Firmware for CAEN V2495 General Purpose Module

A.Elykov (AlexElykov@yahoo.com)

Description:

Custom firmware for the UFPGA on the CAEN V2495 general purpose board.

Prerequisites:

• Altera Quartus II 13.0 (web/full edition) or higher
• Cyclone V FPGA has to be supported
• Note: to be able to compile this on the free web version, might need to disable the SignalTap logic analyser in Assignments - Settings - SignalTap II
• To run AlteraModelsim on linux need to install at least the following: sudo apt-get install lib32ncurses5 lib32z1 libxft2:i386
• Detailed instructions on setting up AlteraModelsim package installation and more are here: LINK

Architecture:

This is a generic busy firmware for the V2495 module and it can be easily expanded for other usages.

Main changes from the V1495 firmware

• Use of VHDL native libraries
• The firmware is less bloated, uses separate entities not components
• User defined registers implemented in the V2495_pkg not in the HAL, and can be accessed via the VME bus interface
• Veto duration and TRG LED waiting window set via registers
• Does not have the XENON1T/nT High Energy Veto input support
• Added ModelSim testbench for firmware simulation

Content:

• README.md (this file)
• firmware\src
• firmware\
• .rpd – compiled firmware file
• notebooks - visualization of simulation results