MCE hardware
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Contents
General information
- Functional Description of the Multi-Channel Electronics (PDF) (Sep. 27, 2003)
- MCE Getting-Started Manual : Cryostat installation, troubleshooting, firmware upgrade (PDF)
- MCE Accessories
- Ordering MCE Hardware
- MCE Power Requirements
- Output Drive Calculations (XLS)
- Noise Calculations
Subrack interface and mounting
- MCE Subrack (volume, mass, configuration)
- Hardware Interface Block Diagram(PDF)
- Proposed MCE signal assignment scheme: [PDF] [XLS]
- MCE-Cryostat Diagram - cartoons of squid chain setup, servo loop calculations, and word-sizes [PDF]
Hardware documents
Caveat lector: some of the documents in the following tables are obsolete, and have not been updated recently. They may contain incorrect or outdated information. Read with caution.
| Component | Type | Doc. Id | Technical Description† |
Block Diagram† |
Schematics | Rev. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock Card | S581 | [PDF] | [PDF] | [PDF] | B5 | ||
| Readout Card | S582 | [PDF] | [PDF] | [PDF] | B9 | ||
| [PDF] | E0 | Low-power RC | |||||
| Bias Card | S583 | [PDF] | [PDF] | [PDF] | D6 | Original design | |
| [PDF] | D7/8 | High-current det_bias | |||||
| [PDF] | D11 | High-current det_bias/no heater | |||||
| [PDF] | E0 | Multiple det_bias lines | |||||
| [PDF] | F0 | Multi det_bias & MHz-response bias lines; Low-noise bias lines turned off | |||||
| [PDF] | F1 | Power turned off on ln_bias | |||||
| [PDF] | F2 | Minor change in ln_bias circuit | |||||
| [PDF] | F3 | low 1/f-noise opamp for channel 0-15 | |||||
| [PDF] | F4 | low 1/f-noise opamp for channel 15-31 | |||||
| Address Card | S584 | [PDF] | [PDF] | [PDF] | C4 | ||
| [PDF] | D0 | ||||||
| Instrument Backplane | 5MDM | C587-201 | [PDF] | — | [PDF] | A | |
| 3MDM | C587-101 | [PDF] | [PDF] | B | |||
| [PDF] | C1 | ||||||
| [PDF] | C2 | ||||||
| Bus Backplane | 3MDM | C586-101 | [PDF] | — | [PDF] | A | |
| 5MDM | C586-201 | [PDF] | D | ||||
| Filter Board | 3MDM | C587-111 | — | — | [PDF] | A | |
| 5MDM | C587-210 | [PDF] | A | ||||
†: Not updated since early design stages.
External Hardware and Accessories
| Component | Part | Doc. Id | Technical Description† |
Block Diagram |
Schematics | Rev. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDM Breakout Board | S58H | — | — | [XLS] | B | ||
| Linear Feed Card | C585-104 | — | — | [PDF] | B | ||
| Vicor Power Assembly | PCB | C585-401 | — | — | [PDF] | C2 | |
| Wiring Harness | C584-402 | — | [PDF] | A | |||
| Sync Box | PCB | S589-101 | [PDF] | — | [PDF] | A2 | Used in both Sync Box enclosures |
| AC-in: Internal Wiring | S589-102 | [PDF] | [PDF] | A2 | |||
| AC-in: Cable Wiring | S589-103 | [PDF] | |||||
| DC-in: Internal Wiring | C589-102 | [PDF] | [PDF] | A | |||
| PCI fibre card | — | — | — | [PDF] | 5A | ||
| Extender Card | S565-008 | [PDF] | — | [PDF] | |||
| IB Tester | S58E-502 | [PDF] | — | [PDF] | C | ||
| 2-slot Backplane | S58G | — | — | [PDF] | A | ||
| — | — | [PDF] | B | ||||
†: Not updated since early design stages.
