HCAL Trigger Readout  Rev3 (pre-production) board

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   DOCs and SPECIFICATIONS FOR DESIGNERS
HTR mother-board Board-Level changes from HTR prototype , Top View, mechanics by Rich Baum, Timing scheme, Optical inputShort-SLB
Main FPGA   HTR Main FPGA description with data formats (in normal mode) , Histogramming mode
VME FPGA  Specs, CMS rules for VME (FPGA) interface &  available HAL software (included in XDAQ)
 TTC-PMC mezzanine  see  http://www.physics.umd.edu/hep/HTR/TTC-PMC/
 VME control software   VME FPGA (Altera) Address Map   ,   Main FPGA (Xilinx) Sub-Address Map   ,   Linux command-line software

Checks on clock settings

Xilinx Project PROM file FPGAversionN
(decimal)
 Notes 
HTRev3_v21.zip
HTRev3_v21.mcs 21
-  40 MHz input (as if QPLL is used)
- histogramming firmware integrated
- improved L1A receiving circuit (registering with 80 MHz clock)
- VME-readable L1A count ("event number") register.
- in Histo mode: option to rotate or select 2 fibers
HTRev3_v24.zip

HTRev3_v24.mcs 24
- General review and code cleaning.
- stretched  LED Er
- BCN is 16-bit now. Trigger_Type moved to Ext. Header6 [7:4]
- Optical Signal_Detects (stretched) connected to register 8
- added  InSpyFIFOempty on bit[18] of InSpyFIFOs
- reg. PipeLength[7:0] can have any value, including 0 (shift by 2 compared to earlier ver.)
- L1A synchronization circuit (v21) used also for TTC commands
- R/W of LUTs of Trigger-Path (need Altera VME version 0x20 or higher)
- Trigger-Path LUTs power-up with values such that Din=Dout
- monitor Synchronization Fifo Empty flags and report on  the Daq-Data Format as:
  • Extra-Info 8 = BCN of Last Empty on Fifo8
  • Extra-Info 7 = BCN of  Empty on Fifo8  previous to Extra-Info 8
  • Extra-Info 6 = BCN of  Empty on Fifo8  previous to Extra-Info 7
  • Extra-Info 5 = BCN of  Empty on Fifo8  previous to Extra-Info 6
  • Extra-Info 4 = BCN of Last Empty on Fifo1
  • Extra-Info 3 = BCN of  Empty on Fifo1  previous to Extra-Info 4
  • Extra-Info 2 = BCN of  Empty on Fifo1  previous to Extra-Info 3
  • Extra-Info 1 = BCN of  Empty on Fifo1  previous to Extra-Info 2

HTRev3_v25.zip

HTRev3_v25.mcs
25
Histogramming mode: Auto fiber fix, fiber number changes after tx to DCC
HTRev3_v27.zip HTRev3_v27.mcs 27
- Histogr. mode: fixed bug "CapID4 bin31".
- Changed timing of L2-output (phase of clock and source termination).
- Trigger Path latency reduced by 2 BXs.
HTRev3_v29.zip
HTRev3_v29.mcs
29
- Xilinx DLL fed by TTCrx clock (rather then differential  RX_CLK)
- implemented Dick's idea for Sync FIFO: wait that the link is established; make sure the FIFO is empty; write 1 word without reading; then start to read (and write) continously. Repeat if DLL unlock. This scheme increase a little the latency, but should avoid later increases due to jitter.
- Front-panel clock LED is steady ON in case of TTCrx, DLL problems.
- DLL self-reset.
- Added DLL unlock counter (availble over VME and on DAQ-data).
- keep Error Accumulators to MAX value when overflow. *BUG* observed in bld186 (Error Accumulators count strangly over 12-bits) and in H2 (problems talking to DCC).
HTRev3_v30 HTRev3_v30.mcs 30
Added switch to allow histogramming of QIE mantissa regardless of exponent (bit2 of CSR). Built from v27.
HTRev3_v31 HTRev3_v31.mcs 31
Built from v29. Changes: use differential RX_CLK instead of TTCrx clock.
HTRev3_v35 HTRev3_v35.mcs 35
Tied Hard_rst to asynchronous fifo reset to fix latency alignment issues seen in H2 in the spring of 2004. Built from v30.
HTRev3_v38.zip HTRev3_v38.mcs 38
Fixed ability to accept TTC broadcast commands [found later that this was a termination problem on the board], and changed the list of commands decoded. Built from v35.
HTRev3_v39.zip HTRev3_v39.mcs 39
Fixed several problems with 38: implemented spy startstop via CSR just like in Rev4 (software compatibility); added TTCLASTCommand (somehow it got lost); changed TTC counter registers to have same addresses as for Rev4; assorted UCF stuff. Built from v38.
HTRev3_v51.zip HTRev3_v51.mcs 51
Big changes. This firmware does ONLY histogramming mode. And, it has the ability to set thresholds, but these thresholds are applicable to all 24 histograms at the same time (no ability to define different thresholds for different QIE/Capid. Built from v38.
HTRev3_v63.zip HTRev3_v63.mcs 63
Built from version 51, this version has a first try of filtering on the data from 3 successive time buckets: below, above, below (with respect to thresholds).
HTRev3_v64.zip HTRev3_v64.mcs 64
Built from version 63, this version does the filtering with 2 histogramming thresholds: a high threshold for requiring the signal be greater than some value, and a low threshold for requiring that the "pedestal" be smaller than a value. The DCC data header is changed to keep track of these thresholds, and the firmware version is there as well for the software.


