Description
The goal of the CernFIP project is to provide a radiation tolerant
FPGA-based replacement for Alstom 's
WorldFIP agent, the MicroFIP chip.
This replacement is called nanoFIP.
The
is a rad-tol FPGA that acts as an agent in the communication over the
WorldFIP fieldbus.
It is housed in a Microsemi ProASIC3, A3P400, 208
PQFP FPGA.
The nanoFIP implements a minimal subset of the WorldFIP
services and is designed to be radiation
tolerant by using different SEU mitigation techniques such as TMR
and fail-safe state machines.
It is used in conjunction with a FielDrive driver chip and
FieldTR insulating transformer, both available from the
company Alstom.
Project Material
Project Status
Date | Event |
16-02-2009 | Start of insourcing project |
13-10-2010 | First code working on nanoFIP test board |
15-04-2011 | Preliminary radiation tests performed on nanoFIP design |
17-05-2011 | Stable design available for use in critical applications |
08-2011 | Finalization of project's extension with JTAG Master |
10-2011 | nanoFIP-FielDrive-FieldTR EMC tests |
11-2011 | nanoFIP final code review; code frozen |
12-2011 | Large scale radiation tests performed on nanoFIP design |
01-2012 | Ongoing users' developments!-) |
nanoFIP users
Equipment | Designer | Status |
CERN Quench Protection Systems | Jens Steckert | June 2011: first prototype board EDA-02138 |
CERN Radiation Monitoring | Paul Peronnard | March 2012: prototype working |
FIPDIAG | HLP company | May 2012: prototype working |
CERN Power Converter Controls | Benjamin Todd | March 2012: start designing |
CERN Cryogenic Controls | Juan Casas Cubillos | within 2012: start designing |
Train renovation | April 2012: evaluating |
Contacts
Erik van der Bij ** o Eva Gousiou ** o Pablo Alvarez ** o Gonzalo Penacoba ** o Julien Palluel **
E.Gousiou, E.Van der Bij, May 2012