Upstream DAQ Tech meeting

Thursday 29 Jul 2021, 07:00 → 08:21 US/Central

 

https://cern.zoom.us/j/68022868314

 

07:00 → 07:15 Current sprint

dunedaq-2.8.0 / FW-2.0.0

Main objectives
- TPG chain
- Ethernet readout (only software for now)

Speakers: Ivana Hristova (STFC RAL), Jim Brooke, Konstantinos Manolopoulos (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), Dr Konstantinos Manolopoulos (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), Roland Sipos (CERN), Stoyan Trilov

07:15 → 07:30 Readout (FW & SW)

Technical developments & future plans on Readout Subsystem.

Speakers: Antony Earle (University of Sussex), Filiberto Bonini (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Mr Florian Grotschla (CERN), Ivana Hristova (STFC RAL), Konstantinos Manolopoulos (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), Konstantinos Manolopoulos (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), Roland Sipos (CERN), Shyam Bhuller (University of Bristol)

Felix-pie (A.Thea and A.Earle)

• Work continues on integrating dummy processing pod
• Passes synthesis and implementation but fails timing rules for the 32b tdata paths to the processing block. Currently investigating 

Firmware (K. Manolopoulos)

• running tests for the intermediate release found a bug in the 32b axis Wibulator. E. Motuk is investigating this
• WIB1/WIB2 Data Router: waiting for WIB2 Unpacker
  • A.Earle prepared a script for testing both WIB1/WIB2 Data Reception
  • Ivana is preparing some additional testing files (WIB2 dpr)
• Change of the TP output format: currently debugging 

07:30 → 07:45 Trigger Primitives (FW & SW)

Technical developments & future plans on TP specific firmware and software.

Speakers: Antony Earle (University of Sussex), Ivana Hristova (STFC RAL), Konstantinos Manolopoulos (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), Kunal Kothekar

TP simulation/software update (I. Hristova)

- preparing WIB2 patterns to account for the modified unpacker header format, 
will be needed for the unpacker testbench by David 
- adding TP new format in the readout, ongoing 
- started testing, trying to find stable working build environment which is
up to date with latest developments 
- had problem building readout develop branch, in 2.6.0 TPs not fully 
enabled in the configuration generation script 

07:45 → 08:00 Timing

Technical developments & future plans

Speakers: David Cussans (University of Bristol), Stoyan Trilov

08:00 → 08:15 Integration

Integration status at:
- CERN
- Bristol
- UPenn
- ICEBERG

Speakers: Kunal Kothekar, Roland Sipos (CERN), Shyam Bhuller (University of Bristol)

Bristol Test stand:

What has been done:

 - built and tested new minimal FELIX software suite (includes regmap changes for dune/ipbus usage)

 

What needs to be done:

 - collect commit hashes (once tested in np04)

 - update software suite hack wiki on flxlibs (new instructions to build regmap 5 software and include instructions for copy-tools.sh)

08:15 → 08:20 AOB