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Hardware manuals

Cathode Front-End Board (CFEB)

New CFEB documentation:
  • Cathode Front-end Board (CFEB)
  • CFEB 2001 schematics (Rev 8)
  • CFEB FPGA schematics
  • Buckeye ASIC Schematics
  • Comparator Interconnections Diagram (comparator.pdf, cmpdata.html)
  • CFEB 2001 layout (Rev 8) (CFEB parts lists)
  • CFEB board dimensions
  • CFEB 2001 differences between Revs 6, 7 and 8)
  • Buckeye nominal reference voltages and bias currents (rev8calib.pdf, signals.xls)
  • CFEB data sheets for devices
  • CFEB block diagram
  • CFEB debugging
  • Jason's page -- Links to schematics of cathode electronics and to DAQMB data format, along with many other useful links.

  • Anode Front-End Board (AFEB)
  • AFEB Documentation
  • ASIC Test results
  • ASIC Test results
  • CMU Anode Front-End Electronics home page

  • Anode Local Charged Track Trigger board (ALCT)
  • ALCT Documentation Site (ALCT description, specs, hardware, firmware files, testing)
  • ALCT User's Manual (draft) [in pdf and ps.gz format]
  • ALCT-2001 algorithm description for model writers (from Alexander Madorsky, 22 Jan 2002) [in MS Word format ]
  • ALCT test procedure (at UC web-site) [local copy in MS Word format] (from Martin von der Mey, 4 Mar 2002) [draft]

  • Low Voltage Distribution Board (LVDB)
  • LVDB Schematics (the details of components and voltage inputs and nominal outputs) [in PDF format] (from Jim Hoffman, 02/28/02)
  • Input voltage requirements (D.Wahl message, 07 Dec 2001. PS used at UF/UC)
  • LVDB input & output voltage requirements (from Sergei Lusin, 3 May 2002. no load)
  • LVDB harness schematics (the schematics for assembling the cables) [in PDF format] (from Jim Hoffman, 02/28/02)
  • Procedure for Investigating Anomalous LV Current Readings [in PDF format] (from Sergei Lusin, 05/16/03)

  • Low Voltage Mezzanine Board (LVMB)
  • Instructions for assembly of LVMB Cable (from Mani Tripathi, 14 Mar 2002)

  • DAQ Mother Board (DMB)
  • DADMB Rev.4(2001) webpage OSU guide to DAQMB-2001 electronics (DMB User's Manual, VME Interface Manual, DAQMB-CFEB Software Manual, DAQMB Data Format, DAQMB-CFEB Software Manual, PCB Design Schematics, VME Interface FPGA firmware, Controller FPGA firmware, Instruction to update the DAQMB, CFEB's FPGA firmware, Latest FPGA firmware, downloadable to the boards)
  • DMB/CFEB Programmers Manual
  • DAQMB and CFEB Software (S. Durkin, J.Gu, March 18, 2002)
  • DMB block diagram
  • Jason's page
    Links to schematics of cathode electronics and to DAQMB data format, along with many other useful links.
  • Simplified diagrams for CFEB-DMB analog-digital conversion factors (as of April 16, 2002) [ eps, jpg ]

  • Trigger Mother Board (TMB)
  • TMB documentaion site (TMB description, specs, prototype hardware, firmware files)

  • Clock Control Board (CCB)
  • CCB documentation
  • CCB documentation

  • Dynatem Contoller D360
  • Overview
  • How-To
  • uClinux Installation and Running
  • uClinux Web Page
  • uClinux CVS Repository
  • Preliminary Software for Socket Communications
  • Direct flashing of the dynatems through the bdm debugger (from Stan Durkin, 3 May 2002)

  • Custom VME back plane



    Other documentation
  • DAQ system instructions for CFEB/DAQMB
    OSU guide to setting up cathode electronics
  • Complete description of the ALCT2000
  • Comparator schematics (1999)
  • Description of the 1999 CLCT and ALCT modules
  • Triggerbits document. Design description of all bits exchanged between the various trigger modules (1/31/00)
  • CCB 99 Manual Clock and Control Board manual; this is the old version which doesn't describe the modification in 2000 to allow programmable delays.
  • Trigger Motherboard 99 manual
  • DAQ Hardware Manual
    OSU description and drawings of CFEB, DAQMB and FTC boards


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