 Tue Oct 24 03:16:07 2017, TD, OH, Tuesday 24 October 20x
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11.16 DAQ continues
AIDA file Oct17/R8_107
BNC PB-4
Amplitude 90,000
x5 attenuator IN
t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
- polarity
frequency range 25Hz
delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref
ASIC settings 2017Oct23-14.38.03
11.20 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 3
good events statistics stable & OK - see attachments 4 & 5
no merger/tapeserver errors reported since start of run - see attachments 6 & 7
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration
11.30 Ambient temperature +23.3 deg C, d.p. +4.1 deg C, RH 28.7%
11.30 analysis file Oct17/R7_108 - zero deadtime, 6x MBS and zero ts timewarps - see attachment 8
11.39 DAQ stop
11.44 DAQ start
AIDA file Oct17/R9
Pulser walkthrough
BNC PB-4
Amplitude 90,000-10,000 @ 10,000 step
x5 attenuator IN
t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
- polarity
frequency range 250Hz
delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref
11.53 DAQ stop
See attachment 8
11.44 DAQ start
AIDA file Oct17/R10
Pulser walkthrough
BNC PB-4
Amplitude 12,000-2,000 @ 2,000 step
x5 attenuator IN
t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
- polarity
frequency range 250Hz
delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref
11.53 DAQ stop
See attachment 9
12.06 DAQ starts
AIDA file Oct17/R12
BNC PB-4
Amplitude 90,000
x5 attenuator IN
t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
- polarity
frequency range 25Hz
delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref
ASIC settings 2017Oct23-14.38.03
14.41 online analysis
ADC synchronised - see attachment 10
17.12 DAQ starts
AIDA file Oct17/R13
Background for LuckyDoll automatic threshold determination
BNC PB-4 OFF
ASIC settings 2017Oct23-14.38.03
Slow comparator nnaida13 0xc, nnaida19-22 0xb, all other FEE64s 0xa
DAQ statistics - see attachment 11
17.27 DAQ stop
18.03 DAQ starts
AIDA file Oct17/R16
Background for LuckyDoll automatic threshold determination
BNC PB-4 OFF
ASIC settings 2017Oct23-14.38.03
Slow comparator *all* FEE64s 0xa
DAQ statistics - see attachment 12
18.22 DAQ stop
18.48 DAQ statistics
Slow comparator *all* FEE64s 0xa - see attachment 13
Slow comparator *all* FEE64s 0x9 - see attachment 14
Slow comparator *all* FEE64s 0x8 - see attachment 15
Slow comparator *all* FEE64s 0x7 - see attachment 16
18.53 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 13 & 14
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 15
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration |
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Wed Oct 25 03:26:55 2017, TD, OH, Wednesday 25 October 7x
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11.27 DAQ continues
Not writing to disk
BNC PB-4
Amplitude 90,000
x5 attenuator IN
t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
- polarity
frequency range 25Hz
delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref
ASIC settings 2017Oct23-14.38.03
*all* FEE64s slow comparators 0xa
Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 3
good events statistics stable & OK - see attachments 4
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration
11.47 Ambient temperature +23.9 deg C, d.p. +9.0 deg C, RH 39.0%
16:45 System wide checks all ok
FEE temps ok - Attachment 5
Stats - Attachment 6
Bias and leakage ok - Attachment 7 |
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Wed Oct 25 18:36:46 2017, TD, OH, Thursday 26 October 28x
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02.37 DAQ stalled - USB-controlled ac mains relay fuse blown
Not writing to disk
BNC PB-4
Amplitude 90,000
x5 attenuator IN
t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
- polarity
frequency range 25Hz
delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref
ASIC settings 2017Oct23-14.38.03
*all* FEE64s slow comparators 0xa
Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration
Ambient temperature +24.3 deg C, d.p. +8.7 deg C, RH 37.1%
02.54 Replace 250V/16A fuse and power up
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 3
good events statistics stable & OK - see attachments 4
03:30 Stats with nnaida13 slow comparator threshold raised to 140keV - Attachment 5
03:50 Pulser widths done, slow comparator threshold raised to 0xc ~120keV for nnaida 19-22
Statistics - Attachment 6
05:40 Beam now going into F11. Wasabi and YSol in front of AIDA
AIDA is seeing light particles
Waveforms look good
Layout 7 - Attachment 7
layout 8 - Attachment 8
Statistics with light particles going through - Attachment 9
Bias and leakage currents ok - Attachment 10
We are taking the light ion data to file in R17_*
06:50 Light ion data continues
System wide checks all ok
07:22 Bias and leakage ok - Attachment 11
FEE Temperatures ok - Attachment 12
Stats - Attachment 13
08:15 Light ions stop still writing file
08:27 Beam into aida run R17_30
Zero degrader, just 4mm of WAS3ABI
WAS3ABI run 120
BRIKEN started run at 08:27 run 18
BIGRIPS Run 8
Timestamp reset at 08:27
Stats with beam - Attachment 14
08:44 Waveforms with implants in the detector
Layout 7 - Attachments 15 & 16
Layout 8 - Attachments 17 & 18
Layout 1 linear and log attachments 19 & 20
