
SIS Documentation SIS3800
Scaler/Counter
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1 Table of contents
1 Table of contents .............................................................................................................................................3
2 Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................5
3 Technical Properties/Features..........................................................................................................................6
3.1 Board Layout...........................................................................................................................................6
3.2 Counter Design and Modus Operandi .....................................................................................................7
3.3 Count Enable Logic.................................................................................................................................8
3.4 Clear Logic..............................................................................................................................................8
4 Getting Started.................................................................................................................................................9
4.1 Factory Default Settings..........................................................................................................................9
4.1.1 Adressing.........................................................................................................................................9
4.1.2 System Reset Behaviour..................................................................................................................9
5 Firmware Selection..........................................................................................................................................9
5.1 Examples ...............................................................................................................................................10
6 Front Panel LEDs ..........................................................................................................................................11
7 VME addressing............................................................................................................................................12
7.1 Address Space .......................................................................................................................................12
7.2 Base Address.........................................................................................................................................12
7.2.1 VME..............................................................................................................................................12
7.2.2 VIPA/VME64x..............................................................................................................................12
7.3 Address Map..........................................................................................................................................13
8 Register Description......................................................................................................................................14
8.1 Status Register (0x0) .............................................................................................................................14
8.2 Control Register (0x0)...........................................................................................................................15
8.3 Module Identification and IRQ control register (0x4)...........................................................................16
8.4 Count disable register 0xC.....................................................................................................................17
8.5 Overflow registers 0x380, 0x3A0, 0x3C0, 0x 3E0................................................................................17
8.6 Broadcast Addressing............................................................................................................................17
9 VME Interrupts..............................................................................................................................................19
10 Data Format...............................................................................................................................................20
10.1 D16........................................................................................................................................................20
10.2 D32........................................................................................................................................................20
11 Readout Schemes.......................................................................................................................................20
11.1 Read Shadow Register...........................................................................................................................20
11.2 Read and Clear all Counters..................................................................................................................20
11.3 Read Counter.........................................................................................................................................20
11.4 Special behaviour of Firmware Version 3.............................................................................................20
12 Input Configuration ...................................................................................................................................21
12.1 ECL .......................................................................................................................................................21
12.2 NIM.......................................................................................................................................................22
12.3 TTL........................................................................................................................................................23
12.3.1 TTL/LEMO ...................................................................................................................................23
12.3.2 TTL/Flat Cable..............................................................................................................................23
13 Connector Specification ............................................................................................................................23
14 Control Input Modes..................................................................................................................................24
14.1 Version 1 ...............................................................................................................................................24
14.2 Version 2 and 3......................................................................................................................................24
15 Signal Specification...................................................................................................................................25
15.1 Control Signals......................................................................................................................................25
15.2 Inputs.....................................................................................................................................................25
16 Operating Conditions.................................................................................................................................25
16.1 Power Consumption/Voltage requirement.............................................................................................25
16.2 Cooling..................................................................................................................................................25
16.3 Insertion/Removal .................................................................................................................................25
17 Test............................................................................................................................................................26
17.1 LED (selftest) ........................................................................................................................................26
17.2 Internal pulser tests................................................................................................................................26
17.2.1 Single Pulse ...................................................................................................................................26
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