This page captures various information about the development of the NRC.
The CERN website, NRC, contains the plan and additional information.
Here are Ric's notes.
Firmware
SVN repository: file:///afs/slac/g/reseng/svn/repos/AtlasCsc
| Module | Register description |
|---|---|
| Core | |
| TTCrx | AtlasTtcRxReg.xlsx |
| TTCem | AtlasTtcTxEmuReg.xlsx |
| SCA | AsmPackCtrlReg.xlsx |
| FEX | AtlasAsmPackFexReg.xlsx |
| ROL | TBD |
Software
Base Program: DAT
Version control
Structure
| Directory | Description |
|---|---|
common | Common helper code |
hal | Hardware Abstraction Layer |
rci | Remote Communications Interface |
fee | Front-End Electronics interface for the FEX RCEs |
rol | Read-Out Link interface for the Formatter RCEs |
supervisor | The bridge code for interfacing between the Control side and the Real-Time sides |
app | NRC Application launching code |
CSCModules | The Control Processor code, comprising of both stand-alone code and the TDAQ interface |
Build system
- SCons: man
- SConstruct file describe how to build the project.
- SConscript files describe how to build the packages of the project.
- Site-specific: file:///afs/slac.stanford.edu/g/cci/repositories/nrc/scons
Shell commands for dumping and manipulating firmware
corettcRxttcEm(Linux only)sca(RTEMS only)fex(RTEMS only)rol(RTEMs only)
l1aCnt(Linux only): Reads the TTC rx FIFO as fast as possible.