Archive of August 2015

JTAG Programmer

The new JTAG-programmer: Used instead of the normal white programmer, features four different outputs matching the connectors on most of our boards. The board can be changed to a USB-to-serial, USB-to-SPI or similar converter by reprogramming of the FTDI USB-chip. Note that there are some software issues on some Linux systems which need to be investigated. On Windows and some Linux machines it works flawless and faster than the original programmer.

Tip of the Week: zsh Auto-Completion

The auto-completion function of the zsh now supports the "trbcmd" and "trbflash" commands. The details are in

zsh-auto-completion

New Look and Functionality of Website

The new Website trb.gsi.de in a new look has been launched. Thanks to Jan for the all the work. Looks good!

Pulser AddOn

	Our most recent addition to the set of AddOns: Combined with a Trb3sc it produces digital pulses (LVDS) with a minimum width of 1.04 ns and arbitrary period. 48 outputs using our usual 40-pair KEL and 17-pair pin-header connector are available. 16 lines are controlled individually, 32 more are connected in groups of 8. The time offset between channels can be configured online.

An additional analog part can generate PMT-like signals with varying amplitude and pulse shape.

Board News / Production News

TRB3sc + TRB3scBP have been commissioned in Frankfurt.
The hardware seems fine. Still the VHDL-modules for TDC + Ethernet have to be transferred to the new platform.