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Type: Task
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Status: Done (View Workflow)
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Priority: Normal
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Resolution: Done
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Component/s: ics_ccdActor, ics_xcu_fpga
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Story Points:8
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Sprint:2019 B, 2019 C, SM1-2019 E, SM1-2019 F, SM1-2019 G
The new ADC cards appear mostly identical to the old ones. There are a couple of exceptions which we need to track. I am hoping to use the serial numbers to automatically switch between types.
- IR has opposite polarity. This will remove the need for the changes in
INSTRM-486, but will require different a different clocking routine. - the bias setting circuitry is different, and presumably simpler.
- we keep and use the sign bit from the 18-bit ADCs, so the FPGAs needs to drop the bottom two bits instead of the sign bit and the lowest bit. [ Sadly the ADCs are crappy enough that there is no gain to be had from keeping more than 16 bits. ] The FPGA already supports this, but that code may never have been tested. If we need a new FPGA image I'll make a separate ticket.