Tag Archives: VME

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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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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SIS3153 USB VfyAlloc Error with Windows driver 1.1

Posted on April 25, 2018 by mki

Issue: “error Usb driver VfyAlloc” upon vme_A16D16_read() with LabWindows CVI  V2015 on Windows 7 machine with driver version 1.1   Fix: Upgrade to driver version 1.2 www.struck.de/sis3153w_1.2.zip

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New SIS3820 APG Arbitrary Pattern Gernerator w. I/O firmware

Posted on June 12, 2013 by mki

The new firmware is targeted at the Inline and LVDS on LEMO 00.302 style connector hardware options. It features a 12 bit pattern generator (4 control and 8 frontend outputs) with external wait and wrap functionality. 12 input (4 control … Continue reading →

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Announcing the SIS3153 USB3.0 to VME Interface

Posted on June 4, 2011 by mki

The SIS3153 will be the Superspeed USB follow up to our SIS3150 USB2.0 to VME interface. Information can be found under www.struck.de/sis3153.html.

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DESY/EMBL/University Paderborn will use a SIS3302 digitizer system to read out 100 Pixel Canberra Germanium detector

Posted on February 16, 2011 by mki

A Canberra 100 pixel Germanium detector will be installed at a Petra III undulator beamline for X-ray absorption spectroscopy. It will be read out by a VME system consisting of a SIS1100e/3104 PCI Express to VME interface, 100 MS/s 16-bit SIS3302 … Continue reading →

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