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- Beni installed a wide grounding braid connecting in a chain all HV boards in one sector (#4). The pictures above demonstrate significant improvement. The 200kHz noise from the HV power supply is gone and the random noise is down by >25%. Only this one HV channel was turned on. | - Beni installed a wide grounding braid connecting in a chain all HV boards in one sector (#4). The pictures above demonstrate significant improvement. The 200kHz noise from the HV power supply is gone and the random noise is down by >25%. Only this one HV channel was turned on. | ||
| − | - Fernando contacted CAEN concerning the 200kHz noise coming from 1550 and interestingly even more from 1535 module. The noise goes through the HV return lines connected to the aluminum ring at the front of the CDC and | + | - Fernando contacted CAEN concerning the 200kHz noise coming from 1550 and interestingly even more from 1535 module. The noise goes through the HV return lines connected to the aluminum ring at the front of the CDC and the ground of the ring needs to be improved first. Further we should think of a better, non-destructive way (4 pre-amp cards were somewhat damaged) of installing the additional ground on the cards. |
- It's not clear exactly how the grounding helped, but it worked only after connecting all of the cards from this sector. It might be the stand-offs that connect the cards to ground have some resistance? (Bill). The HVBs have LV vias on the back side, so one should find a better place for connection, but that's possible (Fernando). | - It's not clear exactly how the grounding helped, but it worked only after connecting all of the cards from this sector. It might be the stand-offs that connect the cards to ground have some resistance? (Bill). The HVBs have LV vias on the back side, so one should find a better place for connection, but that's possible (Fernando). | ||
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== DAQ == | == DAQ == | ||
| − | - Beni: the | + | - Beni: problems running DAQ last night: one of the TI was replaced and had older firmware version. After the meeting Beni found the trigger didn't work due to the magnetic field effect (the magnet is set now to 800A!) on the trigger PMTs: need to be shielded! |
== FDC update == | == FDC update == | ||
| − | - | + | - Without the horizontal track trigger the quality of the data is poor: mostly showers and mostly in the first package. To separate hits from noise Lubomir is improving the avalanche finding algorithm using the multi-hit feature of the TDCs and the timing from the fADCs. Last week Cody replaced 4 fADC125 modules due to different issues. In the last short run (the only so far after the FDC chiller was fixed) only one of the new modules works fine, the other three have problems. |
== Electronics == | == Electronics == | ||
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== Engineering == | == Engineering == | ||
Revision as of 17:15, 14 August 2014
August 14, 2014 FDC+CDC meeting
Agenda
- DAQ (Beni)
- CDC status (Mike, Beni)
- noise studies no ground,with ground
- FDC status (Lubomir)
- Electronics (Chris, Nick)
- Engineering (Bill)
- Chiller
- Cathode scan [1] (Luke)
- Commissioning Wiki Page, FDC commissioning plan (all)
- Other
Instructions for Bluejeans meeting connection
FDC meeting ID: 290664653
Minutes
Participants: Curtis, Naomi(CMU), Sean (NU), Bill, Luke, Mike, Chris, Simon, Beni, Fernando and Lubomir (JLab).
CDC update
- Beni installed a wide grounding braid connecting in a chain all HV boards in one sector (#4). The pictures above demonstrate significant improvement. The 200kHz noise from the HV power supply is gone and the random noise is down by >25%. Only this one HV channel was turned on.
- Fernando contacted CAEN concerning the 200kHz noise coming from 1550 and interestingly even more from 1535 module. The noise goes through the HV return lines connected to the aluminum ring at the front of the CDC and the ground of the ring needs to be improved first. Further we should think of a better, non-destructive way (4 pre-amp cards were somewhat damaged) of installing the additional ground on the cards.
- It's not clear exactly how the grounding helped, but it worked only after connecting all of the cards from this sector. It might be the stand-offs that connect the cards to ground have some resistance? (Bill). The HVBs have LV vias on the back side, so one should find a better place for connection, but that's possible (Fernando).
DAQ
- Beni: problems running DAQ last night: one of the TI was replaced and had older firmware version. After the meeting Beni found the trigger didn't work due to the magnetic field effect (the magnet is set now to 800A!) on the trigger PMTs: need to be shielded!
FDC update
- Without the horizontal track trigger the quality of the data is poor: mostly showers and mostly in the first package. To separate hits from noise Lubomir is improving the avalanche finding algorithm using the multi-hit feature of the TDCs and the timing from the fADCs. Last week Cody replaced 4 fADC125 modules due to different issues. In the last short run (the only so far after the FDC chiller was fixed) only one of the new modules works fine, the other three have problems.
Electronics
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