Timing and Fast Control System

Glue Light Mezzanine

The LHCb experiment control interface to electronics boards located in the counting rooms is based on a commercial Credit Card PC from Digital Logic. In order to interface the Credit Card PC to the board electronics, a simple intermediate mezzanine card “Glue light” has been designed. It is based on a single FPGA which emulates a PLX 9030 and, in addition to the standard PLX Local Bus, forms JTAG, I²C bus and GPIO lines.

The Glue light is an alternative mezzanine used in the TFC system and in the Muon Trigger to the Genoa Glue card used on the TELL1, the UKL1, and the VETO and the Calorimeter Trigger.

• Glue light - A Simple Programmable Interface between the Credit Card PC and Board Electronics, Z. Guzik and R. Jacobsson, LHCb 2003-56 / EDMS 581368 (paper)

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