The Home of Schematics and Firmware for AMANDA String 18

You will find the design file for the updated test board here.
The first drawing in the design file has some remarks on board production  which may be useful.

You will find a layout for the updated test board here. (see below)
The layout shows 100% routed, but is not 'cleaned up'.
There are certainly some route space violations and via spacing errors.
There may be a few placement violations that constitute a problem in
automated assembly too.

Per your request I added the source for the Test-Board PLD design, and the .JED file
The PLD design was created using the Philips software tools, while the line was still  owned by Philips. 
Xilinx bought the line, and provide a different (free) compiler for it.
The last version of the old compiler, found on the Xilinx web site, and it does work.

Once the PLD is loaded, the FPGA may be loaded via the parallel port (the PLD has an emulation of the ByteBlaster download cable designed into it), or using the  computer bus by means of a modified version of the JAM player. (Work by Azriel  Goldschmidt and Tobin Fricke)
The second ten pin connector connected to the FPGA (parallel port pins) was meant to allow one to download using the ByteBlaster cable instead of the parallel port cable,  but it hasn't been tested yet.

Here at LBL we have a programmer for the CY2907F programmable PLL chip, along  with the related configuration file and application available from the Cypress web site.
If you wish to order one for yourself I will be glad to provide you more information.
If you want us to program blank chips for you, we can do that too...

The zip file with the top level of the test board FPGA has the pin-out.
The API for the testboard facilitates program design.

If you find any more resource is missing, please let me know.
If you need clarification on a part, let me know.

Please let me know all the additional errors you find so I can keep my local
copy of the schematic up to date with respect to yours...

If you change something in the design, please let me know.

Thank you,

Jerry and the LBL icecube group 
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 
 

The version below works with a PC-104 style CPU.  The board is 6" high x 9.3" wide.  (if your browser doesn't display properly download this)

Ref Clk In RS-232     Test            to DOM                               Coincidence Test                                   Analog Front End      DOM Power Filter      Remote Pwr Sw                                                    Local Coincidence FPGA JTAG                  Resistor packs                        Slow ADC for telemetry            RS-232