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Trainings and Workshop

MicroTCA.4 Training (Beginners)

The Basic Training is aimed at absolute beginners in the world of MTCA.

Content (in English):

  • Specification & History of MicroTCA
  • Components of MicroTCA
  • AMC, RTM, MCH, Backplane, RF-Backplane, Crate, Power Supply, Cooling Unit, JSM and Chassis
  • Remote Management
  • IPMI
  • MCH Configuration
  • Data Plane Overview & Configuration
  • PCIe
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • Point-to-point connections
  • Timing, Triggers and Interlocks
  • Troubleshooting

Hands-on Sessions:

  • Mechanical
  • Management in MicroTCA
  • PCI Express

Next trainings on DESY campus:

Training Fee: 850,00 EUR

MicroTCA.4 Training (Advanced)

The training for advanced users is aimed at users who have completed the MicroTCA.4 entry-level training or have a well-founded knowledge of MicroTCA.4.

Content (in English):

  • MicroTCA Basic Training recap
  • System architectures in MicroTCA
  • IPMI, ipmitool, ipmiconsole
  • Clock Module Configuration on MCH
  • JTAG Switch Module (JSM)
  • Redundancy in MicroTCA
  • Advanced PCIe
  • MicroTCA.4.1
  • Designing HW boards in MicroTCA
  • FPGA Development Tips on MicroTCA
  • Next generation MicroTCA

Hands-on Sessions:

  • IPMI, ipmitool
  • PCI Express, Hot Plug and Hot Swap

Next trainings:

We will keep you up to date on next dates here.

MicroTCA.4 Workshop

The MicroTCA workshop for research and industry has firmly established itself as a platform for interdisciplinary exchange.

Topics of the workshop:

  • Applications in research facilities
  • Applications in industry
  • New Products
  • New Technologies
  • Future of standard and interoperability
  • Software and firmware
  • Industry Exhibition – presentation of modules and systems from industry and research

Details on past workshops and upcoming 2026 workshop can be found here.