1. Endcap Muon meeting: Florida, January 9-10, 2004 J. Hauser UCLA 1 TMB, RAT, and ALCT Status Report Jay Hauser University of California Los Angeles ALCT/Mezzanine production statusALCT/Mezzanine production status TMB statusTMB status RAT statusRAT status

2. Endcap Muon meeting: Florida, January 9-10, 2004 J. Hauser UCLA 2 ALCT/Mezzanine Card Production Base ALCT boards:Base ALCT boards: All built and debugged (10% spares)All built and debugged (10% spares) Occasional fixing of boards returned from FAST sites (esp. PNPI)Occasional fixing of boards returned from FAST sites (esp. PNPI) Spare and Port Card mezzanine boards:Spare and Port Card mezzanine boards: Assembling 162:Assembling 162: –25 XCV1000 type for ALCT672 (20% spares). –71 XCV600-7 type for ALCT288 and ALCT384 (15% spares). –66 XCV600-8 (fast) type for Muon Port Cards. Some problem with 1/3 of PC boards had to be remade with flatter finish (gold) for ball-grid assemblySome problem with 1/3 of PC boards had to be remade with flatter finish (gold) for ball-grid assembly 2/3 of boards can be checked out by end-January, remainder by end- February.2/3 of boards can be checked out by end-January, remainder by end- February.

3. Endcap Muon meeting: Florida, January 9-10, 2004 J. Hauser UCLA 3 TMB2003A and RAT2003A 4 boards produced and bench-tested Replaces problematic PHOS4 fine delays with commercial DDD devices Faster and larger FPGA (Xilinx Virtex-2 XC2V3000) on mezzanine board ALCT and RPC inputs through RAT (Rpc Alct Transition) board Rad-hard regulators used, 1.5v added for Virtex-2 core voltage

4. Endcap Muon meeting: Florida, January 9-10, 2004 J. Hauser UCLA 4 TMB Status and Plans TMB2003A and RAT2003A prototypes both debugged & pass all tests. Plan for 25 sets: 18 for two full crates +2 spares at CERN +1 JK +1 OSU +1 Rice +1 UC +1 additional spare. Produce that number of TMB base boards, mezzanine cards, and RAT modules. Produce 5 TMB front-panels with ALCT cable access (for debugging), 20 without (for CERN) Modest changes needed to base board layout: Get rid of blue wires (minor errors). Swap Virtex-2 I/O assignments so as to not use global clock lines. Dual regulator configuration to allow Spartan-3 upgrade (1.2v core voltage).

5. Endcap Muon meeting: Florida, January 9-10, 2004 J. Hauser UCLA 5 RAT Status and Plans Current boards are fine for ALCT inputs (ME2,3,4). Will make very minor near-term layout changes (few LEDs, etc). Longer-term: Need feedback from data interchange tests with RPC Link boards (~May at CERN). May want to move RPC connectors back a little (~1.5 cm). Will need to finalize ME1 RPC cables, routing, strain relief.

6. Endcap Muon meeting: Florida, January 9-10, 2004 J. Hauser UCLA 6 TMB Mezzanine Card Plans Problem #1: global clock buffers used for Virtex-2 I/O do not tri-state properly This use allowed by written Xilinx documentation but dis-recommended verbally! Current temporary solution: yank the lines to a proper state with low- impedance resistors. However: timing may not be good. Better solution: modified layout of the Mezzanine card so as to not use these lines for I/O. Discussing this with Golovtsov et al. (PNPI). Problem #2: Virtex-2 are expensive, Spartan-3 are ½ the cost XC2V3000 fits budget and current (test-beam) algorithm, but algorithm gave non-ideal results XC2V4000 large enough for proper ordering of pattern qualities but blows our budget by about $400K. Solution: new mezz. card layout for Spartan-3 chips. However: the chips and the new layout may not be ready for Slice test. Plan: fix Virtex-2 mezz. layout, work on Spartan-3 layout, branch point around mid-Feb.

7. Endcap Muon meeting: Florida, January 9-10, 2004 J. Hauser UCLA 7 Schedule TMB base and RAT boards: Feb. 1: layout changes done Feb. 15: PC boards produced Mar. 1: boards assembled March-April debugging May 1: 25 sets ready for system tests May 31-June 6: CERN test beam TMB Mezzanine Card (subject to discussion with PNPI): Feb. 1: layout changes done Feb. 15: PC boards produced Mar. 1: boards assembled March-April debugging May 1: 25 sets ready for system tests May 31-June 6: CERN test beam

8. Endcap Muon meeting: Florida, January 9-10, 2004 J. Hauser UCLA 8 TMB 2003A Detail

9. Endcap Muon meeting: Florida, January 9-10, 2004 J. Hauser UCLA 9 RAT2003A Detail These Connectors for GND Only RPC connectors To TMB and 3.3v, 1.8v power ALCT SCSI input connectors Spartan 2E FPGA for RPC