EDF Projects

This page lists current and archived project documentation. It is intended to provide a more organized way of accessing the documentation on the SiteMap.

Active Projects

Physics Projects

• ​APOLLO CommonATCA project for LHC experiments
• GrafanaMonitoring
• ATCAEmergencyShutdown -- system to power off racks on over-temperature
• CMS at CERN
  • ​AMC13 module for CMS upgrade MicroTCA systems
    • NOTE: AMC13 page link above broken as of early 2024. Manually alter the TWiki url to 'http' not 'https' to view.
    • AMC13Production2019 -- collecting requests for a new production run
    • AMC13_Clock_Injector
    • Amc13BackplaneTester -- Small test board for initial AMC13 bench testing
  • ​CMS DCC2 Data Concentrator Card for the CMS experiment at CERN
  • CMS_TTT-TTS_TTC_Tester
  • TrackerDTC
  • CMSMipTiming
  • TTT_Rev2 -- Aka TTTT trigger timing encoder for various purposes
  • CMS_TCDS -- new CERN TTC/TTS replacement system documentation links
  • ​MaPSA-Light Test electronics for CMS outer tracker upgrade
  • ECAL_VFE_Adapter -- Adapter/test readout card for new ECAL VFE ​ECALSep2016TestBeam TWiki
    • ECALPhaseTwo -- upgrade information
  • FC-7 Adventures -- setting up CERN FC-7 board and use
  • ComtelATCAShelf
  • ComExpressMini
  • WisconsinATCA -- collection of talks
  • HCALFrontEnd
  • HTR config
  • IPBusUserNotes -- some notes on IPBus / uHAL
  • CSC DCFEB -- Cathode Strip Chamber front-end-board testing
• ATLAS at CERN
  • AtlasMezzTesting -- Mezzanine Card Test Stand under development for the ATLAS experiment
  • AtlasChipTestInfo -- 2018 summary info with possible relevance for phase 2 ASD/Mezz cards
  • ​AtlasMDTPhase2ATCA page on ATLAS TWiki with evolving MDT phase 2 electronics
  • AtlasPhase2Muons -- local Wiki page on MDT upgrade work
  • AtlasMichiganMezzCard -- Documentation on test mezz card for Michigan ASIC TDC (2016)
• G-2 at Fermilab
  • New_G-2_Electronics -- Main page for the New (g-2) experiment (E989) at Fermilab
  • Tracker_Flight_Simulator -- Test fixture for G-2 tracker electronics
  • G2Wfd -- Documentation on Cornell MicroTCA WFD
  • QuadPulser -- Quadrupole pulser control electronics
• Watchman -- Neutrino experiment
• MertzMicro -- projects for Jerome Mertz
• DarkQuest -- Dark sector upgrade to SpinQuest?
• DineshMigdal -- Collaboration with UNM on TPC search for Migdal effect (aka TRINIDAD)

Non-Physics Projects

• OpticalTweezers -- Support for M. Kamenetska lab project (DDS board testing/fab)
• ChenLab -- projects for Jerry Chen
• MultiTEMS -- proposed electrical stimulator
• MiniFAST -- proposed build of image sensor boards
• Bifano Lab (Photonics)
  • RemoteSolenoid -- Remote solenoid control for Bifano lab
  • QuadSiPMReadout -- SiPM readout board for Bifano lab
• Khalil Lab (BME)
  • eVOLVER -- System for Kahlil lab in BME
  • LuciferasePhotodetector -- for Khalil lab
• Roblyer_dDOSI -- Digital Optical Spectroscopy project main page
  • RoblyerDOSIPortable -- possible new portable version 2022
  • RoblyerDOSIRackMount -- New rack mount version 2017
  • RoblyerDOSIAPDBoard -- Revision of APD board designed elsewhere
  • RoblyerCWProbe -- CW six-channel LED probe for cancer monitoring
  • RoblyerAPDTest -- APD front-end development for DOSI project
  • Roblyer_dDOS_Undersampling_dSAU -- full engineering documentation for senior design
  • Roblyer_dDOS_Debug_Log -- log of EDF work after hand-off
• MRI_Stimulator -- piezo driver for David Somers lab in psych

