OWG Meeting 22-Jul-2009

Agenda

• Announcements -
• FADC125 status - Fernando
• Review of minutes from 24-Jun-2009 meeting
• Report from Trigger Workshop - Alex, others
• Solenoid coil test update and To Do list - Elliott
• Java EVIO - Graham, Elliott
• Online farm software development strategy and status - Graham, others
• CAN controller at IU - Elliott
• New daLog browser and CodaObjects - Vardan, Elliott
• Electronics and trigger status reports - Fernando, Chris, Ben, Ed, Alex, Dave

Time/Location

1:30 PM Wed 22-Jul-2009 CC F326

Next Meeting

Wed 19-Aug-2009 1:30pm CC F326

New Action Items from this Meeting

• Turn offline reconstruction program into a Coda Object - Dave L, Elliott

Minutes

Present: Elliott W, Dave L, Chris C, Simon T, Dave D, Dave A, Vardan G, Graham H, Fernando B, Beni Z, Eugene C.

Electronics

Fernando gave a brief update on the status of the FADC125 and other boards:

• Bare board ready, mezzanine design done, 15 FPGA's total.
• Expect final cost approx $4k for 72 channel module.
• Has 3 x 24 channel connectors.
• Will have 3 ready by 1-Oct - one for JLab, one for CMU, one for IUCF.
• Production testing perhaps at IUCF, not sure yet.
• Dave A will produce readout libraries, about 6 weeks after he receives a board.
• Expect solid board and lib by end of 2009.
• About 70 Watts/board, similar to FADC250.
• F1TDC v2 and FADC250 v2 planned for FY10, redesigns starting now. These are production boards for Hall D.
• Two types of F1TDC inputs: ECL and LVDS, depending on front-end plug-in module.

Chris summarized some additional work:

• Trigger workshop went well, see notes and summary on Wiki.
• Got new requirements at workshop, esp for FADC250.
• Will hold again next year.
• Firmware changes for all boards not simple, takes planning and time. Cannot do this too often.
• Global trigger boards planned for FY10 (GTP, TS, etc.).
• New hires in Electronics and DAQ groups coming soon.