ATLAS SCT Macro-Assembly ROD firmware downloads

The ROD VHDL, Master DSP and Slave DSP binary images are collected here for convenience. A set of images which work together will be collected together in a "release", though there is no formal release mechanism. The firmware will only work on Rev E and Rev F RODs - earlier ROD hardware will no longer be supported.

November 2004

The most recent "release" has changes in two VHDL components only (Event Fragment Builder and Formatter):

Chip/channel checking algorithm modified to allow for case when both sides of a module are readout through the second fibre.
Backpressure mechanism in formatter completely rewritten to be robust under all conditions.

Event Fragment Builder (efb_v2Be.bin)	Master DSP (version 1.1.1)
Formatter (fmt_s20e.bin)	Slave DSP (version 1.1.0 - IDRAM)
Controller (rcf_v1Ce.bin)	Slave DSP (version 1.1.0 - IPRAM)
Router (rtr_v21e.bin)	Slave DSP (version 1.1.0 - xcode)

October 2004

This brings together various changes in both the VHDL and DSP software:

The event header now conforms to the ATLAS event format, version 2.4.
The backpressure algorithm has been substantially improved.
Master and Slave DSP code changed to cater for event header changes.
Changes in ABCDConfig to make scans more robust (setChipVariable).
A few other bug fixes.

Event Fragment Builder (efb_v29e.bin)	Master DSP (version 1.1.1)
Formatter (fmt_s1Ce.bin)	Slave DSP (version 1.1.0 - IDRAM)
Controller (rcf_v1Ce.bin)	Slave DSP (version 1.1.0 - IPRAM)
Router (rtr_v21e.bin)	Slave DSP (version 1.1.0 - xcode)

June 2004

These versions were distributed with Release 3 (and 3.01) of the DAQ. There are no major problems with the code for Macro-Assembly work, though there are several known issues that affect the use of the code in the Test Beam:

The event header does not conform to the ATLAS format (and the length word is incorrect).
The backpressure mechanism has a number of bugs.

These versions are not generally recommended - if you encounter problems we would not be able to help with debugging.

Event Fragment Builder (efb_vx15e.bin)	Master DSP (version 1.0.0)
Formatter (fmt_s1Ae.bin)	Slave DSP (version 1.0.0 - IDRAM)
Controller (rcf_v16e.bin)	Slave DSP (version 1.0.0 - IPRAM)
Router (rtr_v12e.bin)	Slave DSP (version 1.0.0 - xcode)

John Hill Last update 12 January 2005