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PandA Motion Project is a collaboration between SOLEIL and DIAMOND to upgrade their “Position and Acquisition” processing platform. PandA will provide a common encoder processing platform based on Zynq 7030 and supporting multiple encoder standards (incremental, SSI, BISS...). It will deliver synchronous triggering and data capture capabilities.

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A software framework for Linux device drivers aimed at supporting controls and data acquisition hardware. ZIO supports sub-nanosecond timestamps, block-oriented input and output and transport of meta-data with the data samples. Users can change the buffer type and trigger type associated with a device at run time, and all of devices, triggers and buffers are easily implemented as add-on modules.

The PF_ZIO implementation, currently in beta status, implements a network interface to the ZIO transport, which allows each I/O channel to generate or receive network frames. Applications see the network of devices and can talk with several of them from the same socket. We support SOCK_STREAM, SOCK_DGRAM and SOCK_RAW.

FMC carrier equipped with a Power PC embedded processor. In addition to the SPEC it has 2 gigabit Ethernet ports, one mini PCIe connector and USB 2.0 HS. It is supplied from a single 12V and runs Linux. The FPGA is configured from the processor and also interfaced using PCI Express x1 and a local bus. The system boots from on-board NAND or NOR flash memory.

IPBus is a FPGA Core that controls a Wishbone bus via Ethernet. Currently the transport protocol is UDP/IP, although there are plans for an ATA over Ethernet (AoE) implementation. There are reference designs for the SP601 and SP605 Xilinx FPGA boards.

Details at http://ipbus.web.cern.ch/ipbus/

LIBSFP is a software library that contains generic functions to access SFP devices via I2C.

More info can be found on this wiki page.

The PandABox II Project is a collaboration between ALBA, DESY, DIAMOND, MAXIV, and SOLEIL, to enhance the existing “Position and Acquisition” processing platform called PandABox II. It will provide a New processor Zynq Ultrascale, more configurable I/O, more SFP, and supporting multiple encoder standards (incremental, SSI, BISS...). It will deliver synchronous triggering and data capture capabilities.

Hardware and software (libraries and GUI) to implement the SFF-8472 standard “Diagnostic Monitoring Interface for Optical Transceivers”. The hardware implements four SFP+s that can be exercised in parallel. To access the I2C interfaces a USB to I2C chip is used. More info at the Wiki page

A software suite written in Python to help with production tests of PCBs. AKA PTS.

%(red)This pts-base project is used to re-organise the current pts project In the future this project will replace the existing pts project.

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COM Express based PXIe system controller. COM Express Compact Pin-out type 6, 16-lane PCIe GEN3. PXIe trigger line on front-panel. 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

A VME rear transition module providing fibre-optic and electrical (RS485) inputs and outputs. Uses the CONV-TTL-RS485 as front-module. More info at the Wiki page

The GBT-based Expandable Front-End (GEFE) is a multipurpose FPGA-based radiation tolerant card. It is foreseen to be the new standard FMC carrier for digital front-end applications in the CERN BE-BI group. Its intended use ranges from fast data acquisition systems to slow control installed close to the beamlines, in a radioactive environment exposed to total ionizing doses of up to 750 Gy. More info at the Wiki page

An FMC to test the correct mounting of FMC connectors on FMC carrier boards.

A QDR II RAM controller for the Virtex 6 FPGA family. This core is compliant with the Wishbone bus.

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.

BabyWR is a general purpose small pluggable WR node in a M.2 form-factor. More info at the Wiki page