4-8 Theory of Operation
4.6.1.3 Controller FPGA
Handles Communication to PCI card thru LVDS Link
uC Interface
GPIO Interface Controller
JTAG Interface Controller
SPI Interface Controller
Time Stamp SDRAM Controller
4.6.1.4 MicroController
Handles programming of Xilinx FPGAs on Acquisition Board (to Spartan IIe devices)
Provides Scanning ADC for Monitoring:
• Chip temperatures of ADC, MAMs, FE, HTB
• System temperature
• Bulk power supplies
• Probus ring voltages
• Channel overload protection
Probus Communication via I2C
RS232 Interface for programming FLASH (internal use only)
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