Nomenclature Conventions

Conventions followed in the Firmware

The number of pins is numbered starting from 1 whereas the pin numbers are numbered starting from 0.

chc: Compton Hall C
s1: slave 1
s2: slave 2
s3: slave 3
    
patch1: the topmost group of 32 strips in all 4 detector planes
patch2: the middle group of 32 strips in all 4 detector planes
patch3: the bottommost group of 32 strips in all 4 detector planes

cluster: a group of 8 strips being ORed together to get a trigger decision. 

PW: Pulse Width          Rd: read
TL: Trigger Logic        Wr: Write
DL: Delay Line           clk: clock
HO: HoldOff              DIN: Data Input
GE: Good Event           Buf: Buffer
MB: Master Board         Stat: statistics