MCE firmware

Always cleanly reset the MCE after a power-up or a reconfiguration! If you do not, MCE communication with the PC 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 Firmware Bugs/ Features Under Development

• MCE bugs
• Bugzilla

To Do:

• remote upgrade of MCE firmware over the fibre
• card_id/box_id is currently reads back only 32-bit id while the id chip has a 64-bit silicon id.
• MCE Untested features

MCE Features and How-To Guides

• 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

Hardware Peripherals

• Using Ethernet Blaster
• USB Blaster
• Sync Box
• Information on Sync Box and Biasing AC (needs merging)

Software Tools

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

• CVS Firmware Repository
• Quartus II Installation
• ModelSim SE Installation (from scratch)

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
  • Tagging
  • Merging
  • Branching
  • Resurrecting Deleted Items

Firmware Testing

• MAS Cheat Sheet