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This project defines data structures, to be embedded in the FPGA memory address space, to enumerate the devices that have been synthetized in the current design. The same structure is also used as a simple flash file system. AKA Self-Describing Bus (SDB) Specification for Logic Cores. The layout is simple enough to be parsed both by the host and by the internal soft-core, if any.

The documentation is public, and related code is GNU GPL licensed.

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

Software support for the SPEC board, including kernel and user-space Linux code. The package also include the fmc-bus driver, which is expected to be used by other carriers as well.

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

A project to describe techniques and gather results of the time transfer between CERN and LNGS for the neutrino Time Of Flight experiment.

Software for ROBIN-NP project.

An LPC FMC board which seeks to distribute digital I/O. It is designed to operate at least at 10 MHz, however a better design could allow this board to operate at much higher frequencies. This board is compatible with "PMOD" Connectors.

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.

The robustness of a White Rabbit Network (WRN) is a broad subject covering methods (HW & SW) which enable to increase overall reliability of a WR-based system. This includes Forward Error Correction (FEC), Quality of Service (QoS) assurance, support of network redundancy, proper network design, thorough diagnostics, and increasing the reliability of network components (i.e. switches, nodes). Here, these methods are described and their implementation sources gathered.

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

A simple 4-lane PXIe carrier for a low pin count FPGA Mezzanine Card (VITA 57). It supports the White Rabbit timing and control network. Commercially available. Labview driver available for Fine Delay and TDC mezzanines. More info at the Wiki page

A level conversion board in VME64x double-height form factor between TTL and RS485. Direction and levels are configurable. 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

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/

SPI Boards Package is a set of electronic boards developed at Soleil Synchrotron (France). These boards can be connected together in a daisy chain and they communicate with an embedded controller via an SPI Bus. They provide the following features:

- Platform allowing us to build specific solutions with simple and open tools.

- Modular architecture.

- Provide solutions for applications which require synchronization.

- Low level process implementation to achieve better performance. - Easy Control network connection

The main CPU board contains a microprocessor. It manages a task for communication with the supervision, an embedded process and SPI communication with the peripheral boards. We have a modular approach that means we can make various Peripheral board combinations between 16-bit DAC, 16-bit ADC, and a calculator board for motor encoder.

The level conversion board project hosts a set of boards in VME form factor, with additional remote diagnostics/monitoring via I2C.

We have designed an FPGA Mezzanine card (standard FMC/Vita 57) for high-channel-count electrophysiology, with 128 channels (potentially up to 512), based upon Intan Tech's RHA2132 (2 uV rms input-referred noise), sampled at 25kHz 18bit by AD7982. We are basing our design on the reference design provided by Reid Harrison of Intan Tech for their 16-channel evaluation board. The expected cost of the device should be under 5000$.

In order to have an integrated solution we intend to have as default carrier the Opal Kelly Shuttle LX1, an inexpensive USB FMC carrier with an excellent USB controller. The integrated solution will be completed with software on the PC side to grab to disk continuously and/or display in some fashion all 128 channels.

Our status: We have an alpha card. It has passed most tests---we can grab from any channel at 1MS/s. We have an alpha microcode: it grabs from any channel and stores on the PC.

Our current team: Marcelo Magnasco (Rockefeller University, New York), design. Andres Cicuttin (ICTP, Trieste), schematics + fpga Maria Liz Crespo (ICTP, Trieste), fpga Sanjee Abeytunge (MSKCC, New York) layout Nicholas Joseph (RU) Macintosh drivers

This is a port of an older Linux ptpd to support White Rabbit extensions and run both in hosted and freestanding environment. In the future we plan to replace it with PPSI, which has a much better design, but ptp-noposix is currently working pretty well despite being difficult to maintain.

Project hosting different types of Physics Particle Detectors and their associated electronics (breakout cables, read-out circuits). The Sub-projects are the actual projects.

FMC DIO 32CH LVDS is a universal 32-channel bi-directional LVDS card. It uses a VHDCI connector compatible with standard SCSI cables. There is also micro-HDMI connector on the front panel with I2C and some LVDS signals so that standard HDMI cables can be used. Each channel may be optionally AC-coupled (0R resistors need to be removed) and is ESD-protected. All channels are terminated to 1.65V by two 50 Ohm resistors. The direction of each channel is programmed via a serial interface. The VHDCI connector has also 3.3V supply and buffered I2C interface. The direction of each channel is programmed via a serial interface. More info at the Wiki page

The TimEX3 is a multipurpose compact PCI board designed to perform simple to medium complex logical functions. It is mainly used for the synchronization system of SOLEIL (signal duplication, top-up gating, etc.). This board is based on a Spartan-6 FPGA and PLX PCI9030 interface. It is designed with KiCad software, and released under CERN OHL License.