External Projects

• SKEDI -- Musical instrument project for Berklee/Soundscape?
• MGHNeuroStimulatorOpto -- Opto-isolator box for MGH/Charlestown neuro stimulator
• BreegiIncubator -- Baby incubator project
• StrasbourgLaserDriver -- Proposed new Laser/TEC system based on KFLARE
• LaserCurrentDriver -- For photonics startup
• Nextiles -- Wearable instrumentation
• Cable_Breakout_Box -- Cable breakout for Schoenbaum (NIH, non-BU) ca 2012
• RedSeatMedia -- Gyro sensor

Development/Shop Projects

Software

• JuliaLanguage notes for the new user
• BUTool software tool for communicating with various boards

Xilinx

• UltrascaleTechnology -- Xilinx next-gen chip and board info
• PicoZed info including FMC carrier
• XilinxUsbCable -- getting USB programming cable to work under Ubuntu
• XilinxVivadoUbuntu -- Running Vivado on Ubuntu/debian
• XilinxIPCores -- notes regarding Xilinx IP
• EricsVivadoNotes -- Eric's notes on Vivado for the impatient
• ZynqLinux -- Getting linux running on Xilinx Zynq chips
• VHDLCoding and GHDL -- tips/tricks

EDF TODO projects

• ReflowOven and other soldering info
• EDFBox -- proposed integrated box with microcontroller for general use
• OscilloscopeEvaluations evaluating oscilloscopes for purchase 2021+
• JTAG_programming rPi Hat
• 3-pin UART Arduino Shield?

Resources

• OnlineMachining services

Outreach

• Artemis2014 -- project ideas
• ArduinoOutreach -- project ideas
• RFShieldTestBox
• Z80Project -- Z80 core and tools
• BlinkyPovAVR -- Blinky POV soldering activity
• BlinkyColorPOV
• DrawDio -- Musical kit for science solstice 2018
• PoweredSpeaker -- class D audio amp for demos

Old FPGA/MCU

• ArduinoToNativeC -- converting Arduino code to generic C
• ArduinoZero -- ARM SAM processor and friends development info
• AVRSoftCores -- FPGA implementations of Atmel 8-bit AVR CPU
• XilinxFlashUSB -- Infrastructure for programming SPI flash on Xilinx FPGA through USB
• Nexys 3 CellularRAM -- Infrastructure for using the Cellular RAM on Nexys3 boards.
• ArduinoTimers -- some notes on the Arduino timer system
• Standard picoblaze UART interface -- An EDF standard base UI for picoblaze + UART
• Picoblaze boot loader -- Project to download Picoblaze code into a running system

Training and Documentation

• LargePrinter -- How to print new large-format printer
• NEMAPlugs -- NEMA plug info
• HdlOnGit -- aka HOG FPGA build system
• DocumentConversion -- how to convert from Google Docs to LaTeX etc
• JtagSVFProgramming -- collected notes on JTAG from SVF files
• UsingFreeCAD -- some tricks
• AutoCADTricks -- some tricks for creating DXF files AutoCAD can read
• ViewingBigPDFs -- how to fiddle with 'evince' settings for large files/zoom scales
• PDFTricks -- various PDF manipulation tricks
• ​SLAC ruckus/SURF -- FPGA build system and libraries
• PCBLayoutNotes -- PCB capabilities and layout notes
  • PCBManufacturingChecklist -- Make sure you check everything on this list before ordering boards!
• PassiveComponents -- Some interesting notes on passive components
• KiCAD Notes -- Notes on using KiCAD
• RunningOrCAD -- Getting OrCAD set up and running at BU
• Atmel_AVR_Tools -- Programming the ATmel AVR family (as in Arduino)
• UsingAlteraQuartus -- Help getting started with Alter Quartus
• C++ Tricks -- Tricks and hacks for C and C++ development
• GitSurvival -- GIT recipes for old farts
• KiCad 3D Models -- Step by step guide to put pretty 3D models in a PCB layout
• UbuntuLinuxNotes -- Tips/tricks for Ubuntu (including Thinkpad)
• VidyoOnUbuntu -- How to get Vidyo running on Ubuntu 18.04
• GoogleTricks -- how to print long Google Task lists, etc
• BeamerCode -- how to capture code in emacs and turn it into pdf files