Altera Project (by Drew Baden)
FPGA version
Notes                                                                    
2003-04-23.zip
0x1F
No Local Bus access to Trigger LUTs and SLBs
 2003-06-30.zip
0x20 Local Bus Access to LUTs in Trigger Path and SLB

STATUS

3 Boards submitted - 14 Feb 2003  -  Manufacturing files_Rev2 by Hans Breden -PCB manufacturer - PCB assembly house
3 Boards received- 5 Mar 2003  [tested: FPGA config from cable and VME, FE-inputs, Xilinx DLL x2]
30 Boards sumbitted - 20 Mar 2003 - Manufacturing files Rev3 , schematic [changes: individual TLK2501 enable, TTCready/reset, xilinx config circuitry]
First Rev3 board received - 17 Apr
One Rev3 board sent to BU - 25 Apr
14 boards sent to Cern and used for Test Beam - May 2003

Status of individual boards

TESTS

Power dissipation of one board with firmware, clocks, TTC mezzanine, without SLBs and input data (this should be irrelevant) = 25 W.
- Eye pattern of  HTR SN16 ch. 1 TOP, triggered by itself
- Eye pattern of Optical path only, with ribbon cable, triggered by itself
- Eye pattern of  Optical path only, with single fiber, triggered by itself
Trigger Primitives at 80 MHz
- Latency comparison [Aug04]: on H2/CMSMOE3 we loaded three HTR_Rev3 with three different firmware, applied the same settings and looked at the position of the center-of-mass of LED pulses:
HTRev3_v27 [synchronization fifo reads and writes at all times] --> TimeSlice 8.8
HTRev3_v31 [sync. fifo writes ~1 word before starting to read and write] --> TimeSlice 8.8 or 9.8
HTRev3_v37 [sync. fifo has an external reset] --> TimeSlice 11.8
NB: based on other consideration we believe that any version can show a variation by 1 clock tick, depending on external delays.

KNOWN PROBLEMS:
- TTC messages unreliable. Fix: remove R220 R263-271 R274-276.
- timing cable from Fanout must be plugged before Xilinx configuration (usually at power-up).
- Do not use board ID switches (-> short circuit).
- byte swap on VME D32 access.
- the board marginally takes 2 slots (thick part on the bottom side). To plug adjacent HTRs, put them from right to left.
- plugging the wrong cables in the RJ45 connectors can do permanent damage.
- The board is not hot-swappable.
- Rarely at powerup FPGAs do not get configured (LEDs will not light up). Present fix is to power-cycle.

An event (particle) readout by the HTR at the 2003 Cern test beam (Number of time-slices = NDD = 20)

Picture of HTR Rev3:

HTR picture


Tullio Grassi -  June 2004  - update this page
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