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* 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. | * 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. | ||
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= MCE Firmware Releases = | = MCE Firmware Releases = | ||
Revision as of 10:40, 7 April 2010
Contents
Critical Notes
- MCE firmware-load bug: 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.
> mce_reset_clean
- After an mce_reset, not all of the DAC outputs are set to zero. In addition, values written to RAM-based registers are not reset. A full reconfiguration is required for a proper reset.
> rs psc cycle_pow 1 > mce_reset_clean
MCE Firmware Releases
- Compatible Versions (CC,RC,BC,AC) . (Lists of versions of firmware to use together.)
- MCE Programming File Conversions. (Converting between sof, pof, jic, and jam files.)
- MCE Firmware Downloads
Revision information on firmware for each card:
- Clock Card (CC)
- Readout Card (RC) Rev. A/B (Stratix I)
- Readout Card (RC) Rev. C/D (Stratix III)
- Bias Card (BC)
- Address Card (AC)
- Power-Supply Unit Controller (PSUC) Rev. 1
- Power-Supply Unit Controller (PSUC) Rev. 2
- Sync Box Firmware
MCE Features and How-To Guides
- Data Acquisition
- Fast Data Acquisition (i.e. at the Frame Rate)
- The STOP Command
- How to Configure Which Readout Cards Report Data (5.x.x+)
- How to Read a Column at the Frame Rate (5.x.x+)
- Rectangle Mode Data (5.x.x+)
- Readout Card
- Data Modes
- Filtered Data & the Digital 4-pole Butterworth Low-pass Filter
- Raw 50 MHz Data
- Flux Jumping
- FSFB Clamping Commands (i.e. To Prevent Unlocked Pixels from Ramping, 5.x.x+)
- Clock Card
- Remote Firmware Update
- Internal Commands
- Arbitrary Waveform Generator (i.e. Maximum Length Sequences for Complex Impedance Measurements, 5.0.9+)
- Ramp Generator
- Temperature monitoring
MCE Firmware Bugs/ Features Under Development
- This section has been moved to the Internal MCE Wiki Bug List.
Hardware Peripherals
Software Tools
- JAM Player
- JRunner
- CVS links
- SVN links (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
