MCE firmware
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Critical Notes
- Quartus II 8.0 and 8.0 + sp1 generate .pof files that seem to program the configuration device, but do not work after a power-cycle. When generating .pof files, do not use these versions of Quartus II. For more information, refer to the Quartus 8.0 .pof Generation Bug page.
- 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. When copying files to this folder, make sure that that they are readable:
> ssh phas.ubc.ca > cd ~mce/public_html/mcedocs/firmware > chmod o+r rc_*.pof
Versions of firmware running at each telescope are listed here:
Information on the firmware for each card can be found through the links below:
- Clock Card (CC)
- Readout Card (RC) Rev. A/B
- Readout Card (RC) Rev. C
- Bias Card (BC)
- Address Card (AC)
- Power-Supply Unit Controller (PSUC) Rev. 1
- Power-Supply Unit Controller (PSUC) Rev. 2
MCE Features and How-To Guides
- Data Acquisition
- Readout Card
- Clock Card
MCE Firmware Bugs/ Features Under Development
- This section has been moved to the Internal MCE Wiki.
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
