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A transparent Wishbone bridge between two FPGAs using high-speed serial links. This project is on hold.* More info at the Wiki page

The uTCA RTM 8 SFP is module equipped with 8 SFP cages and a clock distribution network. It is compatible with AFC and future projects such as Kintex-based AFC and WR MCH. The module is compliant with DESY RTM class D1.3

The spec-box-3n allows to use up to three SPEC FMC carriers in stand-alone mode, not plugged inside a PC. An internal 230V supply module powers the SPEC boards. The box contains fans to cool the cards. More info at the Wiki page

E-bone first aims at interfacing an FPGA based PCIe Endpoint core to a collection of other cores. The E-bone release contains a number of general purpose cores within that scope. E-bone specifications cater for both a Control Interconnect and a Fast Transmitter. The Control Interconnect defines a 32 bit wide interconnection between a number of masters and slaves. The Fast Transmitter is a one way path (up to 256 bit wide) aiming at dumping large data sets to the root complex. E-bone is nevertheless not restricted to PCIe interfacing and may be used for developing sub-systems in others environments.

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The GSI Timing Starter Kit is a functional snapshot of the eventual FAIR timing system, which is under active development. It demonstrates real-time coordination of two front-end equipment controllers. The product consists of a data master (Linux PC) which coordinates events, a timing master which synchronizes clocks (White Rabbit switch), and two front-end equipment controllers (either SPECv4 or SCUv2).

Distribution of clock signals over a White Rabbit network. It uses an PLL with a numerically controlled (DDS) oscillator to extract the characteristics of a signal that in turn are distributed over a White Rabbit network to receiving nodes with a DAC that regenerate exactly the same signal in phase. More info at the Wiki page

ELMB is an analog/digital input/output module with CANbus interface. About 10000 of ELMBs are used in various CERN installations of experiments running on LHC. They are used in control and monitoring of equipment. The ELMB is radiation qualified for an order of around 35 Gy of total intercepted dose.

The project is a set of Kicad Symbols and Footprints that are used in a collection of smaller Kicad based sub projects. Each sub project will use the common library to ease and standardise design but will be a related implementation or documentation of a design. The topic for the Library and designs are Photo Multiplier Tube (PMT) based particle and optical detectors.

Whilst it is envisaged that each project will feature a PMT in some way. Some designs may not, but will be tangibly related in some useful way to particle detection and PMT's. For example a Divide by 10 HV PSU tester has no PMT but is used when working with the HV supply’s for PMT's. A High Voltage supply similarly has no PMT but is used with. A Geiger Muller Tube based detector may be used as a trigger source for PMT based particle detectors.

Each sub project is expected to be fully self contained (In it's own subdirectory within the same repository as PMTLib) with the exception of common Kicad Libraries and the inclusion of the PMTLib libraries and foot prints. A sub project may include a simulation of the design. Such simulations will be constructed using Open source Tools (ie QUCS or similar). PCB Layouts, Datasheets, PDF's and Photographs of finished designs may also be included. A sub project will contain at a minimum a Schematic and a README doc detailing attribution,licensing and any additional notes the designer wants to add.

Having mentioned the README doc the principle place for design related notes is on the Schematic that defines the sub-project.

Software to support the FMC ADC 125M 14B 1CH DAC 600M 14B 1CH mezzanine, including: Linux device driver, HDL firmware, application for data acquisition (ADC) and generating signals (DAC). Included Octave application for card performance measurement (FFT). Uses FMC-bus. More info at the Wiki page

Software to support the FMC ADC 130M 16B 4CH mezzanine, including: configuration application and HDL firmware, with functionality for data acqusition. For use with FCS application. More info at the Wiki page

Software to support the FMC DIO 32CH TTL A mezzanine, including: configuration application and HDL firmware, with functionality for data acqusition. For use with FCS application. More info at the Wiki page

This project guides new users to start in the White Rabbit “World” with simple experiments. The starting kit uses two SPEC + FMC-DIO cards. Each node allows basic operations such as input timestamping or programmable output pulse generation. Additionally, specific software and gateware layers allow to use it as a standard network interface card implementing the White Rabbit technology functionalities.

Software to support the FMC ADC 250M 16B 4CH mezzanine, including: configuration application and HDL firmware, with functionality for data acqusition. For use with FCS application. More info at the Wiki page

Production and functional tests for Conv TTL Blocking. More info at the Wiki page

The Fmc DAC 100M 14b 16cha ADC 2M 14B 4cha is a 16 channel 100MSPS 14 bit DAC and 4 channel 2MSPS 14 bit ADC card in FMC (FPGA Mezzanine Card) format. The board is also equipped with 4 DIO channels.

Cosmic Pi - a low cost distributed cosmic ray detector, based on Raspberry Pi. It makes the detection and analysis of cosmic rays accessible to students, educators and ordinary people. It uses a specially designed detector combined with the low cost hardware of the Raspberry Pi computer for data storage and online analysis. More info at the Wiki page

If you're looking for the V1 prototype schematics and PCB layouts you can find them here Our more recent hardware (V1.5 and V2) plus all code is stored on github and can be found here To learn about the project, have a look at our blog

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The project hardware is currently being developed in EagleCAD but we'll be moving to KiCAD fairly soon.

A simple optical to TTL electrical converter. More info at the Wiki page

Programmable attenuator of RF signals with very high voltage range (50 mV – 1000 V) for protecting digitizers against damage by high voltage signals. Four channels with SMA connectors; Three attenuation values: 0, -20, -40 dB; Bandwidth: DC – 2 GHz. VME form factor with I2C management bus. No VME-bus interface, only power supply used. More info at the Wiki page

CROME (Cern RadiatiOn Monitoring Electronics) is the new read-out electronics for radiation protection at CERN. It performs analog-to-digital conversion of the current signal generated by the radiation detectors (ionization chambers) installed in and outside CERN perimeter providing a continuous real-time measurement of ambient dose equivalent rates. It generates radiation alarms, interlock signals and provides long term permanent and reliable data logging. More info at the Wiki page

A level conversion board between TTL and 24V blocking levels in VME64x form factor. The project uses a rear transition module for connectivity and a front module with the active conversion and diagnostics electronics. More info at the Wiki page