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Hytec Electronics Ltd
1.
2530/UTM/G/2/1.0
DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................. 4
1.1
POWER REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................................... 5
1.2
OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGE ......................................................................................... 5
1.3
MECHANICAL ........................................................................................................................... 5
1.4
FRONT PANEL INDICATORS ...................................................................................................... 5
1.5
SIGNAL SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................... 6
1.5.1
Pulse Inputs 1-8 ............................................................................................................... 6
1.5.2
Gate Input (Gates 1-8 and Master Gate)......................................................................... 6
1.5.3
Fast Clear Input............................................................................................................... 6
1.5.4
Busy Output ..................................................................................................................... 6
1.5.5
Data Ready Output .......................................................................................................... 6
2.
TECHNICAL NOTE FOR THE ADC2530 ................................................................................ 7
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
3.
WHAT IS THE 2530? ................................................................................................................. 7
WHAT ARE THE PULSES THAT IT MEASURES? .......................................................................... 7
HOW IS THE PULSE MEASURED?............................................................................................... 7
WHY IS GOOD INTEGRAL AND DIFFERENTIAL NON-LINEARITY IMPORTANT? .......................... 7
WHAT IS SLIDING-SCALE CORRECTION? .................................................................................. 7
WHY USE A HISTOGRAM MODE? .............................................................................................. 8
WHAT IS LIST MODE?............................................................................................................... 8
OPERATING MODES ................................................................................................................. 9
3.1
SELF TRIGGERING .................................................................................................................... 9
3.2
LIST ZERO ENABLE .................................................................................................................. 9
3.3
HISTOGRAM MEMORY ............................................................................................................. 9
3.4
LIST MEMORY .......................................................................................................................... 9
3.5
INTERRUPT SETTINGS............................................................................................................... 9
3.5.1
Hist Mode Interrupt ......................................................................................................... 9
3.5.2
List Mode Interrupts ...................................................................................................... 10
3.6
TIMESTAMP ............................................................................................................................ 10
4.
USE OF THE VME DATA BUS AND MEMORY ACCESS.................................................. 10
4.1
BASE ADDRESS ...................................................................................................................... 10
4.1.1
Short Addressing (A16 AM29h and 2Dh)...................................................................... 11
ADDRESS MODIFIERS ......................................................................................................................... 11
4.1.2
Standard Addressing (A24 AM39h and 3Dh)................................................................ 11
ADDRESS MODIFIERS ......................................................................................................................... 11
4.1.3
Carrier board Configuration ROM (A24 AM2Fh)....................................................... 11
4.2
MEMORY ACCESS .................................................................................................................. 11
4.3
EXTENDED ADDRESSING ADDRESS MODIFIERS .................................................................... 11
4.3.1
Memory Data (List Mode) ............................................................................................. 12
4.3.2
Memory Data (Histogram mode)................................................................................... 14
4.3.3
Memory Data (Histogram Mode) .................................................................................. 14
4.4
PCB MEMORY AND DATA PATH...................................................................................... 15
5.
FIRMWARE REGISTERS ........................................................................................................ 16
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
MANUFACTURES DEVICE ID (READ) .................................................................................. 16
DEVICE TYPE (READ)............................................................................................................ 16
CONTROL & STATUS REGISTER (CSR) .................................................................................. 16
MEMORY OFFSET (READ/WRITE) ......................................................................................... 17
LIST MODE MEMORY ADDRESS COUNTER LS (READ/WRITE)............................................. 17
LIST MODE MEMORY ADDRESS COUNTER MS (READ/WRITE) ........................................... 17
INTERRUPT VECTOR (READ/WRITE. AUTOMATICALLY READ BY AN IACK OPERATION) .... 17
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