Completed/Abandoned Projects

• PerkinsTelescope -- automation of telescope for BU Astro group
• Super/Hyper-Kamiokande
  • PmtReplacement2018 -- splice board for PMT replacement
  • HyperK project prototyping
  • Historical information on ​Ethernet daughterboard project for Super-K
• ProtoDUNE/LArIAT
  • TOF Box
• DUNE
• Mu2eClockSynth
• TOF System for El-Batanouny
  • ​elbat_tof -- Historical documentation (1999 and 2006)
  • ElbatTOF2017 -- proposed new system
• DunlopLEDPlate -- LED light plate for Dunlop lab
• BoneTwister -- for Tara Moore
• SiPMBreakout -- for Bernhard Zimmermann
• BME_StrecherControler (sic) -- BME Lab, stretcher control circuit
• SPDIF_Converter -- Audio lab S/PDIF converter box
• LEDArrayController -- for protein/light interaction
• MIT Preamp
• Atlas5DTablet
• FrogShaker -- vibration playback amplifiers
• HyrophoneAmp -- Proposed project for McDaniel? (Mech-E) lab
• GarnderLabAudio -- Audio digitizer projects for Tim Gardner lab
• Frangioni_FLARE -- Imaging system for assistance to surgeons
• ​MULAN -- FIXME: dead page: MULAN WFDs
• MuSun WFD Synchronizer
• Time_Reversal_Mirror
• LED_Pulser
• PMT_Amplifier
• BioCompoundSensor
• LinuxCluster
• CellStretcher
• WireChamberCamera
• STM_Z_System
• Neutron_Electric_Dipole_Moment_(nEDM)?
• BioDelayGenerator
• CMS_Source_Driver
• Near_Field_Microscope
• D0_MCEN_Repair
• ATLAS_Upgrade
• Linear_Collider
• CLEAN VME_Interrupter
• Stepping_Motor_Controllers
• YAG_Timing_Box
• Goggle_Controller
• BabyMobile
• LightUpLock
• Gait_Measurement_Timer
• Worm_Trainer
• LED_Dimmer
• RF_Phase_Shifter
• Treadmill_Backpack
• DRIFT_Electronics
• Xilinx_Parallel_Cable
• NeuroAmplifierProject
• EarthScienceDataLogging
• ThermalNeutronDetector
• MonkeyTimer2
• AverittAntenna
• High_Voltage_for_PMTs
• LIDAR_Preamp
• PreampBatteryPower
• LCD_Serial_Interface
• AtlasChipTesting
• Springleaf
• SpringleafUSBControl
• CMS_TTT-TTS_TTC_Tester
• OEthernetMac
• AMC13ProgrammingAdapter
• DDS_Voltage_Regulator
• Wiznet_Connector_Board
• ​DUMAND II digitizer
• CmsHcalDocsEdit

EDF Administration

• ​Private Wiki for EDF Administration
• EdfShoppingList - equipment purchases (proposed)
• Lab Space SVN: ​http://edf.bu.edu/svn/edf/Eric/Space/
• EDFStudentEmployeeInfo -- helpful information for EDF student employees
• EDFStudentComputerTraining -- some tutorials and such for new students
• ​P-Card Procedure for purchases over $1000 (9/24/20)
• FeeForServiceProcedure -- New procedure for billing off-campus funding sources (11/23/20):
• PCardReconciliation -- notes on PCard transactions
• ​EDF Computer Info (private Wiki page)
• EquipmentInventory

EDF Historical Info

• OhmServerMigration2018 -- some aspects of our server migration from CentOS5 to Ubuntu
• FY18Closing