MCE firmware

Releases

All firmware can be downloaded from http://e-mode.phas.ubc.ca/mce_firmware/. Release notes for each firmware release can be found below:

• Clock Card (CC)
• Readout Card (RC)
• Bias Card (BC)
• Address Card (AC)
• Power-Supply Unit Controller (PSUC)
• Sync Box Firmware

Loading firmware onto cards

There are two ways to load MCE firmware:

1. Remote firmware update over the MCE fibre interface
2. Using Altera-supplied Hardware/Software and MCE Front-panel Connector
   • step-by-step instructions

Things to bear in mind:

• 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. On MAS prompt, type: mce_reset_clean

Special cases:

• Upgrading From 4.x.x To 5.x.x Firmware -- using SCUBA-2 as an example

MCE Firmware Bugs/ Features Under Development has been moved to the intmce:MCE bugs.

Firmware Development Tools

• Firmware CVS repository
• Quartus II Installation
• ModelSim SE Installation
  • Setting up Altera libraries in ModelSim SE
• Firmware CVS Repository
• MCE RTL Testbenches
• JAM Player
• JRunner
• Convert sof to jic for EPCS64 Serial Configuration Device

Old documents

• Loading FPGA Firmware Using EthernetBlaster TXT
• Loading PSUC Microcontroller Firmware Using Atmel FLIP [PDF]
• Firmware Overview [PDF] (SC2-ELE-S500-023) (ATC) (Jun. 06, 2003)

• Address Card:
  • top-level [DOC] (Oct. 06, 2005)
  • ac_dac_ctrl [DOC]

• Bias Card:
  • top-level [DOC] (Oct. 06, 2005)

• Readout Card:
  • top-level [DOC] (SC2-ELE-S582-201) (Oct. 05, 2005)
  • flux_loop [DOC] (SC2-ELE-S582-202) (Sep. 15, 2004)
  • adc_sample_coadd [DOC] (SC2-ELE-S582-204) (Feb. 15, 2004)
  • fsfb_calc [DOC] (SC2-ELE-S582-205) (Feb. 09, 2006)
  • Low-Pass Filtering [PDF] (SC2-ELE-S582-211) (Jul. 28, 2006)
  • fsfb_calculations_diagram (SC2-ELE-S582-011) [PDF]
  • fsfb_ctrl [DOC] (SC2-ELE-S582-206) (Feb. 15, 2005)
  • offset_sa_bias_ctrl (SC2-ELE-S582-207) [DOC] (Apr. 04, 2005)
  • wbs_fb_data (SC2-ELE-S582-209) [DOC] (Feb. 15, 2005)
  • wbs_frame_data [DOC] (SC2-ELE-S582-210) (Feb. 15, 2005)
  • fsfb_corr (flux_jumping) [DOC] (Oct. 07, 2005)
  • Servo-Loop Diagram (SC2-ELE-S582-012) [DOC]
• Blocks common to RC, AC, CC, BC
  • dispatch [DOC] (SC2-ELE-S580-202) (Oct. 31, 2005)
    • lvds_rx [DOC] (Oct. 3, 2005)
    • lvds_tx[DOC] (Nov. 2004)

• Power-Supply Unit Controller:
  • PSUC Firmware Description [PDF] (SC2-ELE-S585-xxx)
• SyncBox
  • SyncBox CPLD Firmware Description [PDF] (SC2-ELE-S589-201)
  • SyncBox Microcontroller Software Description [PDF] (SC2-ELE-S589-202)

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(Old MCE Firmware Documents index)