QB Trigger + MCLK 

on Spartan 3E Starter Kit


Xilinx Spartan 3E starter kit

Starter Kit Documentation
    Spartan 3E Starter Kit User Guide
    Spartan 3E Starter Kit Schematics

Spartan 3(E) Documentation
    Spartan 3 family FPGA user guide
    Spartan 3 family configuration guide
    Spartan 3E guide for HDL designs
    Digital Clock Managers w/Spartan 3
    Xilinx Constraints Guide

Tutorials and other useful information
    ISE 9 Quick Tutorial
    ISE 9 Full Tutorial
    VHDL Cookbook
    E. Hazen's NEPPSR 2005 talk

Specification for QB trigger + master clock (MCLK)
    Clock + serial signal specification
    Schematic design (.pdf)
    Monitoring pins on S3E board
    Oscilloscope traces from Kashiwa setup no zoom  zoom
    Oscilloscope traces from S3E setup no zoom  zoom  period

Project files
    ISE 9.2.03i (QBtrigger.zip)
    VHDL and UCF files (directory)
    How to load a new .bit (or .mcs) file onto the FPGA (or flash memory)

Collecting data with the QB
    How to run the data acquisition program
    How to convert the data from a text file to an ntuple
    Some possibly useful kumacs to get you started