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This tracks My Daily Progress developing the VFAT readout

VHDL files for v1495

GEMReadout.vhd
The main function routines?
GEMReadout_tb.vhd
GEMRxChannel.vhd
GEMRxEventDataFIFO.vhd
a routine controlling the FIFO
GEMRxEventSizeFIFO.vhd
Defines the Event size and structure
GEMTxChannel.vhd
PLLVBlock.vhd
spare_if_rtl.vhd
tristate_if_trl.vhd
v1495usr.vhd
v1495usr_pkg.vhd
v1495usr_hal.vhd

5/14/09

Firmware

Today we started looking at the VHDL firmware programs from Ben Raydo at JLab. Our goal: To determine what the general description of the firmware program is and determine an outline of its functionality.

Quartus II

Quartus II has a fairly good tutorial for usage. My goal is to complete this tutorial by the end of the week.

I also started to familiarize myself with the VHDL programming language.

5/15/09

Spent vast majority of day learning VHDL syntax.

Spent some time reviewing the GEM Readout Controller Firmware Status

Spent some time reviewing the v1495 instruction manual ( the Quartus II instructions in particular )

Spent some time reviewing the VFAT instruction manual

Is there a primer somewhere on how to communicate via/with VME?
How about this http://www.vita.com/vmefaq.html

I need to write down how to get into the DAQ as well as ROC xterm windows.

5/16/09

5/17/09

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