SIS Documentation
SIS3800
Scaler/Counter
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1 Table of contents
1
Table of contents ............................................................................................................................................. 3
2
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 5
3
Technical Properties/Features.......................................................................................................................... 6
3.1
Board Layout ........................................................................................................................................... 6
3.2
Counter Design and Modus Operandi ..................................................................................................... 7
3.3
Count Enable Logic ................................................................................................................................. 8
3.4
Clear Logic .............................................................................................................................................. 8
4
Getting Started................................................................................................................................................. 9
4.1
Factory Default Settings .......................................................................................................................... 9
4.1.1
Adressing ......................................................................................................................................... 9
4.1.2
System Reset Behaviour .................................................................................................................. 9
5
Firmware Selection.......................................................................................................................................... 9
5.1
Examples ............................................................................................................................................... 10
6
Front Panel LEDs .......................................................................................................................................... 11
7
VME addressing ............................................................................................................................................ 12
7.1
Address Space ....................................................................................................................................... 12
7.2
Base Address ......................................................................................................................................... 12
7.2.1
VME .............................................................................................................................................. 12
7.2.2
VIPA/VME64x.............................................................................................................................. 12
7.3
Address Map.......................................................................................................................................... 13
8
Register Description ...................................................................................................................................... 14
8.1
Status Register (0x0) ............................................................................................................................. 14
8.2
Control Register (0x0) ........................................................................................................................... 15
8.3
Module Identification and IRQ control register (0x4) ........................................................................... 16
8.4
Count disable register 0xC..................................................................................................................... 17
8.5
Overflow registers 0x380, 0x3A0, 0x3C0, 0x 3E0................................................................................ 17
8.6
Broadcast Addressing ............................................................................................................................ 17
9
VME Interrupts.............................................................................................................................................. 19
10
Data Format ............................................................................................................................................... 20
10.1
D16 ........................................................................................................................................................ 20
10.2
D32 ........................................................................................................................................................ 20
11
Readout Schemes....................................................................................................................................... 20
11.1
Read Shadow Register........................................................................................................................... 20
11.2
Read and Clear all Counters .................................................................................................................. 20
11.3
Read Counter ......................................................................................................................................... 20
11.4
Special behaviour of Firmware Version 3 ............................................................................................. 20
12
Input Configuration ................................................................................................................................... 21
12.1
ECL ....................................................................................................................................................... 21
12.2
NIM ....................................................................................................................................................... 22
12.3
TTL........................................................................................................................................................ 23
12.3.1
TTL/LEMO ................................................................................................................................... 23
12.3.2
TTL/Flat Cable .............................................................................................................................. 23
13
Connector Specification ............................................................................................................................ 23
14
Control Input Modes.................................................................................................................................. 24
14.1
Version 1 ............................................................................................................................................... 24
14.2
Version 2 and 3...................................................................................................................................... 24
15
Signal Specification................................................................................................................................... 25
15.1
Control Signals ...................................................................................................................................... 25
15.2
Inputs ..................................................................................................................................................... 25
16
Operating Conditions................................................................................................................................. 25
16.1
Power Consumption/Voltage requirement............................................................................................. 25
16.2
Cooling .................................................................................................................................................. 25
16.3
Insertion/Removal ................................................................................................................................. 25
17
Test ............................................................................................................................................................ 26
17.1
LED (selftest) ........................................................................................................................................ 26
17.2
Internal pulser tests................................................................................................................................ 26
17.2.1
Single Pulse ................................................................................................................................... 26
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