xTCA evaluation activities at CERN

1. xTCA evaluation activities at CERN Collaboration (PH/ESE) Vincent Bobillier, Stefan Haas, Markus Joos, Francois Vasey, Paschalis Vichoudis and from October on a VIA fellow vincent.bobillier@cern.ch

2. xTCA evaluation activities at CERN • uTCA evaluation • Assess µTCA for it suitability as a platform for future modular electronics for HEP experiments. • Tasks: • Technical evaluation of components for µTCA and MTCA.4 systems • Development of tools (H/W and S/W) for the testing of commercial components • Conduct market surveys • Report results to the xTCA IG (https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/XTCA/WebHome) • Build up support for components of common interest • Shelves, • MCH, • MMC, • Power modules • Possibly processor AMCs • Project started: February 2011 vincent.bobillier@cern.ch

3. xTCA evaluation activities at CERN uTCA equipment purchased and evaluated 2 5 3 6 4 1 vincent.bobillier@cern.ch

4. xTCA evaluation activities at CERN Equipment developed MMC test AMC MMC mezzanine (based on design from CPPM) Available for interested users AMC load board RTM load board vincent.bobillier@cern.ch

5. xTCA evaluation activities at CERN uTCA evaluation results • Many (mostly minor) interoperability problems encountered (IPMI related) • Components providing the same function (e.g. shelf or MCH) can have very different features and user interfaces (S/W) • µTCA seems to be growing rapidly • Large choice of shelves, MCHs, processors, FPGA/FMC AMCs • Also some digitizers available now • MTCA.4 received well by OEMs • Many customizations • Special signal routing on backplanes • Backplanes with integrated MCH functionality • Many options (cooling, PSUs, data transfer protocols) • For the detailed report see: https://espace.cern.ch/ph-dep-ESE-BE-uTCAEvaluationProject/Shared%20Documents/xTCA%20summary.docx vincent.bobillier@cern.ch

6. xTCA evaluation activities at CERN uTCA evaluation results Crate PSU tests and measurements Regulation and ripple measurements Long term measurements with load variations and temperature monitoring Detailed report here: https://espace.cern.ch/ph-dep-ESE-BE-uTCAEvaluationProject/Shared%20Documents/PS_Quality_uTCA_crates.docx vincent.bobillier@cern.ch

7. xTCA evaluation activities at CERN Project extension to include ATCA • Main focus on the infrastructure: • PSU performance • Cooling performance (in particular vertical cooling, potentially required for the racks in the LHC experiments) • Shelf management and IPMI communication • Next equipment to acquire and evaluate • ATCA shelf with SHMM (shelf-management module) • Power converter unit (AC to -48V) • ATCA load boards + load RTMs(number to be defined) vincent.bobillier@cern.ch

8. xTCA evaluation activities at CERN Next steps • Complete the tasks of the first µTCA phase (MMC S/W, µTCA tests and measurements) • Continue evaluation of µTCA MCH modules (and processor AMCs) • Continue the market surveys • Maintain contacts with (potential) users via e.g. the xTCAIG (The next meeting of the xTCA IG will be at TWEPP 2012) • Continue and expand the project with these objectives: • Pay equal attention to µTCA and ATCA • Focus efforts of PH/ESE on infrastructure components • Shelves and Power supplies (with focus on electrical and cooling performances) • Keep close contact with the xTCA projects in the experiments to better understand their requirements • Propose procedures for the acceptance testing of (commercial) xTCA components vincent.bobillier@cern.ch