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May 24, 2010 - Hub can be used on dual-dual star and full-mesh backplanes. • The timing hub shall provide point-to-point and bidirectional links to each.
An overview of the ATCA® timing and synchronization resources for control and data acquisition Jorge Sousa IST, Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear - LA, Lisboa, Portugal Member PICMG for Physics Committees May 24, 2010

xTCA for Physics Workshop RT2010 Lisbon 1

Bussed clocks interface • • • •

Ports: Lines: Performance: Compatibility:

CLK1, CLK2 assigned, only CLK3 is user defined 6 differential pairs Fair, 100 MHz, bussed Compatible

ATCA backplane 100 100

100 100

CLK1_a 100

CLK1_b 100

CLK2_a 100

CLK2_b 100

CLK3_a 100 100

100

CLK3_b 100

ATCA NODE BOARD

ATCA NODE BOARD

ATCA HUB BOARD

ATCA NODE BOARD

2

Base interface • • • •

Ports: Lines: Performance: Compatibility:

Timing and Data hub in slots 1 or 2 All nodes can receive or send 2 distinct timing signal Good; > 200 MHz, 1 GHz?; P2P Changes to ATCA 3.0 required ATCA HUB BOARD SLOT 1 BASE INTERFACE

100 100

100 100

Ethernet TX 100

Ethernet RX 100

Timing A 100

Timing B 100

ATCA backplane

ATCA NODE BOARD

ATCA NODE BOARD

ATCA NODE BOARD

ATCA NODE BOARD

ATCA NODE BOARD

3

Shared Fabric port • • • •

Ports: Lines: Performance: Compatibility:

Timing and Data lines share a fabric port All nodes receive or send up to 6 distinct timing signals Good; ~3 GHz P2P; 3 GHz point to point (P2P);