MCE script

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  MCE script

  Arbitrary Waveform Generator

  Basic mce script configuration

  Code repositories

  Configuration for mux11d operation

  Data mode

  Dirfile support

  Environment variables

  Experiment.cfg

  High rate acquisition

  IV curves

  Mas data.pro

  Mas runfile.pro and mas runparam.pro

  Mce check output

  MCE config template system

  MCE flat-file format

  Mce internal ramp

  MCE Recovery During Acquisition

  MCE script utilities

  MCE Test Scripts

  Measure quanta.py

  Open loop data acquisition

  Programming over Fibre

  Python data and runfile modules

  Raw-mode readout

  Rectangle Mode Data

  Testing Address Cards

  Testing Bias Cards

  Testing Clock Cards

  Testing Readout Cards

The MCE script project is a collection of array setup tools and other utilities, built on top of MAS, useful for running experiments. MCE script is housed in a SVN repository at UBC. See UBC SVN repository for details on downloading MCE script.

Tutorials

• Basic mce_script configuration
• Series array setup

Tool descriptions

• Auto-tuning system
  • Auto-setup (python) - an integrated tool set for dealing with SQUID data.
  • Auto-setup (IDL) - IDL-based auto-tuning code (obsolete)
  • experiment.cfg - array and auto-setup configuration data.
  • mce_config_template system
• Other scripts
  • MCE Test Scripts
  • MCE script utilities
  • place_sq1.pro for row selection for the purposes of sq1servo
  • IV curves - acquire and analyze TES IV curves
  • special_ops.py
  • measure_quanta.py - Analyzes tuning data to determine SQUID phi0.
• Scripting tools
  • mce_internal_ramp - configure and run MCE internal command ramps
  • Environmental variables

Other resources

• Educational tools
  • Media:MAS_auto-tuning_20090529.pdf - Some quick graphical depictions of auto-tuning. (Not a stand-alone presentation!)
  • Characterization and Locking SQUIDs with Multi-Channel Electronics [PDF] (Jun. 07, 2005)

• Sample auto-tune plots:
  • biasing ac sq2fb switching
  • biasing ac not switching