PandABox
PandA Motion Project is a collaboration between SOLEIL and DIAMOND to upgrade their “Position and Acquisition” processing platform. PandA will provide a common encoder processing platform based on Zynq 7030 and supporting multiple encoder standards (incremental, SSI, BISS…). It will deliver synchronous triggering and data capture capabilities.
The platform is build around a PicoZed board from Avnet integrated in a 19" rack:
PandABox Front Panel
PandABox integrated in a rack
The project is divided into four sub-projects:
- Hardware design: Board schematic and layout, mechanics.
- Gateware support: HDL reference designs.
- Software support: Linux device driver, library and tools.
- Testing support: Production and functional tests.