Difference between revisions of "MCE firmware"
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= Critical Notes = | = 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. | + | 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. A diff between .pof files generated with Quartus II 8.0 sp1 and Quartus II 7.2 yields the following: |
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| + | Compare: (<)C:\Documents and Settings\PHYSICS\Desktop\rc_v0400000c_15aug2008_q72.pof (2097294 bytes) | ||
| + | with: (>)C:\Documents and Settings\PHYSICS\Desktop\rc_v0400000c_15aug2008_q80.pof (2097309 bytes) | ||
| + | 1c1 | ||
| + | < POF | ||
| + | --- | ||
| + | > POF | ||
| + | 6283c6283 | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | --- | ||
| + | > | ||
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. | ||
Revision as of 10:17, 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. A diff between .pof files generated with Quartus II 8.0 sp1 and Quartus II 7.2 yields the following:
Compare: (<)C:\Documents and Settings\PHYSICS\Desktop\rc_v0400000c_15aug2008_q72.pof (2097294 bytes) with: (>)C:\Documents and Settings\PHYSICS\Desktop\rc_v0400000c_15aug2008_q80.pof (2097309 bytes) 1c1 < POF --- > POF 6283c6283 < --- >
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
