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* MCE-Cryostat Diagram - cartoons of squid chain setup, servo loop calculations, and word-sizes [[http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~mce/mcedocs/system/Cryo_MCE%20Block%20Diagram.pdf PDF]] | * MCE-Cryostat Diagram - cartoons of squid chain setup, servo loop calculations, and word-sizes [[http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~mce/mcedocs/system/Cryo_MCE%20Block%20Diagram.pdf PDF]] | ||
| − | == | + | == Application Notes == |
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| + | * Fast switching of the SQ2 feedback | ||
| + | ** [[ Row-specific SQ2FB (fast switching)]] | ||
| + | ** [[ Fast SQ2 Feedback and TES Biasing with an Address Card ]] | ||
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| + | * Internal commanding | ||
| + | ** [[ Internal Commands ]] - notes on internal command implementation. | ||
| + | ** [[ Ramp Generator ]] | ||
| + | ** [[ Arbitrary Waveform Generator ]] -- for maximum length sequences and complex impedance measurements (CC v5.0.3+) | ||
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| + | * Data acquisition | ||
| + | ** [[ Data mode | Data Modes ]] | ||
| + | ** [[ Digital 4-pole Butterworth Low-pass filter | Filtered Data & the Digital 4-pole Butterworth Low-pass Filter]] | ||
| + | ** [[ Raw-mode readout | Raw 50 MHz Data ]] | ||
| + | ** [[ Rectangle Mode Data ]] - recommended mode for high-rate acquisition | ||
| + | ** [[ High rate acquisition | Fast Data Acquisition ]] - high-rate acquisition without rectangle mode (deprecated) | ||
| + | ** [[ The STOP Command ]] | ||
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| + | * MCE servo control | ||
| + | ** [[ Flux jumping | Flux Jumping]] | ||
| + | ** [[ FSFB Clamping Commands ]] -- to prevent unlocked pixels from ramping (RC v5.0.a+) | ||
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| + | * Misc. | ||
| + | ** [[ Special SQ1 Bias Commands ]] | ||
Revision as of 18:58, 11 January 2012
Contents
MCE commanding
- mce_cmd - application for commanding the MCE.
- MCE Commands - especially those commands supported directly by hardware/firmware
- Virtual cards
- Python commanding library
SQUID array setup procedure
Software
Documentation
- Characterization and Locking SQUIDs with Multi-Channel Electronics [PDF] (Jun. 07, 2005)
- "Functional Description of Read-out Electronics for Time-Domain Multiplexed Bolometers for Millimeter and Sub-millimeter Astronomy" [PDF] (vol. 151, no. 3-4, J. Low-Temp Phys, May 2008)
- "Automated SQUID tuning procedure for kilo-pixel arrays of TES bolometers on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope" [PDF] (SPIE Astronomical Instrumentation Conf, Jun. 2008)
- Tuning Algorithm for ACT SQUIDs - poster [PDF]
- MCE-Cryostat Diagram - cartoons of squid chain setup, servo loop calculations, and word-sizes [PDF]
Application Notes
- Fast switching of the SQ2 feedback
- Internal commanding
- Internal Commands - notes on internal command implementation.
- Ramp Generator
- Arbitrary Waveform Generator -- for maximum length sequences and complex impedance measurements (CC v5.0.3+)
- Data acquisition
- Data Modes
- Filtered Data & the Digital 4-pole Butterworth Low-pass Filter
- Raw 50 MHz Data
- Rectangle Mode Data - recommended mode for high-rate acquisition
- Fast Data Acquisition - high-rate acquisition without rectangle mode (deprecated)
- The STOP Command
- MCE servo control
- Flux Jumping
- FSFB Clamping Commands -- to prevent unlocked pixels from ramping (RC v5.0.a+)
