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Fernando and Chris reported on progress on many projects.  See [[Electronics Wiki Page| Electronics]] for full status information.
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Fernando and Chris reported on progress on many projects.  See [[Electronics | Electronics Wiki Page]] for full status information. Also, Chris will soon get all the minutes from the Electronics Group meetings on the Wiki.
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* GAS ASIC V2 submission Feb-2009, chips in May-2009, preamp in Jul-2009.
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* New SiPM's from SensL and Hamamatsu due to arrive soon.
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* FADC 125 delayed, most problems solved, thermal test results good, fab should be in Dec-2008, testing Mar-2009, boards in Jul-2009.
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* FADC 250 full 12-bit board Nov-2009, need to switch chips and redo front-end design due to heating problems.
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* F1TDC V2 scheduled for Sep-2009, chips ordered, arrive May-2009.
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* Trigger boards coming along.
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* All boards in-house are tested and working.
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* Two CTP's, one to be stuffed.
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* Quotes in for SD boards, will build two.
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* TI working well.
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* Integrated testing of partial chain of many boards in Feb-2009 (FADC250, CTP, TI, SD).
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* Software being developed, eventually will be merged into CODA3.
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* Still need to work out best electronics <--> detector mapping.
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Revision as of 17:00, 8 December 2008

Agenda

  • Announcements
  • Review of minutes from 12-Nov-2008 meeting (26-Nov meeting was canceled)
  • Update on fiber test - Beni
  • Electronics update (125 MHz FADC, 250 MHz FADC, CTP, SD, etc) - Fernando, Chris and co.
  • Update on other trigger and DAQ issues - Dave D, Graham, others


Time/Location

Note different date, time, room

Mon 8-Dec-2008 9:30am CC F225


Announcements

Next Meeting

Next meeting sometime in early Jan-2009.


New Action Items from this Meeting

Minutes

Attendees: Elliott W, Beni Z, Elton S, Fernando B, Elke A, Chris C, Carl T, Simon T, Dave A, Mark I, Dave D.


Fiber Test Stand

Beni pointed us to his Wiki site, which has complete documentation on recent results (See the entries for Fiber Test Stand on the BCAL wiki page.

  • Beni tested PMT's and SiPM's with different fibers.
  • Best results with Kuraray green fibers with SiPM.
  • Used 140 ns gate.
  • Dark box is working, very light tight.
  • Still need to get stepper motor control working.


Electronics

Fernando and Chris reported on progress on many projects. See Electronics Wiki Page for full status information. Also, Chris will soon get all the minutes from the Electronics Group meetings on the Wiki.

  • GAS ASIC V2 submission Feb-2009, chips in May-2009, preamp in Jul-2009.
  • New SiPM's from SensL and Hamamatsu due to arrive soon.
  • FADC 125 delayed, most problems solved, thermal test results good, fab should be in Dec-2008, testing Mar-2009, boards in Jul-2009.
  • FADC 250 full 12-bit board Nov-2009, need to switch chips and redo front-end design due to heating problems.
  • F1TDC V2 scheduled for Sep-2009, chips ordered, arrive May-2009.
  • Trigger boards coming along.
  • All boards in-house are tested and working.
  • Two CTP's, one to be stuffed.
  • Quotes in for SD boards, will build two.
  • TI working well.
  • Integrated testing of partial chain of many boards in Feb-2009 (FADC250, CTP, TI, SD).
  • Software being developed, eventually will be merged into CODA3.
  • Still need to work out best electronics <--> detector mapping.