Leakage and bias ok - Attachment 21
09:14 Just noticed the stats in nnaida13 has dropped rate. Noise source may have been turned off
Statistics - Attachment 22
Spectra from the 0mm degrader run - Attachments 22-27
09:20 BRIKEN and WAS3ABI stop on run 162 aida on R17_35
1mm degrader moved in
BigRIPS on run 9
BRIKEN run 19
WAS3ABI start on 163
AIDA on R17_35
Rates similar to last screenshot of stats 09:14
09:26 Leakage and bias ok - Attachment 28
09:41 Beam stops
AIDA on file R17_37
BRIKEN stops running
WAS3ABI on run 178
AIDA Files written
-rw-rw-rw-. 1 npg npgstaff 2.0G Oct 26 08:22 R17_29
-rw-rw-rw-. 1 npg npgstaff 2.0G Oct 26 08:31 R17_30
-rw-rw-rw-. 1 npg npgstaff 2.0G Oct 26 08:40 R17_31
-rw-rw-rw-. 1 npg npgstaff 2.0G Oct 26 08:50 R17_32
-rw-rw-rw-. 1 npg npgstaff 2.0G Oct 26 09:00 R17_33
-rw-rw-rw-. 1 npg npgstaff 2.0G Oct 26 09:10 R17_34
-rw-rw-rw-. 1 npg npgstaff 2.0G Oct 26 09:21 R17_35
-rw-rw-rw-. 1 npg npgstaff 2.0G Oct 26 09:31 R17_36
-rw-rw-rw-. 1 npg npgstaff 2.0G Oct 26 09:42 R17_37
-rw-rw-rw-. 1 npg npgstaff 329M Oct 26 09:44 R17_38 |
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Fri Oct 27 01:58:44 2017, TD, OH, Friday 27 October 12x
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09.56 DAQ stopped OK yesterday
BNC PB-4
Amplitude 90,000
x5 attenuator IN
t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
- polarity
frequency range 25Hz
delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref
ASIC settings 2017Oct23-14.38.03
*all* FEE64s slow comparators 0xa *except* nnaida13 0xe, nnaida19-22 0xc
Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 3
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration
Julabo FL11006 recirculating chiller coolant reservoir refilled - set point +20 deg C, actual +20.0 deg C
Ambient temperature +23.6 deg C, d.p. +6.2 deg C, RH 32.2%
AIDA withdrawn from (CH2)n matrix
DAQ started - no data transfer
good events statistics stable - see attachment 4
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration
13:30 System wide checks ok
Stats - Attachment 6
FEE temperatures ok - Attachment 7
leakage and bias ok - Attachment 8
17.15 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 9 & 10
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 11
good events statistics stable - see attachment 12
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration
Ambient temperature +25.2 deg C, d.p. +5.7 deg C, RH 28.5% |
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Sat Oct 28 03:33:10 2017, TD, OH, Saturday 28 October 13x
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11.33 DAQ running OK - date transfer not enabled
BNC PB-4
Amplitude 90,000
x5 attenuator IN
t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
- polarity
frequency range 25Hz
delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref
ASIC settings 2017Oct23-14.38.03
*all* FEE64s slow comparators 0xa *except* nnaida13 0xe, nnaida19-22 0xc
Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 3
DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 4
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration
Julabo FL11006 recirculating chiller set point +20 deg C, actual +20.0 deg C
Ambient temperature +26.2 deg C, d.p. +6.2 deg C, RH 28.3%
14.40 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 5 & 6
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 7
DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 8
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration
14.50 DAQ starts
AIDA data file Oct17/R18
14.53 per FEE64 rates (20us/channel) - see attachment 9
No indication of c. 400us period noise as indicated by DAQ statistics attachment 8
15.46 DAQ stopped
DAQ start - data tranfser disabled
19.40 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 10 & 11
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 12
DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 13
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration |
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Sun Oct 29 05:16:35 2017, TD, OH, Sunday 29 October 14x
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14.16 DAQ running OK - data transfer not enabled
BNC PB-4
Amplitude 90,000
x5 attenuator IN
t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
- polarity
frequency range 25Hz
delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref
ASIC settings 2017Oct23-14.38.03
*all* FEE64s slow comparators 0xa *except* nnaida13 0xe, nnaida19-22 0xc
Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 3
DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 4
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration
Julabo FL11006 recirculating chiller set point +20 deg C, actual +20.0 deg C
Ambient temperature +23.9 deg C, d.p. +10.8 deg C, RH 43.2%
15.05 per FEE64 Rate, 1.8.L and 1.8.W spectra - note common x & y scales
Peak width nnaida5 63 ch FWHM
Peak width nnaida8 82 ch FWHM
15.09 All histograms zero'd
18.25 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 11 & 12
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 13
DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 14
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration |
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Mon Oct 30 01:10:28 2017, TD, OH, Monday 30 October 8x
