sPHENIX discussion of electronics

[Martin Purschke <purschke AT bnl.gov>]

Eric, all,

let me add a bit of info about the "new" SiPM tester that Tom, Sean and
I had spent a lot of time with.

After the 3x3 board that allows us to mount a complete 3x3 panel became
available, we re-arranged the setup and, most importantly, the scan
head. The head is now able to reach every SiPM on the larger panel.

I wanted to use the time we have now to adapt the scanning procedure
that Tom and I had endlessly tuned and perfected to the new head and
board assembly. Sean and I looked at the new setup today. We had to
re-route a few cables as they would have gotten in the way of the moving
"carriage". Sean and I were able to do that, and the head can now go
anywhere it needs to.

I uploaded a few pics so everyone is on the same page at
http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/~purschke/boardtesting_updateMarch18.pdf

Unfortunately, I found that none of the automation scripts we developed
works any longer. The reason is that the firmware of the CNC controller
has been upgraded, and this has broken every low-level utility Tom and I
had made. So right now I'm unable to move the head in an automated
fashion, and, more ominously, I cannot read back the positions the way
we did before. I was able to connect to the terminal and trick the
system into moving, but the position report that we used is just gone.
Presumably there is an alternative somehow, but this will take some
doing. Oh well.

Also, Tom and I had at some point re-wired the motors so we had a
right-handed coordinate system the way you look at a normal x-y plot on
paper, with z going "up". x and z have now reversed their sense of
direction - good that we caught the latter as we might have driven the
head into the SiPMs.

We will have to re-do the lower-level stuff to drive the head.

Best,
        Martin



On 3/18/20 11:28, eric mannel wrote:
> I hope everyone is in good health and not stressed out about the current
> situation around the world.
> 
> In place of the regular meeting, I just want to send around some updates
> as I understand them.  If anything is incorrect, please send me the
> correct information.
> 
>  1. As many of you know, Universities are starting to close up to
>     different degrees.  I encourage everyone to follow the rules even if
>     it means we start to fall behind schedule.  BNL is still open for
>     employees (although we are encouraged to stay home) and mission
>     essential visitors but that might change.  Bottom line, stay home
>  2. SiPM delivery and testing is complete and operations at UofM are
>     essentially ended.  It would be nice to get some kind of technical
>     note on the process written up. It should include a summary of the
>     results and what we learned.  Nathan, can you take the lead on that
>     with input from the Debrecen and UofM groups?
>  3. HCal pre-production electronics have been delivered to the HCal
>     group, with the exception of a few final signal cables that Al is
>     working on.
>  4. HCal production electronics orders are being prepared.  We are
>     waiting on quotes for a few boards.  The SiPM board assembly order
>     has gone out. PCBs should arrive late April.  The SiPMs still need
>     to be kitted for delivery to CEM. The pigtails are due to arrive
>     mid-April. The Meritec cable order for the internal HCal cables has
>     been placed. I need to discuss with Frank and Danny if we have
>     sufficient BNL resources to do thte final termination or if we need
>     to outsource that part. Power cables have been ordered and may
>     actually be delivered.
>  5. EMCal pre-production Electronics: I delivered a significant portion
>     of the SiPMs to CEM today for the next round of assembly.  The PCB
>     order is still on schedule for a April delivery based on information
>     from Monday.  Assembly will start mid-April.  Internal signal cables
>     continue to come in, with another batch arriving Friday. QA testing
>     identified only one bad cable. Steve and I are going to start
>     working on getting RFQs out for the production electronics.
>  6. Digitizers: Columbia is "work from home" only.  The XMIT PCB order
>     is in transit and the digitizer PCB order is slated for a mid-April
>     delivery. Assembly will not start until Columbia resumes operation.
>  7. Bias Supplies: The Bias supply order is working it's way though the
>     BNL procurement process. 
>  8. Racks: Steve and I are working on getting rack layout drawings to
>     the Infrastructure and Integration team for discussion and
>     approval.  We have tentative estimates on the power cable lengths,
>     but need a final consensus on lengths to request quotes.
> 
> Eric
> 
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