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Virtual machine installation for ISE 14.7/Impact

Posted on January 13, 2025 by mki

Impact -as part of the ISE tool chain- is required to program older Xilinx FPGAs (respective their attached FLASH memory chips), like the Spartan-2 family on the SIS3316 VME digitizer. The document below describes how to install a virtual machine … Continue reading →

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Skip SIS3316 FLASH ID Code Check

Posted on January 13, 2025 by mki

The obsolete W25Q64FVSSIG FLASH memory of the SIS3316 VME digitizer needed to be replaced with the compatible type W25Q64JVSSIM at some point after the end of iMPACT support.The ‘ID check’ must be deactivated in order to program this new FLASH … Continue reading →

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EPICS module for the SIS3153 USB3.0 to VME Interface

Posted on December 10, 2024 by mki

An EPICS module for support of SIS 3150 and 3153 USB to VME interface boards . The support is a driver derived from asynPortDriver. The driver allows records to perform VME I/O using standard asyn device support. The driver is based … Continue reading →

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Possible DS8VM1 R13/R13b CLKOUT5 instability in Distribution Clock Mode

Posted on July 25, 2024 by mki

An issue with the CLKOUT5 output on some units in Distribution Clock Mode was reported on the more recent R13 and R13b revisions of the DS8VM1. Installing 100 nF 0402 X7R capacitors on C17R1 (supplying VCC11 CLK4 DAC CLK of … Continue reading →

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SIS315x USB to VME Interface LINUX access right issue

Posted on July 3, 2024 by mki

In particular with newer Linux distributions it can happen that a SIS315x cannot be accessed via USB.The “OpenTest” program will terminate with the following error message in that case: Hello world!device 0path: 002/005vendor: 1657product: 3153Error in ‘Sis3150usb_OpenDriver_And_Download_FX2_Setup’: -1 The error … Continue reading →

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SIS1100 Linux Driver 2.16 under AlmaLinux 9.4

Posted on June 12, 2024 by mki

Issue:Possible use of change from mainline kernel 6.4.0 in transition from AlmaLinux 9.2 to 9.4 (5.14.0-284 -> 5.14.9-427) Error:> Error: too many arguments for function »class_create«> 573 | sis1100_global.class = class_create(THIS_MODULE,> “sis1100”);Workaround:sis1100_autoconf_linux.c ca. line 570:sis1100_global.class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, “sis1100”);change to:sis1100_global.class = … Continue reading →

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NIM A Article on the Use of 2.5 GSPS 14-Bit SIS1160/SFMC01 PCIe Digitizer for Prompt Gamma-ray Measurements During Proton Therapy Treatments

Posted on April 21, 2022 by mki

The use of a SIS1160 PCI Express carrier with a SFMC01 Digitizer FMC for dead-time free data acquisition during proton therapy treatments is described in the NIM A article under the link below: A dead-time-free data acquisition system for prompt … Continue reading →

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SIS1100-e2/eCMC Fujitsu BIOS Freeze (and Change of Size of Mapped Window)

Posted on November 12, 2020 by mki

Issue: PC with SIS1100-e/eCMC freezes/hangs at power up. Reported by Marcus Fleck from DESY for a Fujitsu d3598-b13 mainboard initially. Solution: Change the PCI Class ID from: 07h Simple Communications Device to: 06h Other Bridge device Software and instructions for … Continue reading →

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Rare I2C communication issue on DWC8300 R11

Posted on October 10, 2016 by mki

Rare difficulties with I2C user bus data Transfer upon setting attenuators or reading I2C devices. Fix: removal of capacitor C48 (by trained personnel) Shipments from October 10th 2016 onwards will have C48 removed.   Temporary fix without Hardware modification: Set DACA … Continue reading →

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Helmholtz Association gives Green light for industrial alliance “MicroTCA.4 Tech Lab”

Posted on May 10, 2016 by mki

Helmholtz Association promotes development of high-speed electronics Standard. http://www.desy.de/news/news_search/index_eng.html?openDirectAnchor=1038&two_columns=1 Struck Innovative Systeme is proud to be one of the Partners of the  MicroTCA.4 Tech Lab and is looking  forward to enable new applications and technologies on the base of the MTCA.4 Standard. … Continue reading →

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