Trip-T Front End Board Documentation

M. Noy

Matt Noy developed the TFB firmware at Imperial College but has now left. Please direct any TFB related enquiries to:

Mark Raymond (m.raymond@imperial.ac.uk)



Revision History
Date Description
30.08.07 Over the last few months the time stamping circuit has been completely rewritten to accommodate the cosmic operation mode. The documentation has now been updated to reflect these changes.
This revision history was added.
The hardware trigger interface has been recoded.
16.04.08 Restructured and added a lot of information.
17.04.08 Continued updating
18.04.08 Updated the TFB Power Connectors with the more comprehensive TFB connectors document. Added a note about slave behaviour in the Monitoring and I2C section. Spell check.
22.04.08 Added the cosmic trigger description
23.04.08 Added the Calibration section.
24.04.08 Restructured the ToC.
22.05.08 Added Ingrid triggering section to the cosmic trigger section.
30.06.08 Added the Trigger Output assignment section.
02.10.08 Added a description of the Trip-T Gain settings.
20.10.08 Added the IC temperature board datasheet.
06.11.08 Updated the TFB Connectors document to include parts numbers.
30.11.08 Updated the monitor documentation.
10.12.08 Updated the user register map documentation and the cross referenced the trigger outputs section.
12.03.09 Updates and corrections by Mark Raymond
16.04.09 Included information in the "Triggering TFB Events in the User Firmware" section on the dedicated trigger input format and timing
22.06.09 Trigger outputs functionality clarified



The information here refers to a system under development and is subject to change.





Table Of Contents

Introduction

Hardware Information

Interfacing and Configuration

Boot up, Configuration and Revisioning

Monitoring and Calibration Features

Miscellany