JLab F250ADC

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JLab has built their own Flash ADC (called the F250)

It has a mini trigger connector which requires another VME board to convert from the standard lemo input to this mini input.


Readoutlist example

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  1. Source for generic VME readout using a
  2. TJNAF trigger supervisor interface register (TIR)
  3. as a source for external interrupts
  4. David Abbott, TJNAF 1996

readout list VME1 maximum 16384,400 vme readout

  1. polling
  2. ts control


const TIR_ADDR = 0x0ed0 const FADC_ADDR = 0xee0000 const FADC_BLOCK_MODE = 1 const MAX_FADC_DATA = 4000

extern int bigendian_out; extern int fadcID[20]; int FA_SLOT;


begin download

variable res
  1. If the ROC is sending data to Little-Endian EB
  2. e.g. a x86 Linux CPU then bigendian_out = 0.
  3. Unless the ROC is also running on a Little-Endian
  4. machine. Then set bigendian_out=1.
bigendian_out = 0;


  1. Setup TIR
tirInit(TIR_ADDR);
  1. Initialize FADC library and Modules for standalone
  2. and Front Panel Triggers

faInit(FADC_ADDR,0,1,0xea13); FA_SLOT = fadcID[0];

log inform "User Download Executed"

end download

begin prestart

log inform "Entering User Prestart"
init trig source VME
link async trig source VME 1 to usrtrig and usrtrig_done
event type 1 then read VME 1
  1. Assume FADCs have been Initialized at boot or in download
  2. Setup FADC Programming
faSetBlockLevel(FA_SLOT,1);
  1. for Block Reads
faEnableBusError(FA_SLOT);
  1. for Single Cycle Reads
  2. faDisableBusError(FA_SLOT);
  1. Set All channel thresholds to 0
faSetThreshold(FA_SLOT,0,0xffff);


  1. Setup option 1 processing - RAW Window Data <--
  2. option 2 - RAW Pulse Data
  3. option 3 - Integral Pulse Data
  4. Setup 120 nsec latency (PL = 30)
  5. Setup 80 nsec Window (PTW = 20)
  6. Setup Pulse widths of 36ns (NSB(3)+NSA(6) = 9)
  7. Setup up to 1 pulse processed
  8. Setup for both ADC banks(0 - all channels 0-15)
faSetProcMode(FA_SLOT,1,40,38,3,6,1,0);


  1. Print out status
faStatus(FA_SLOT,0);
log inform "User Prestart Executed"

end prestart

begin end

CDODISABLE(VME,1,0);
  1. FADC Disable
faGDisable(0,0);
  1. FADC Event status - Is all data read out
faStatus(FA_SLOT,0);
log inform "User End Executed"

end end

begin pause

CDODISABLE(VME,1,0);
log inform "User Pause Executed"

end pause

begin go

variable outval
log inform "Entering User Go"
  1. Enable FADCs
faGEnable(0,0);
taskDelay(1);
  1. Send Sync Reset to FADC
faSDC_Sync();
taskDelay(1);
CDOENABLE(VME,1,0);

end go

begin trigger usrtrig

variable ii, stat, csr

rol->dabufp = (long *) 0; open event type EVTYPE of BT_UI4

%% int nwrds=0; /* Check if a Block of data is available */ for(ii=0;ii<100;ii++) {

  stat = faBready(FA_SLOT);
  if (stat>0) {
    *rol->dabufp++ = ii;
    break;
  }

} if(stat > 0) {

 nwrds = faReadBlock(FA_SLOT,rol->dabufp,MAX_FADC_DATA,FADC_BLOCK_MODE);
 if(nwrds<=0) {
    logMsg("ERROR: FADC Block Read Failed - Status 0x%x\n",nwrds,0,0,0,0,0);
    *rol->dabufp++ = 0xda000bad;
    faClear(FA_SLOT);
 } else {
    rol->dabufp += nwrds;
 }

}else{

 *rol->dabufp++ = 0xfa000bad;
 logMsg("ERROR: NO data in FADC  datascan = 0x%x\n",stat,0,0,0,0,0);
 faClear(FA_SLOT);

}

/* Check that there is no data left */

stat = faDready(FA_SLOT);
if(stat>0) {
 csr = faReadCSR(FA_SLOT);
 logMsg("ERROR: Data still in FADC (event %d, scan 0x%x csr 0x%x ) - clearing\n",

*(rol->nevents),stat,csr,0,0,0);

 faClear(FA_SLOT);
}

%%

close event

end trigger

begin done usrtrig


end done


begin done

  1. Acknowledge tir register
CDOACK(VME,1,0);

end done

begin status

end status

ROC library

VME_modules