Category Archives: Firmware

n/Gamma separation and TOF histogramming with SIS3316

Posted on March 19, 2014 by mki

Custom firmware was developed for the 16 channel SIS3316 250 MSPS 14-bit digitizer for a n/Gamma separation with firmware TOF (time of flight) histogramming capability. The user can configure the gates to be histogrammed. Both readout over VME and Ethernet … Continue reading →

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Averaging mode of operation for SIS3316 Digitizer

Posted on February 19, 2014 by mki

The option to average over 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 and 256 samples for slower speed sampling at higher resolution was added to the SIS3316 firmware. SIS3316 averaging functionality short writeup

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Peak and Charge Sensing Mode of Operation Firmware for SIS3316 Digitizer

Posted on February 10, 2014 by mki

Peak and charge sensing ADC functionality with external gate was added to the SIS3316 firmware (limited to the 250 MSPS version for the time being). SIS3316 Peak and Charge sensing functionality short writeup 

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New SIS3316 firmware online

Posted on April 12, 2013 by mki

New SIS3316 firmware online under struck.de/sis3316firm.html . Featuring fully licensed Ethernet core and external bank switch. release related to Firmware Versions – VME FPGA: V3316-2003 (0x33162003) – ADC FPGAs: V0250-0003 (0x02500003) Bug fixes: – UDP read of ADC FPGA Status … Continue reading →

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New SIS3316 250 MSPS 14-bit digitizer firmware with standalone Ethernet support

Posted on January 29, 2013 by mki

The 2nd major revision of the SIS3316 firmware is online under www.struck.de/sis3316firm.html. Besides bug fixes it offers GBit Ethernet functionality and a dual threshold mechanism.

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16 Channel 125/250 MSPS SIS3316 VME Digitizer Presentation

Posted on August 22, 2012 by mki

While firmware development for the SIS3316 is ongoing, first detector signals have been acquired with the 250 MSPS 14-bit version of the module. The PDF presentation under the link below highlights the design and the functionality of the card and … Continue reading →

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Using autosensing SIS3104 with older LINUX drivers

Posted on August 9, 2012 by mki

Autosensing SIS3104’s (firmware 0x03020202) are recognized from driver 2.13-7 onwards. To continue working with older drivers with an up to date SIS3104 you will have to modify sis3100rem_init.c by adding the corresponding case to the switch (sc_remote_ident&0x00ffff00) as shown below. … Continue reading →

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Framework for custom firmware for SIS3305 GSPS Digitizer available

Posted on May 4, 2012 by mki

User firmware designs for the 8 channel 1.25 GSPS 10-bit SIS3305 digitizer can be based on the new framwork. The user has access to the data stream from the ADC chip and control over the memory controller. The VME interface provides 16 registers … Continue reading →

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New SIS3104 firmware with 1G/2G link speed auto sensing

Posted on February 27, 2012 by mki

Finally link speed auto sensing firmware is available for the SIS3104 card. The new V3 firmware has SST related and a VME master timing related improvement also and can be downloaded from  www.struck.de/sis3104firm.html.

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SIS3820 Multi Purpose Scaler Firmware 0x010f Release

Posted on October 4, 2011 by mki

Early first time slice bug fix with channel N LNE source (with signal on channel N).   The mcs file is available under www.struck.de/sis3820010f.mcs

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