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VME FMC carrier

Project Status: BreakDown

Main Features

  • 2 Spartan6 FPGA
    • One dedicated to system tasks (S-FPGA)
    • One fully available for the user applications (A-FPGA)
  • 2 LPC (Low Pin Count) FMC slots
  • 40 user defined single ended (20 LVDS) connections from the A-FPGA to P2 available for rear plug-in units (transition modules)
  • flexible clocking resources
    • 1 Voltage Controlled Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator (VCTCXO)
    • 1 any rate I2C programmable crystal oscillator
    • 1 Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS)
    • 3 Phase Locked Loop (PLL) chips for clock cleaning and redistribution to the FPGAs and the pluggable modules
  • Large amount of on board memory
    • 2 completely independent 72Mbit ZBT SRAMS
    • A 2Gbit DDR3
    • 2 SPI 128Mbit flash proms for multiboot S-FPGA powerup configuration, storage of the A-FPGA firmware or of critical data
  • Front panel connectivity
    • 2 Small Formfactor Pluggable (SFP)
    • 4 lemos configurable in all possible input/output combinations
    • 1 e-SATA (only in non-VME applications)
  • 12 layer printed circuit board

Documentation

Functional specifications

  • Approved document: link

Technical specifications

Users

Status

Date Event
03-08-2009 Functional specification written.
24-03-2010 PCB layout started
10-05-2010 Vadj fixed to 2.5V for FMC slot 2 to solve problems with bank power supplies.
11-05-2010 All active components ordered.
23-06-2010 Layout files received and being reviewed.
05-07-2010 PCB layout review held.
09-08-2010 PCB layout good for production.
01-09-2010 Simulation started. Many troubles getting connectivity files out of schematics. Redo by hand.
15-09-2010 PCB being produced at CERN. Expect assembled boards by mid October.
06-10-2010 Two PCB's being assembled. A third one will come later.
15-10-2010 Problem with solder mask for 0402 capacitors under BGA detected. PCB specification will be changed.
19-10-2010 1st prototype received, waiting for the front panel.
08-11-2010 1st prototype powered: 3 DC/DC are not working.
09-11-2010 2nd and 3rd prototype received: one powered and no issues on the PS this time
17-12-2010 Test code loaded in the System FPGA and PROM programmed. JTAG and PROM loading are working. VME access OK.
11-04-2011 Ten additional boards produced. Two reworked and work, but have JTAG issues. Eight still need rework.
11-04-2011 Modifications to layout required. Can start in two to three weeks time.
07-06-2011 Start of sprint to debug the hardware design. 4 engineers intensively working on it, following the scrum methodology.
24-06-2011 End of sprint to debug hardware design. Uncovered 18 Issues. DDR3 memory and DDS not debugged yet.
10-08-2011 New version of schematics ready.
16-08-2011 Schematics design review held review16082011. The design office will layout from 24 August on.
13-09-2011 Schematics still being updated. The design office will layout from 19 September on.
06-10-2011 V2 layout ready. Needs schematics and PCB review.
18-10-2011 V2 schematics and PCB review held.
25-10-2011 Will produce 20 PCBs. First only 10 will be assembled.
15-11-2011 Expect assembled boards by mid- December January.
22-02-2012 Ten assembled boards received. Needs patch on power plane. JTAG, VME and FPGA config work.
30-09-2013 Will produce 20 boards.

Andrea Boccardi, Erik van der Bij - 30 September 2013

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