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10.10 DAQ running OK - data transfer not enabled
BNC PB-4
Amplitude 90,000
x5 attenuator IN
t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
- polarity
frequency range 25Hz
delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref
ASIC settings 2017Oct23-14.38.03
*all* FEE64s slow comparators 0xa *except* nnaida13 0xe, nnaida19-22 0xc
Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 3
DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 4
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration
15.56 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 5 & 6
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 7
DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 8
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration |
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Tue Oct 31 00:34:10 2017, TD, OH, Tuesday 31 October 8x
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09.34 DAQ running OK - data transfer not enabled
BNC PB-4
Amplitude 90,000
x5 attenuator IN
t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
- polarity
frequency range 25Hz
delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref
ASIC settings 2017Oct23-14.38.03
*all* FEE64s slow comparators 0xa *except* nnaida13 0xe, nnaida19-22 0xc
Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 3
DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 4
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration
15.02 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 5 & 6
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 7
DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 8
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration
Ambient temperature +24.3 deg C, d.p. -0.2 deg C, RH 19.8%
Julabo FL11006 recirculating chiller set point +20 deg C, actual +20.0 deg C, water level OK c. mid-point
middle-upper marker
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Thu Nov 2 01:56:18 2017, TD, OH, Thursday 2 November 16x
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10.56 DAQ running OK - data transfer not enabled
BNC PB-4
Amplitude 90,000
x5 attenuator IN
t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
- polarity
frequency range 25Hz
delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref
ASIC settings 2017Oct23-14.38.03
*all* FEE64s slow comparators 0xa *except* nnaida13 0xe, nnaida19-22 0xc
Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 3
DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 4
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration
p+n FEE64s 1.8.L spectra - see attachment 5 - nnaida17 FWHM 63 ch
n+n FEE64s 1.8.L spectra - see attachment 6 - nnaida3 FWHM 78 ch
per FEE64 rate spectra - see attachments 7 & 8
11.06 all spectra zero'd
17.28 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 9 & 10
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 11
DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 12
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration
18.46 per PJCS request two screenshots of nnaida21:8015/AIDA/MONLOCK/MONLOCK.tml
see attachments 13 & 14
23:52 Statistics still good - Attachment 15
Leakage and bias ok - Attachment 16 |
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Fri Nov 3 23:09:36 2017, TD, OH, Saturday 4 November 20x
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08.09 DAQ running OK - data transfer not enabled
BNC PB-4
Amplitude 90,000
x5 attenuator IN
t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
- polarity
frequency range 25Hz
delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref
ASIC settings 2017Oct23-14.38.03
*all* FEE64s slow comparators 0xa *except* nnaida19-22 0xc
Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 3
DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 4
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration - see attachment 6
PLL and DCM Clock Lock Monitor OK - see attachment 5
08.22 per FEE64 Rate, 1.8.L and 1.8.W spectra - see attachments 7-12
nnaida3 78 ch FWHM
nnaida17 66 ch FWHM
16.43 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 13 & 14
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 15
DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 16
*all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration - see attachment 6
PLL and DCM Clock Lock Monitor OK - see attachment 5
per FEE64 Rate, 1.8.L pectra - see attachments 17-20
nnaida3 78 ch FWHM
nnaida17 68 ch FWHM |
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Thu Jun 21 02:31:49 2018, TD, OH, Thursday 21 June
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10.20 DAQ continues OK
10.29 DAQ stop June18/R1
ASIC settings 2017Nov17-21.24.47
*all* FEE64 slow comparators 0x64
Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2
FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 3
DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 4
*all* system wide checks OK
PLL and DCM Clock Lock Monitor OK - see attachment 5 |
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Thu Jun 21 05:23:16 2018, TD, OH, Offline analysis R1 - alpha background 8x
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Analysis of overnight alpha background run (June18/R1_0 ... _2) indicates that all FEE64s and DSSSDs are
operating OK.
