
> mce_reset_clean
Note that after a reset, not all of the DAC outputs are reset to zero. In addition, values written to RAM-based registers are not reset. To reset these registers, a full reconfiguration is required.
> rs psc cycle_pow 1 > mce_reset_clean
MCE Firmware Releases
You can download all the MCE firmware configuration files here. Information on the firmware for each card can be found through the links below:
- Clock Card (CC)
- Readout Card (RC)
- Bias Card (BC)
- Address Card (AC)
- Power-Supply Unit Controller (PSUC)
MCE Features and How-To Guides
- Readout Card Data Modes
- 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
MCE Firmware Bugs/ Features Under Development
Hardware Peripherals
Software Tools
All that you need to know about logging into our CVS repository can be found here:
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
