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Software support for the SVEC board, including kernel and user-space Linux code.

SPICONTROLLER is the controller board for the SPI Boards Package. It manage communication task with control system via Ethernet and with modular boards via SPI interface. Moreover, specific process can be embedded into the controller.

SPIETBOX is a board developed around a SPARTAN-3 FPGA in order to process TTL and SSI encoders. The board is design to work in stand alone or connected to a SPICONTROLLER via the SPI interface.

This project hosts documentation and code to be contributed by CERN's BE-CO-HT section to the KiCad PCB design tool. More info at the Wiki page

Libre-FDATool is a Python package aimed at helping in the analysis and design of HDL filters from high-level specifications. This Free/Libre Open Source software supports both VHDL and Verilog code generation and relies on a collection of Free scientific and EDA tools for providing advanced features -- simulation, graphics, debugging, etc.

In order to overcome the problems often related with deploying open design toolchains from the ground up across different host environments, Libre-FDATool and the associated third-party tools are alternatively distributed in a customized GNU/Linux virtual machine image. This virtualized solution is ready to use right out of the box and can be easily deployed by only using free software in any mainstream Operating System (GNU/Linux, Windows, OS-X, Solaris).

AMC FMC Carrier is designed to support FMC boards. Equipped with Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA. It allows to connect clock source to any clock input. More info at the Wiki page

An FMC for Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS) applications. It contains a DAC, a phase detector and a PLL chip. More info at the Wiki page

FmcDIO32chTTLa is a 32-bit port digital IO card in FMC form-factor. More info at the Wiki page

FMC with 4 SFPs, 4 DACs, and 4 TLK2501 chips. The board receives data streams from remote ADCs using an optical serial interface and produces analog outputs for monitoring purposes. More info at the Wiki page

Stand Alone Carrier with 18 FMC LPC slots based on Spartan FPGAs, mini-ITX board and ATX supply. More info at the Wiki page

VME board with 36 ADC channels with a sampling rate of 250 kS/s and 16 bits resolution. 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.

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

Double width AMC CPU board for COM EXPRESS mezzanines, dedicated to MTCA 4.0 for physics. It can function either as Standard AMC or RTM in cooperation with dedicated WR-MCH freeing 1 AMC slot. Features: 4 USB 2.0 ports, 4 USB 3.0 ports, Type 6 COM Express module connector, 2 ESATA ports, custom RTM PCIe x16 connector, 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 2 Gigabit Ethernet (SERDES) routed to uTCA Port 0 and Port1 serial console connector, Mini Display Port, Mini HDMI port, mPCIe socket, Extension connector for on-board FPGA mezzanine, Double width, full (or mid) size design.

FMC High Voltage supply capable of delivering positive or negative voltage (selectable by components assembly) with voltage and current monitoring. Features FMC LPC, 0.../- 6kV, up to 4W, Selectable range (/- 750V, /- 1.5kV,/- 3kV, /- 4.5kV,/- 6kV), Voltage and current measurement with hardware over-current protection, SHV output.

Video Processing Platform (MIXXEO). With 2 HDMI inputs, DVI + VGA output, Spartan 6 FPGA, DDR SDRAM memory and Ethernet.

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

CROME FMC carrier board (SPEC -based) for the CROME project. More info at the Wiki page

Gateware (VHDL) for the level conversion board Conv TTL Blocking in VME64x form factor between TTL and blocking levels. More info at the Wiki page