Spectra for DSSSD #1-6 - see attachments 1-5
Sort program, variables and spectra titles - see attachments 6-7
Sort program statistics
*** ENTRY finish
*** data items: 671431805 ( 363493.31 Hz)
*** ADC events: 743540 ( 402.53 Hz)
*** time warps: 0 ( 0.00 Hz)
*** DSSSD # 1 count: 266 old count: 266 dt: 73278.38 s LEC rate: 0.00 Hz
*** DSSSD # 2 count: 119 old count: 119 dt: 73278.38 s LEC rate: 0.00 Hz
*** DSSSD # 3 count: 131 old count: 131 dt: 73278.38 s LEC rate: 0.00 Hz
*** DSSSD # 4 count: 97 old count: 97 dt: 73278.38 s LEC rate: 0.00 Hz
*** DSSSD # 5 count: 103 old count: 103 dt: 73278.38 s LEC rate: 0.00 Hz
*** DSSSD # 6 count: 122 old count: 122 dt: 73278.38 s LEC rate: 0.00 Hz
*** DSSSD # 1 count: 0 old count: 0 dt: 73278.38 s HEC rate: 0.00 Hz
*** DSSSD # 2 count: 0 old count: 0 dt: 73278.38 s HEC rate: 0.00 Hz
*** DSSSD # 3 count: 0 old count: 0 dt: 73278.38 s HEC rate: 0.00 Hz
*** DSSSD # 4 count: 0 old count: 0 dt: 73278.38 s HEC rate: 0.00 Hz
*** DSSSD # 5 count: 0 old count: 0 dt: 73278.38 s HEC rate: 0.00 Hz
*** DSSSD # 6 count: 0 old count: 0 dt: 73278.38 s HEC rate: 0.00 Hz
*** ENTRY finish ends |
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Thu Jun 21 06:48:22 2018, TD, OH, DSSSD HV cabling
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The DSSSD HV cabling has been changed in preparation for configuration change
from 6x DSSSDs to 8x DSSSDs as follows:
FROM TO
DSSSD N1419 HV DSSSD N1419 HV
# Addr # # Addr #
1 0 1
2 0 2
1 0 1 3 0 3
2 0 7 4 0 4
3 0 3 5 1 5
4 0 4 6 1 6
5 1 5 7 1 7
6 1 6 8 1 8
See attachments 1 & 2 - DSSSDs # 1-2 not installed yet |
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Sat Jun 23 02:28:13 2018, TD, OH, New fuses fitted to USB-controlled ac mains relay
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The input fuses of the USB-controlled ac mains relay have been changed from 2x 5x20mm 250V/16A to 2x 5x20mm
250V/20A cartridge, time-lag Littelfuse 0215020.MXP |
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Sat Nov 18 02:28:26 2023, TD, NH, JB, Saturday 18 November 10x
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03.20 c. 3k per spill 13N beam to S4
Observe scatter of events at all energies for LEC
Switch LE -> MEC
aida02 & aida04 slow comparator 0xf -> 0x3 ( c.1.5MeV )
All other ( p+n ) FEE64s slow comparator 0xa ( c. 5MeV )
For c. 700MeV/u 14N + 6cm s.steel -> c. 350MeV/u 14N -> c. 30MeV energy loss in 1mm Silicon, c. 45MeV energy loss in 3mm plastic
per n+n FEE64 1.8L spectra - attachment 1
observe 3x peaks above threshold - different Z fragments?
