ARRAY (switching mAtRix pRobe cArd sYstem) - Gateware
Project description
A system to characterise large area silicon pad sensors with several hundred channels. It consists of two PCBs. One is an active switching matrix that is essentially a 512-to-1 multiplexer with controls and interface to capacitance and current measurement devices. The second one is a passive probe card that establishes the contact to the sensor. More details can be found at https://gitlab.cern.ch/skulis/HGCSensorProbeCard.
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Main Features
- 4-lane PCIe (Gennum GN4124) obsolete component, not available anymore
- 1x Xilinx Spartan6 FPGA (XC6SLX45T-3FGG484C) (PCI Device ID: 0x18D)
- special versions with XC6SLX100T and XC6SLX150T available
- FMC slot with low pin count (LPC) connector
- Vadj fixed to 2.5V
- FMC connectivity: all 34 differential pairs connected, 1 GTP transceiver with clock, 2 clock pairs, JTAG, I2C
- No dedicated clock signals from Carrier to FMC (only available on HPC pins)
- Stand-alone features
- External 12V power supply connector
- mini USB connector
- 4 LEDs
- 2 buttons
- Power consumption: 5-12 Watt, depending on application
- Optimised for cost
- 6-layer PCB
- Optional cooling fan for the mezzanine.
Project information
- Official production documentation: EDMS EDA-02189
- Users
- Software
- Fan design
- Frequently Asked Questions
Releases
- Hardware
- SPEC V4-0
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SPEC V4-1: same V4-0 base board with additional board
supporting a fan
- Only needed in badly ventilated PCs using highly dissipating cards such as the FMC DEL 1ns 4cha
Contacts
Commercial producers
General questions about project
- Erik van der Bij - CERN
Status
Date | Event |
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10-01-2018 | Start working on project. Collecting main specifications. |
12-01-2018 | Main specifications collected. |
Erik van der Bij - 14 March 2019