1. SLC5 VME ROD based test system for Pixel DAQ: Outlook for Spring 2014
Jimin Kim
Sen Mao
University of Washington
Department of Physics

2. Table of Contents Motivation of the VME ROD Project
Interface hardware and software setup
Past accomplishments
Goals and plan for Spring 2014
Summary

3. Motivation of the VME ROD Project
Deploy a VME ROD based test system for Pixel DAQ using ATLAS Pixel ROD and IBLROD
Software/Firmware Development and Implementation
ROD/BOC system
SLC5 + TDAQ
Pixel ROD Rev E (from Iowa)
eBOC (From John Joseph)
ePPO (To be discussed)
FEI3 Pixel Module (From Maurice)
SLC6 + TDAQ5
IBLROD Rev C
(from LBNL)
BOC
(From Tobias Flick)
FEI4 Pixel Module (Confirmation Required)

4. Interface hardware and software Setup: SLC5 VME Pixel ROD
Pixlab 05
CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E6550/2.33Ghz
Memory : Mb
Linux Version – Scientific Linux CERN 5
Kernel : el5PAE
Installed Software :
TDAQ
IBLDAQ
Single Board Computer
Model : VP-CP1 (Concurrent Technologies)
CPU : Pentium III/ Mhz
Memory : Mb
Linux Version – Scientific Linux CERN 5
Kernel : el5.sbc
VME Slot 1
Second Local Network (Sharing storage)
VME Crate
ATLAS Pixel ROD
Model : ATLAS ROD for SCT/Pixel Rev E
Manufacturer : University of Wisconsin
VME Slot 10
(Currently under inspection)
Control via terminal remote control

5. Current Hardware eBOC Pixel ROD Rev E + FEI3 IBLROD Rev C + FEI4A
SBC Interface
Pixel ROD Rev E + FEI3
IBLROD Rev C + FEI4A
VME Crate
VP-CP1 Single Board Computer
eBOC

6. VME Pixel ROD Setup
SBC Interface
Pixlab05
VME Crate

7. Past Accomplishments
Second Local Network between the Pixlab05 and Single Board Computer has been established with necessary NFS-shared directories
Necessary software TDAQ and IBLDAQ have been installed and debugged for the current hardware environment (supports USBPIX)
VME Interface between the Pixel ROD and the Single Board Computer has been established with necessary VME drivers installed
The 3.3V power problem on the Pixel ROD has been studied and sent to John Joseph for an inspection

8. Goals for Spring 2014 (Tentative)
Hardware
Successful setup of a full DAQ readout chain for FEI3 module
FEI3 Module/ePP0 (Optoboard)/eBOC/Pixel ROD/ROBIN Card (ROS)
Understanding of each component in the chain (ePP0, eBOC and ROBIN)
Understand the ROD Architecture and its data path firmware
(Formatter, Event Fragment Builder, Router, Controller)
Software (In the mean time while ROD is under inspection)
Study and analyze the ‘Athena Framework’
Setup a DummyPixController

9. Thank you, any question?