per FEE64 Stat spectra
04.10 DSSSD bias -150V leakage current -5.380uA - attachment 3
FEE64 temps OK - attachment 4
ADC data item stats - attachment 5
per FEE64 Stat spectra - attachment 6
per FEE64 1.8.L spectra - attachments 7-8
per FEE64 1.8.W spectra - 20us FSR - attachments 9-10
05.03 aida02 & aida04 slow comparators 0x3 -> 0xa
All spectra zero'd
c. 06.30 Beam tests end
DAQ stopped. DSSSD HV OFF. AIDA power OFF.
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Fri Dec 8 12:55:38 2023, TD, NH, FEE64 configuration
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FEE64 configuration for 1x MSL type BB18(DS)-1000 24cm x 8cm DSSSD
*Beam into page*
aida09 BB7 FEE64
aida05 aida01 aida06 p+n junction FEE64s
aida02 aida04 n+n Ohmic FEE64s
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aida07 aida03 aida08 p+n junction FEE64s
* approximate position of c. 1.5cm diamond-shaped hole in black cloth optical screen positioned between 'upstream' bPlast and BB18 DSSSD. |
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Tue Apr 1 15:34:16 2025, TD, MR, CU, Tests of new AIDA ASIC mezzanines - 2024 production batch 11x
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Tests of new AIDA ASIC mezzanines - 2024 production batch
Using nnlycca4/MezzX PCB test bench T9, STFC DL - attachments 1 & 2
nnlycca4 193.62.115.228
BNC PB-4 Pulser
Amplitude ?9000
Attenuator x5 IN
Frequency 25Hz
Polarity +
t_r 50ns
tau_d 200us
Delay MIN
Ref INT
Output amplitude (DSO hi Z input) c. 500mV
MACB
Program switch = 1
Power on sequence - 1 2 3 Mezzanine - attachment 3
1 - FEE64 and ASIC mezzanine cooling fans
2 - FEE64 +6.2V/+6.8A
3 - FEE64 -6.5V/-0.69A, +8V/+0.88A
4 - Mezzanine +5V/+1.7A +7V/+0.03A
At power up ASIC mezzanine +5V/+2.1A which decreases to +5V/+1.7A following DAQ SETUP
Pulser to *all* inputs via test adaptor PCB (PJCS design)
Examples of test signals as follows:
Data Ready DRDY (blue), Address bits A0-A3 (magenta), pulser (yellow) - attachments 4-7
MUX Out (magenta) - attachment 8
LEC fast comparator (magenta) - attachment 9
Preamp output (magenta) - attachment 10
Following power up and the boot of the embedded PowerPC processor
DAQ RESET
DAQ SETUP
DAQ GO
Start ASIC Readout
*multiple* Check ASIC Load for ASIC #2 (note this check loads all ASICs)
Use DSO scope probe at MezzX PCB test points - attachment 11
All ASICs of the following ASIC mezzanines tested OK
Batch 0216240101
-0009
Batch 0213110101
-0002
Batch 0324390101 (*new* batch 2024/Q4)
-0010
-0011
-0019 |
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Mon Jun 6 11:17:30 2016, TD, ML & YS, Re-configure merger to ignore nnaida19
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19.00 Power-cycled and rebooted AIDA FEE64s
Temperatures are lower - see attachment 1
Re-configured merge to ignore problem child nnaida19 which continues to ReSYNC but fails
to pass SYNC errors counting and ASIC clock timestamp system-wide checks - see attachment 2 |
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Mon Jun 6 13:46:45 2016, TD, ML & YS, /var/log/messages
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aidas1 log |
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Mon Jun 6 13:52:10 2016, TD, ML & YS, FEE64 power-cycle, FEE64 & aidas1 reboot
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21.40 toggled merge input pause state - merge pause stopped at link 18 (nnaida19 - this link is supposed
to be disabled
obtained 'unable to connect' to nnaida1 for DAQ stop
reboot aidas1, power cycle and reboot FEE64s |
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