Name: CMS GEM Firmware Workshop
Start: 2016-02-22T08:30:00-06:00
End: 2016-02-24T16:50:00-06:00
Location: Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics, Texas A&M University

CMS GEM Firmware Workshop

from Monday, 22 February 2016 (08:30) to Wednesday, 24 February 2016 (16:50)

Monday, 22 February 2016
08:30 GEM Hardware Review
08:30 - 10:00
Room: M108
Contributions

08:30 Introduction and Overview - Gilles De Lentdecker (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE)) Jason Gilmore (Texas A & M University (US)) Thomas Lenzi (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE))

09:10 New CCB Mezzannine for OH Control - Mikhail Matveev (Rice University (US))

09:30 OHv2b Board Design - Gilles De Lentdecker (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE)) Jason Gilmore (Texas A & M University (US)) Yifan Yang (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE))
10:00 GEM Firmware Review
10:00 - 11:30
Room: M108
Contributions

10:00 Operational Overview of GLIB and OH Firmware - Evaldas Juska (Texas A & M University (US)) Gilles De Lentdecker (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE)) Jason Gilmore (Texas A & M University (US)) Thomas Lenzi (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE))

10:50 Discussion about GLIB and OH: Ideas for Improved Functionality - Evaldas Juska (Texas A & M University (US)) Jason Gilmore (Texas A & M University (US)) Mikhail Matveev (Rice University (US))
13:30 GEM Firmware Development Plans
13:30 - 16:30
Room: M108
Contributions

13:30 S-Bit Handling at OH: Cluster Building for GLIB and OTMB - Andrew Nickolas Peck (Univ. of California Los Angeles (US)) Jason Gilmore (Texas A & M University (US))

13:55 GEM+CSC Intrgrated Local Trigger Algorithm - Tao Huang (Texas A & M University (US)) Tao Huang (Texas A & M University (US))

14:10 Discussion of Development Goals and Priorities - Evaldas Juska (Texas A & M University (US)) Gilles De Lentdecker (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE)) Jason Gilmore (Texas A & M University (US)) Mikhail Matveev (Rice University (US)) Thomas Lenzi (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE)) Yifan Yang (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE))

15:30 Discussion of Firmware Implementation Constraints - Evaldas Juska (Texas A & M University (US)) Jason Gilmore (Texas A & M University (US)) Mikhail Matveev (Rice University (US)) Thomas Lenzi (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE))

16:00 Summary of Final Decisions: the changes we will implement for Slice test - Gilles De Lentdecker (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE)) Jason Gilmore (Texas A & M University (US))
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
08:30 GEM Firmware Design Review and Discussion
08:30 - 12:00
Room: M108
Contributions

08:30 Introduction and Coffee - Jason Gilmore (Texas A & M University (US))

08:55 Summary of Required Firmware Changes - Jason Gilmore (Texas A & M University (US)) Mikhail Matveev (Rice University (US)) Thomas Lenzi (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE))

10:30 Discussions on Firmware Module Implementation: Protocols & Interfaces - Andrew Nickolas Peck (Univ. of California Los Angeles (US)) Evaldas Juska (Texas A & M University (US)) Jason Gilmore (Texas A & M University (US)) Thomas Lenzi (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE)) Yifan Yang (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE))
12:00 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 - 13:30
Room: M108
13:30 Plans for Firmware Module Design, Testing & Performance Monitoring
13:30 - 17:50
Room: M108
Contributions

13:30 Discussion on Module Testing & Monitoring - Jason Gilmore (Texas A & M University (US)) Mikhail Matveev (Rice University (US))

15:50 Discussion Involving Tasks, Manpower, and Opportunities for New Participants - Gilles De Lentdecker (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE)) Jason Gilmore (Texas A & M University (US))
19:00 Workshop Dinner
Workshop Dinner
19:00 - 21:00
Room: M108
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
08:30 Brainstorming Session: Implementation Ideas & Suggestions
08:30 - 15:30
Room: M108
Contributions

08:30 GEM Optohybrid Board: Status and Plans - Jason Gilmore (Texas A & M University (US)) Yifan Yang (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE))

09:15 Jump Starting the Firmware Development - Evaldas Juska (Texas A & M University (US)) Jason Gilmore (Texas A & M University (US)) Thomas Lenzi (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE)) Yifan Yang (Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE))