The nELBE (n,fis) Trigger Logic

The trigger logic of the nELBE detector setup for neutron fission measurements is realized by means of a FPGA logic based on the CAEN V1495 General Purpose Board. We developed a firmware for the "User FPGA" of this module that contains all logic functions needed for a proper operation of our setup.

The module processes 22 input signals and releases 33 output signals. The meaning of these signals is shown below. All parameters needed by the logical functions can be modified via VME write access to the corresponding register. The register Address Map is also shown below.

The logic schema is shown in the picture below. The input signals are the CFD signals of all fission chamber channels and two PMTs one plastic scintillator. The FPGA produces a logical OR of these input signals. From the OR signal the raw trigger is created. The generation of the trigger is disabled if any veto signal is present.

The trigger is used to produce the TDC, ADC and QDC gates and is scaled to force the data readout.

The veto signal is produced as logical OR of the total dead time of the data readout, the ADC and QDC busy signale and the trigger itself. The length of each of these signals including the total veto is measured for every trigger that occured.

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Inputs:

Port : Channel

Signal

Used for

A
(ECL or LVDS)

0 FC1-1 Fission Chamber 1 channel 1
1 FC1-2 Fission Chamber 1 channel 2
 ... ... ...  
7 FC1-8  Fission Chamber 1 channel 8
 8  FC2-1 Fission Chamber 1 channel 1 
 ... ...   ...
 15 FC2-8 Fission Chamber 1 channel 8 
 16 PTB-FC PTB Fission Chamber
17 not used  
... ...  
23 not used  
24 TDT Total dead time
25 not used  
... ...  
31 not used  

B
(ECL or LVDS)

0 not used  
... ...  
31 not used  

D
(NIM)

0 ADC busy ADC busy
1 QDC busy QDC busy
2 not used  
3 not used  
4 PMT_1 Plastic PMT1
5 PMT_2 Plastic PMT2
6 not used  
7 not used  



Outputs:

Port : Channel

Signal

Used for

E

(NIM)

0 ADC_gate ADC gate
1 QDC_gate QDC gate
2 not used  
3 not used  
4 trigger TDC input
5 veto TDC input
6 not veto TDC input
7 TDC_TRG TDC input
F

(ECL)

0 downscaled trigger T1
1 veto Scaler Control input 4
2 TDC_TRG TDC trigger
3  FC1-1  
4 fc_or  
5 trigger_raw  
6 trigger  
7 ADC gate  
8 QDC gate  
9 TDC TRG  
10 veto  
11 vetosca_LNE  
12 mult_win  
13 vetosca_res  
14 trigger_ds  
15 LCLK  
16 fc_or Scaler input
17 trigger_raw Scaler input
18 trigger Scaler input
19 trigger_ds Scaler input
20 LCLK Scaler input
21 LCLK and veto Scaler input
22 LCLK and not veto Scaler input
23 pmt_1 Scaler input
24 pmt_2 Scaler input
25 pl_coin Scaler input
26 not used Scaler input
... ... ...
31 not used Scaler input
G

(NIM)

0 Trigger Monitoring
1 Dead Time Monitoring



Address-Map of User Firmware

(all standard registers with address above BASE + 0x7ffc are still available):

Address

BASE +

Register / Content

Data Access

Default Value

Bit range

comment

0x1018 A Mask D32 R/W 0xFFFFFFFF 31 ... 0 enables channels A:31..00 bit = 0: channel disabled
bit = 1: channel enabled
0x101C B Mask D32 R/W 0xFFFFFFFF 31 ... 0 enables channels B:31..00
0x1020 C Mask D32 R/W 0xFFFFFFFF 31 ... 0 enables channels C:31..00
0x1024 D Mask D32 R/W 0xFFFFFFFF 31 ... 0 enables channels D:31..00
0x1028 E Mask D32 R/W 0xFFFFFFFF 31 ... 0 enables channels E:31..00
0x102C F Mask D32 R/W 0xFFFFFFFF 31 ... 0 enables channels F:31..00
0x1030 ID Mezzanine D D32 R   2 ... 0 Port D bit 2..0: type of mezzanine board:
b000: A395A
b001: A395B
b010: A395C
b011: A395D
0x1034 ID Mezzanine E D32 R   2 ... 0 Port E
0x1038 ID Mezzanine F D32 R   2 ... 0 Port F
0x1100 User FPGA firmware revision D32 R   15 ... 0
bit 15..12: setup ID (0 = inel., 1 = transm., 2 = fis)
bit 11..8: major revision no.
bit 7..0: minor revision no.
0x1104 Scratch register D32 R/W 0xDEADBEEF 31 ... 0  
0x1108 LED control D32 R/W 0 8, 1, 0
bit 8: 0 = FPGA controled, 1 = user controled
bit 1: 0 = off, 1 = green
bit 0: 0 = off, 1 = red
0x110C GEO address D32 R/W 0 4 ... 0  
0x1110 Control register D32 R/W 0 10,8,3,2,0
bit 10: enable trigger production
bit 8: enable veto scaler
bit 5: plastic trigger: 0 = not allowed, 1 = allowed
bit 4: plastic logic: 0 = AND, 1 = OR
bit 3: 1 = clear FIFO
bit 2: 1 = reset downscale counter
bit 0: 1 = reset veto length scaler
0x1114 Trigger Downscale Factor D32 R/W 0x01010101 15 ... 0  
0x1118 Trigger Gate D32 R/W 0x00320032 31 ... 0
bit 31..16: delay
bit 15..0: width
in units of 10 ns
0x111c ADC Gate D32 R/W 0x00320032 31 ... 0
0x1120 QDC Gate D32 R/W 0x00320032 31 ... 0
0x1300 FIFO status D32 R   19 ... 16, 12 ... 0
bit 19: almost empty (< 4000 words)
bit 18: almost full ( > 4000)
bit 17: empty
bit 16: full
bit 12..0: number of words stored
0x2000 FIFO data D32 R   31 ... 0  

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Nuclear Physics
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