C2C-Link Description
The C2C-Link is a hardware communication medium allowing a single “C2C-Link master device” to reliably share 1 or 2 trigger events with multiple “C2C-Link slave devices”.
The C2C-Link is scalable: it may interconnect devices belonging to the same Coaxlink card, or to different cards in the same PC or to different cards in different PCs.
The C2C-Link feedback channel allows any C2C-Link device to indicate to the C2C-Link master device that it is not able to accept a trigger.
A C2C-Link interconnection may combine up to three interconnection levels:
| ● | The IntraCard Level interconnects 2 or more C2C-Link devices belonging to the same card using FPGA internal resources. |
| ● | The IntraPC Level interconnects C2C-Link devices across two or more cards of the same PC. It requires one accessory cable such as the
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| ● | The InterPC Level interconnects C2C-Link devices across two or more PCs. It requires one |
C2C-Link configuration example using InterPC, IntraPC and IntraCard levels
C2C-Link Configurations
| C2C-Link Configuration | Interconnection Levels |
|---|---|
| IntraCard | IntraCard only |
| IntraPC | IntraPC + IntraCard (optional) |
| InterPC | InterPC + IntraPC+ IntraCard (optional) |