PICNIC Documentation

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Note: A true user manual should be coming up soon. For the moment I put here a collection of potentially useful documentation.

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• General Documents:
  1. PICNIC Block Diagram
  2. PICNIC Signals & Names
  3. Supply Connections Table
  4. Clock and Bias Signals Connections Table
  5. Output Connections Table
  6. PICNIC/VME Interface
  7. In-Dewar Connections to FILTER board
  8. Pinout of In-Dewar Bias and Clock Connectors
  9. PICNIC Supply Box
  10. ADC Interface Box
  11. Early Discussions on Timing Requirements:
      Sample time requirements for various camera modes
      Timing test by M. Brewer (I)
      Timing test by M. Brewer (II)
      Timing test by M. Brewer (III)
      
  12. Early Thoughts on Software Control
  13. NICMOS3 PCB Modifications
  14. Electronics Schematics:
      PICNIC detectorboard (inside dewar)
      PICNIC amplifier board (inside dewar)
      PICNIC ADC board: pre-amp
      PICNIC ADC board: ADC
      PICNIC ADC interface board
      PICNIC bias board
      PICNIC Supply & Clock Driver board: Supply
      PICNIC Supply & Clock Driver board: Driver
      

• DAQ:
  1. Log of PICNIC CPLD readout circuits (.rbf files)

• Notes and Measurements:
  1. Log of RMG May02 run measurements
  2. Update to Log of RMG May02 run measurements
     • Background plots
     • Noise plots
  3. E. Pedretti report on PICNIC noise (June 7-20 2002 run)

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Rafael Millan-Gabet
rmillan@cfa.harvard.edu
May 2002