Difference between revisions of "Sync Box firmware"
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| − | There | + | There is an Altera CPLD (EPM570T144C3) and an Atmel micro-controller (AT89C51) on the Sync board. |
| − | + | * SyncBox CPLD Firmware Description [[http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~mce/mcedocs/hardware/Firmware_block_spec/SyncBox/SyncBox_FwDescr_S589_201.pdf PDF]] (SC2-ELE-S589-201) | |
| − | + | * SyncBox Microcontroller Software Description [[http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~mce/mcedocs/hardware/Firmware_block_spec/SyncBox/SyncBox_SWDescr_S589_202.pdf PDF]] (SC2-ELE-S589-202) | |
| − | + | Consequently, there are two sets of firmware: | |
| − | + | *firmware for the CPLD part (*.pof file) | |
| + | *firmware for the microcontroller (*.hex file) | ||
| + | |||
| + | = Firmware Upgrade Instructions = | ||
| + | To upgrade the Sync Box firmware,''most times'' both the microcontroller and the CPLD firmware need to be reprogrammed. | ||
The CPLD firmware can be loaded using the Altera USB-Blaster that connects to the on-board P23 JTAG header, and Quartus Programmer software. A *.pof file needs to be loaded. | The CPLD firmware can be loaded using the Altera USB-Blaster that connects to the on-board P23 JTAG header, and Quartus Programmer software. A *.pof file needs to be loaded. | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 6 January 2012
There is an Altera CPLD (EPM570T144C3) and an Atmel micro-controller (AT89C51) on the Sync board.
- SyncBox CPLD Firmware Description [PDF] (SC2-ELE-S589-201)
- SyncBox Microcontroller Software Description [PDF] (SC2-ELE-S589-202)
Consequently, there are two sets of firmware:
- firmware for the CPLD part (*.pof file)
- firmware for the microcontroller (*.hex file)
Contents
Firmware Upgrade Instructions
To upgrade the Sync Box firmware,most times both the microcontroller and the CPLD firmware need to be reprogrammed.
The CPLD firmware can be loaded using the Altera USB-Blaster that connects to the on-board P23 JTAG header, and Quartus Programmer software. A *.pof file needs to be loaded.
The micro-controller firmware can be loaded using a USB cable that connects to the on-board J1 connector, and Flip Programmer software available from Atmel website. A *.hex file needs to be loaded.
For more details, see section 9 in: Sync Box User's Guide
Note: I had to install Flip on 3 computers before I could get the USB driver to work!
Firmware .hex & .pof Downloads
Revisions
Firmware set Rev. 1f
- Filename
- sync_box_v1f_25feb2010.pof
- sync_box_v1f_25feb2010.hex
- Features
- adds a ckd command to the rs232 interface to adjust the frequency of DV_Spare1 and DV_Spare2 by setting a 50MHz divisor through the command.
- when you turn on the sync box, the firmware revision 1f appears on the rs232 terminal
Firmware set Rev. 1e (6e?)
- Filename
- sync_box_v6e_11aug2008.pof
- sync_box_v1c_17nov2006.hex
- Features
- added a 50MHz clock on SMA output of the Sync box
- Note
- Since the microcontroller code is still 1c and that is what is reported in rs232 terminal, there is no way to identify this set from a 1c set.
Firmware set Rev. 1c
- Filename
- sync_box_v6c_19oct2006.pof
- sync_box_v1c_17nov2006.hex
- Features
original firmware
Firmware Repository
Ask the "MCE team at UBC" for a username/password to be able to access the cvs repository.
You can checkout a copy of the source code as follows:
CVSROOT=:pserver:username@e-mode.phas.ubc.ca:/home/cvsroot/ export CVSROOT cvs login cvs checkout mce/sync_box
If on Windows PC, install a CVS client ( e.g. http://www.tortoisecvs.org/ ).
- CVS server info is:
- server: e-mode.phas.ubc.ca
- repository folder:/home/cvsroot/mce/sync_box
- module name: mce
- protocol: pserver
