Index
Purpose of this Manual ....................................................................................................................... 2
Change Document Record ................................................................................................................ 2
Symbols, abbreviated terms and notation ....................................................................................... 2
Reference Documents ........................................................................................................................ 2
Index ........................................................................................................................................ 4
List of Figures......................................................................................................................... 5
List of Tables .......................................................................................................................... 5
1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 6
2 Block Diagram ................................................................................................................ 8
3 Technical Specifications ............................................................................................... 9
4 Packaging and Compliancy ........................................................................................ 10
5 Power Requirements ................................................................................................... 11
6 Cooling Management ................................................................................................... 12
7 Temperature Protection .............................................................................................. 13
8 Panels Description ....................................................................................................... 14
Front Panel ......................................................................................................................................... 15
Rear Panel .......................................................................................................................................... 18
9 Functional Description ................................................................................................ 19
Analog Input Stage ............................................................................................................................ 19
Clock Distribution ............................................................................................................................... 20
PLL Mode............................................................................................................................................ 21
Changing the ADC Frequency......................................................................................................... 21
Trigger Clock ...................................................................................................................................... 21
Acquisition Modes ............................................................................................................................. 22
Channel Calibration ..................................................................................................................................... 22
Acquisition Run/Stop .................................................................................................................................. 26
Acquisition Triggering: Samples & Events ........................................................................................... 27
Multi-Event Memory Organization ........................................................................................................... 28
Custom Sized Events .....................................................................................................................................................28
Event Structure ............................................................................................................................................. 29
Event Format Example ...................................................................................................................................................30
Acquisition Synchronization ..................................................................................................................... 31
Trigger Management ......................................................................................................................... 32
Software Trigger ........................................................................................................................................... 32
External Trigger ............................................................................................................................................ 32
Self-Trigger .................................................................................................................................................... 33
Trigger Coincidence Level ......................................................................................................................... 35
Trigger Distribution ..................................................................................................................................... 39
Example ...........................................................................................................................................................................40
Reset, Clear and Default Configuration ......................................................................................... 41
Global Reset .................................................................................................................................................. 41
Memory Reset ............................................................................................................................................... 41
Timer Reset .................................................................................................................................................... 41
Data Transfer Capabilities ................................................................................................................ 42
Block Transfers ............................................................................................................................................ 42
Single Data Transfer .................................................................................................................................... 42
Optical Link and USB Access .......................................................................................................... 43
10 Drivers & Libraries ....................................................................................................... 44
Drivers ................................................................................................................................................. 44
Libraries .............................................................................................................................................. 44
11 Software Tools .............................................................................................................. 46