MCE firmware

MCE Firmware Release Information

• MCE Firmware Catalog
• MCE Untested features
• MCE bugs

MCE How-To Guide

• Flux jumping
• Raw-mode readout
• High rate acquisition
• Fast SQ2 Feedback and TES Biasing with an Address Card

MCE Features

• The STOP Command
• Digital 4-pole Butterworth Low-pass filter

Procedures for keeping DAS/MCE healthy during firmware upgrades, power cycles, etc.

It is good practice to do an MCE reset ("mce_reset" command or "mce_reset_clean" shell script) after any firmware upgrades or power cycles.

Hardware Peripherals

• Using Ethernet Blaster
• USB Blaster
• Sync Box

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