Caen DT5730 - Firmware Upgrade Procedures

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UM3148 – DT5730/DT5725 User Manual rev. 2
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Default Firmware Upgrade
The DT5730 and DT5725 are delivered running a default firmware to operate the board for waveform recording.
The default firmware updates are available for download on CAEN website (www.caen.it) in the Software/Firmware
tab at the DT5730/DT5725 web pages (login required):
Home / Products / Modular Pulse Processing Electronics / Desktop / Digitizers / DT5730 (or DT5725)
Upgrade Files Description
The programming file has the extension .CFA (CAEN Firmware Archive) and is a sort of archive format file aggregating
all the default firmware files compatible with the same family of digitizers.
CFA and its name follows this general scheme:
x730_revX.Y_W.Z.CFA
x725_revX.Y_W.Z.CFA
where:
• x730 (x725) are all the boards the file is compliant to: DT5730 (DT5725), N6730 (N6725), V1730 (V1725),
VX1730 (VX1725)
• X.Y is the major/minor revision number of the mainboard FPGA
• W.Z is the major/minor revision number of the channel FPGA
DPP Firmware Upgrade
CAEN provides DT5730 and DT5725 with special DPP-PSD and DPP-PHA firmware for Physics Applications. The digitizer
running DPP-PSD firmware becomes a digital replacement of dual gate QDC, discriminator and gate generator. The
digitizer running DPP-PHA firmware becomes a digital replacement of Shaping Amplifier and Peak Sensing ADC (Multi-
Channel Analyzer) by means of digital trapezoidal filters.
• The DPP-PSD firmware updates are available for download on CAEN website in the Download tab (login
required) at:
Home / Products / Firmware/Software / Digitizer Software / Readout Software / DPP-PSD Control Software
• The DPP-PHA firmware updates are available for download on CAEN website in the Download tab (login
required) at:
Home / Products / Firmware/Software / Digitizer Software / Readout Software / DPP-PHA Control Software
Upgrade File Description
The programming file has the extension .CFA (CAEN Firmware Archive) and is a sort of archive format file aggregating
all the DPP-PSD firmware files compatible with the same family of digitizers
CFA and its name follows this general scheme:
x730_DPP-PSD_rev_X.Y_136.Z.CFA
x725_DPP-PSD_rev_X.Y_136.Z.CFA
x730_DPP-PHA_rev_X.Y_139.Z.CFA
x725_DPP-PHA_rev_X.Y_139.Z.CFA
where the major revision number of the channel FPGA (136 or 139) is fixed for the specific DPP algorithm and digitizer
family. The other fields have the same meaning as in the default firmware file description.
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Note: DPP special firmware is a pay firmware requiring a license to be purchased. If not licensed, the firmware can be
loaded but it will run fully functional with a time limitation per power cycle (30 minutes). Details on the license
ordering procedure can be found in [RD1].
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Note: if the DPP firmware license is included in the same order of a DT5730 (DT5725), the customer will be delivered
with the digitizer already running the licensed (i.e. unlocked) special firmware. Once unlocked, upgrading the same
kind of DPP firmware requires no further licensing.