HTR to DCC2 links use National DS90CR285/286 Channel Link technology. These are in principle 28 bit links but we only use 24 of them. The low-level link format is as shown in the table below from 2008 onwards.

HTR Input Function Notes
0 H0 Hamming code bit 0
1 H1 Hamming code bit 1
2 D0 Data bit 0
3 H2 Hamming code bit 2
4 D1 Data bit 1
5 x Not used due to PCB layout crosstalk issue (ignored by DCC)
6 D3 Data bit 3
7 H3 Hamming code bit 3
8 D4 Data bit 4
9 D5 Data bit 5
10 D6 Data bit 6
11 D7 Data bit 7
12 D8 Data bit 8
13 S1 Framing bit, set to '1' for header and trailer words only
14 D10 Data bit 10
15 H4 Hamming code bit 4
16 D11 Data bit 11
17 D12 Data bit 12
18 D13 Data bit 13
19 D14 Data bit 14
20 D15 Data bit 15
21 D2 Data bit 2
22 D9 Data bit 9
23 P Parity bit

Bits 0-23 only are connected on the DS90CR285 transmitter on the HTR (See HTR Schematic excerpt).

Of the 24 bits, 16 are used for data. Of the remaining 8, originally two were used for framing bits (named S0, S1) and the other 6 were for ECC coding. The original format is described here. This was changed due to the PCB layout problem described here in ~2008.

In the DCC2, a Channel Link receiver is not used but instead a deserializer implemented in a Spartan-3 FPGA.

-- EricHazen - 09 Oct 2012

Topic revision: r1 - 09 Oct 2012 - EricHazen
 
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