EXPLODER2C (Release R1)

The EXPLODER2C is a carrier board for a stand-alone device based on an ArriaII FGPA. It can be White-Rabbit enabled using the WREX1 add-on board. Functionality can be defined by different mezzanine boards.

Configuration

• Release Compatibility: R1
• Date: 25 October 2013
• Hardware:
  • EXPLODER2C carrier board
  • EXPLODER2BDB2 mezzanine board
  • WREX1 mezzanine board
• I/O EXPLODER2BDB2
  • TLU
    • TRIGGER1A_1..8 : TLU trigger0..7
    • TRIGGER2A_9..16 : TLU trigger8..15
    • TTL/NIM_INPUT1..8 : TLU trigger16..23
    • ANY_INPUT1..8 : TLU trigger24..31
  • ECA
    • TTL/NIM_OUTPUT2..7 : ECA channel0 -> eca_gpio1..6
    • TRIGGER1B_1..8 : ECA channel1->eca_gpio0..7
    • LVDS_OUTPUT2..6 : ECA channel2 -> eca_gpio1..6
    • ECL_OUTPUT1..8: ECA channel2->eca_gpio8..15
    • Wishbone master: ECA channel3
  • Other
    • TTL/NIM_OUTPUT1 : ref_toggle (ref_clock / 2)
    • TTL/NIM_OUTPUT8 : PPS
    • LVDS_OUTPUT1: ref_clock
    • LVDS_OUTPUT7: PPS
    • LVDS_OUTPUT8: BuTiS c2
• I/O EXPLODER2C
  • SFP: The SFP for the White Rabbit network must be inserted into cage #1
  • DC connector next to SFP 1: 12V, 3A. The 'tip' (i.e., the inner conductor) carries the positive (+) pole.
• Gateware and Firmware
  • TLU
    • triggers/fifos: 32
    • fifo depth: 10
  • ECA
    • channels: 4
    • condition table size: 128
    • action queue length: 256
  • Info

    belnbg024:~> eb-info dev/ttyUSB0
    Project     : exploder_top
    Platform    : exploder2c +exploder2bdb2 +wrex1
    Build type  : developer preview
    Build date  : Fri Oct 25 22:02:30 CEST 2013
    Prepared by : Wesley W. Terpstra <w.terpstra@gsi.de>
    Perpared on : belapc060.gsi.de
    OS version  : Debian GNU/Linux 7.1 (wheezy), kernel 3.2.0-4-amd64
    Quartus     : Version 13.0.1 Build 232 06/12/2013 Service Pack 1 SJ Full Version
    
      bba223d build: support staged installation
      1166c1d driver: work-around different make versions
      335310e build system: configable install directory and eca build rules
      a4480f1 updated tcl script for pexarria
      ed8c963 blackcat1 pins connected in pexarria5 top
     

• Documentation
  • exploder_top.vhd: top file
• Issues
  • stored information about the eca channel 2 is not complete (can be obtained with eca-ctl)

Hardware

• Info by EE: Some figures and specs - follow the link named "details...".

-- DietrichBeck - 15 Jul 2014