Programmable Logic Unit

Digital

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Programmable Logic Units boards are the FPGA-based digital equipment that you need to implement the logic capabilities of your experiment.

These boards are suitable to implement digital functions such as Coincidence, Trigger Logic, Gate and Delay generator, counters and more. We offer three different levels of programmability and user-experience, tailored for laboratory users, FPGA beginners and coding experts.

  • Programmable FPGA to implement complex logic functions

  • VHDL coding expertise not required

  • User-friendly software tools for board programming

  • Pre-programmed set of standard functions (N1081B/DT1081B)

  • Different I/Os connectors and standards available (NIM, TTL, ECL, LVDS)

Programmable Logic Unit Models

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DT1081B
New

DT1081B

  • Handy Desktop form factor

  • Wide range of user-selectable functionalities: logic functions, counting, timing, digital pulse generator

  • 4 independent sections, each with:

    • 6 NIM/TTL/ANALOG input
DT1082
Coming Soon

DT1082

  • Handy Desktop form factor

  • Wide range of user-selectable functionalities: logic functions, counting, timing, digital pulse generator

  • 4 independent sections, each with:

    • 6 NIM/TTL/ANALOG input
DT5495

DT5495

  • User Programmable FPGA

  • Compact Desktop form factor

  • Up to 162 inputs, up to 130 outputs
N1082
Coming Soon

N1082

  • Double-width NIM unit

  • Wide range of user-selectable functionalities: logic functions, counting, timing, digital pulse generator.

  • 4 independent sections, each with:

    • 6 NIM/TTL/ANALOG input
N1081B

N1081B

  • Double-width NIM unit

  • Wide range of user-selectable functionalities: logic functions, counting, timing, digital pulse generator.

  • 4 independent sections, each with:

    • 6 NIM/TTL/ANALOG input
V2495

V2495

  • User customisable FPGA Unit

  • LVDS/ECL/PECL inputs (differential)

  • 64 inputs, expandable to 162 (with 32 outputs)
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Name
Package
Function
Inputs per Section
Outputs per Section
I/O Delay (ns)
Input Bandwidth (MHz)
Majority
Strobe/ Veto
Connectors
No. of Sections
DT1081B
New

DT1081B

Desktop

Programmable Logic Unit

6 NIM/TTL

4 NIM/TTL

20

n.a.

Yes

Yes

LEMO

4
DT1082
Coming Soon

DT1082

Desktop

Open FPGA

6 NIM/TTL

4 NIM/TTL

20

n.a.

Yes

Yes

LEMO

4
DT5495

DT5495

Desktop

Programmable Trigger Unit FPGA: Cyclone V 5CGXC4 (50 K LEs)

64 ECL/ PECL/ LVDS+2 bidirectional NIM/TTL (expandable up to 162)

32 LVDS+2 bidirectional NIM/TTL (expandable up to 130)

n/a

Section A/B: 200, Section C/D: 250

Yes

Yes

Robinson Nugent Flat/LEMO

1
N1082
Coming Soon

N1082

NIM

Open FPGA

6 NIM/TTL

4 NIM/TTL

20

n.a.

Yes

Yes

LEMO

4
N1081B

N1081B

NIM

Programmable Logic Unit

6 NIM/TTL

4 NIM/TTL

20

n.a.

Yes

Yes

LEMO

4
V2495

V2495

VME

Programmable Trigger Unit FPGA: Cyclone V 5CGXC4 (50 K LEs)

64 ECL/ PECL/ LVDS+2 bidirectional NIM/TTL (expandable up to 162)

32 LVDS+2 bidirectional NIM/TTL (expandable up to 130)

n/a

Section A/B: 200, Section C/D: 250

Yes

Yes

Robinson Nugent Flat/LEMO

1

N1081B and DT1081B

The N1081B/DT1081B offers the most quick and easy approach to the Programmable Logic Units. It is a multi-tasking board, in NIM and Desktop format, that incorporates many pre-programmed functions. The touchscreen and web interface brings usability to the top level: just few taps or few clicks to have a scaler, a NIM/TTL generator or a Time-of-flight at your fingertips. In daily work, it is a pocketknife tool that cannot miss in a physics laboratory.

DT1081B Product page
N1081B Product page

V2495 and DT5495

The V2495/DT5495 Programmable Logic Units offer an advanced approach concerning the FPGA programming and board customization possibility. It is possible to write and load VHDL firmware on the unit, in order to perform customized operations and adapt at best the board functions to the needs of your experimental setup.

Moreover, the units can be equipped with a series of I/Os piggyback (A395x) featuring different connectors and signal standards. The VME and Desktop form factors well fit respectively with medium-large installations and small bench setup.

V2495 Product page
DT5495 Product page

SCI-Compiler

The V2495/DT5495 open structure can be combined with the SCI-Compiler software for easy-FPGA programming. It is a block-diagram-based graphic tool, thought to help non-expert VHDL coders in building their own firmware.

Each block defines an operational function (like a logic port, a trigger, a discriminator, a counter…) and more blocks can be wired together to build a complex FPGA code, so that it is possible to speed up the programming effort and get quickly to the testing and using phase.

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