JTAG-based remote configuration of FPGAs over optical fibers

Journal Article · Tue Jan 27 23:00:00 EST 2015 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/10/01/C01050· OSTI ID:1235873

Deng, B. ^[1]; Xu, H. ^[2]; Liu, C. ^[3]; Chen, J. ^[4]; Chen, K. ^[2]; Gong, D. ^[3]; Guo, D. ^[5]; Hou, S. ^[6]; Liu, T. ^[3]; Teng, P. -K. ^[6]; Xiang, A. C. ^[3]; You, Y. ^[3]; Ye, J. ^[3]; Li, X. ^[7]

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1. Hubei Polytechnic Univ., Hubei (People's Republic of China); Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX (United States)
2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
3. Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX (United States)
4. Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX (United States); Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX (United States)
5. Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Anhui (China); Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX (United States)
6. Academia Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan)
7. Central China Normal Univ., Hubei (People's Republic of China); Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX (United States)

In this study, a remote FPGA-configuration method based on JTAG extension over optical fibers is presented. The method takes advantage of commercial components and ready-to-use software such as iMPACT and does not require any hardware or software development. The method combines the advantages of the slow remote JTAG configuration and the fast local flash memory configuration. The method has been verified successfully and used in the Demonstrator of Liquid-Argon Trigger Digitization Board (LTDB) for the ATLAS liquid argon calorimeter Phase-I trigger upgrade. All components on the FPGA side are verified to meet the radiation tolerance requirements.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
• OSTI ID: 1235873
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 22335978
• Report Number(s): BNL--111678-2015-JA; KA2101020
• Journal Information: Journal of Instrumentation, Journal Name: Journal of Instrumentation Journal Issue: 01 Vol. 10; ISSN 1748-0221
• Publisher: Institute of Physics (IOP)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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