This page contains information regarding electronics cards designed and built by the CDF Group and the Electronics Shop in the Ohio State Physics department.  The page contains design specs, schematics, parts information, application notes, and other generally useful information.

The Linker Pre-Production Card:

• The Linker Specification Document
• Documents
• Timing Diagrams
• Adding Delay Stages to the Linker Card Output
• XFT Signoff Presentation
• Schematic Pages
• Parts List:
• The Input Formatter, Ouput Formatter, VME/Control, and Linker Altera Chips: FLEX10K Series
• Configuration EPROM For the VME/Control Chip: Altera EPC1
• The Cypress Roboclock: Cypress CY7B991
• The Dallas Semiconductor Silicon Delay Line: DS1020-25
• The National Channel Link Receivers: DS90CR282
• The National Low-skew Clock Buffers: CGS2534V
• The Texas Instruments VME Bus Buffers: SN74ABTE16245DL
• The Motorola Open Collector AND-gate: SN74F38
• The AMD Flash RAM: AM29F040B
• The Synergy Semiconductor PECL-to-TTL Converter: SY100ELT23
• The Texas Instruments JTAG Scan Path Linker: 74ACT8997
• 3M Channel Link Connectors: N102XX-52XXVC
• 3M Channel Link Cable:  3600 Series

The Linker Prototype Card:

• The Linker Specification Document
• Schematic Pages
• Parts List:
• The Input Formatter, Ouput Formatter, VME/Control, and Linker Altera Chips: FLEX10K Series
• Configuration EPROM For the VME/Control Chip: Altera EPC1
• The Cypress Roboclock: Cypress CY7B991
• The Dallas Semiconductor Silicon Delay Line: DS1020
• The National Channel Link Receivers: DS90CR282
• The National LVDS Drivers: DS90C031
• The Texas Instruments VME Bus Buffers: SN74ABTE16245DL
• The AMD Flash RAM: AM29F040B
• The Synergy Semiconductor PECL-to-TTL Converter: SY100ELT23
• The Texas Instruments JTAG Scan Path Linker: 74ACT8997
• 3M Channel Link Connectors: N102XX-52XXVC
• 3M Channel Link Cable:  3600 Series

The Linker Tester Card:

• The Linker Tester Specification Document
• Schematic Pages
• Parts List:
• The VME/Control Altera Chips: FLEX10K Series
• The Cypress Roboclock: Cypress CY7B991
• The Dallas Semiconductor Silicon Delay Line: DS1020
• The National Channel Link Drivers: DS90CR282
• The National LVDS Receivers: DS90C032
• The Texas Instruments VME Bus Buffers: SN74ABTE16245DL
• The Synergy Semiconductor PECL-to-TTL Converter: SY100ELT23
• The Texas Instruments JTAG Scan Path Linker: 74ACT8997
• The Cypress Input and Receiver FIFOs: CY7C4245
• The FIFO Buffers
• 3M Channel Link Connectors: N102XX-52XXVC
• 3M Channel Link Cable:  3600 Series

General Information:

• Helpful Application Notes
• Loading Altera Chips
• Use of the Roboclock
• Layout and Termination Techniques for Cypress Clock Generators
• Timing Diagrams
• The XFT System
• The Linker Card
• The Linker Chip

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