Difference between revisions of "MCE usage"
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* [[Virtual cards]] | * [[Virtual cards]] | ||
* [[Using Python to Automate MAS |Python commanding library ]] | * [[Using Python to Automate MAS |Python commanding library ]] | ||
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== Application Notes == | == Application Notes == | ||
| − | + | * SQUID array setup | |
| − | * | + | ** [[Array setup programs]] - software |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** Characterization and Locking SQUIDs with Multi-Channel Electronics [[http://www.phas.ubc.ca/%7Emce/mcedocs/software/locking_squids.pdf PDF]] (Jun. 07, 2005) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** "Functional Description of Read-out Electronics for Time-Domain Multiplexed Bolometers for Millimeter and Sub-millimeter Astronomy" [[http://www.springerlink.com/content/m66114j06511uw68/ 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" [[http://www.phas.ubc.ca/%7Emce/mcedocs/auto_tune_results/ACT_tuning_spie2008.pdf PDF]] (SPIE Astronomical Instrumentation Conf, Jun. 2008) | |
| − | + | ** Tuning Algorithm for ACT SQUIDs - poster [[http://www.phas.ubc.ca/%7Emce/mcedocs/auto_tune_results/auto_tuning_block_diagram.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]] |
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* Data acquisition | * Data acquisition | ||
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** [[ High rate acquisition | Fast Data Acquisition ]] - high-rate acquisition without rectangle mode (deprecated) | ** [[ High rate acquisition | Fast Data Acquisition ]] - high-rate acquisition without rectangle mode (deprecated) | ||
** [[ The STOP Command ]] | ** [[ The STOP Command ]] | ||
| + | ** [[ Dirfile support ]] - set up MAS to write dirfiles directly | ||
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| + | * Data files | ||
| + | ** [[ Python data and runfile modules ]] - mce_data.py) | ||
| + | ** IDL [[ mas_data.pro | data ]] and [[ mas_runfile.pro and mas_runparam.pro | runfile]] scripts | ||
| + | ** [[ MCE flat-file format ]] | ||
| + | ** [[ Runfile format v2 ]] | ||
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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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| + | * Fast switching of the SQ2 feedback | ||
| + | ** [[ Row-specific SQ2FB (fast switching)]] | ||
| + | ** [[ Fast SQ2 Feedback and TES Biasing with an Address Card ]] | ||
* MCE servo control | * MCE servo control | ||
** [[ Flux jumping | Flux Jumping]] | ** [[ Flux jumping | Flux Jumping]] | ||
| − | ** [[ FSFB Clamping Commands ]] -- to prevent unlocked pixels from ramping | + | ** [[ FSFB Clamping Commands ]] -- to prevent unlocked pixels from ramping |
* Misc. | * Misc. | ||
** [[ Special SQ1 Bias Commands ]] | ** [[ Special SQ1 Bias Commands ]] | ||
Revision as of 19:12, 11 January 2012
MCE commanding
- mce_cmd - application for commanding the MCE.
- MCE Commands - especially those commands supported directly by hardware/firmware
- Virtual cards
- Python commanding library
Application Notes
- SQUID array setup
- Array setup programs - software
- 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]
- 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
- Dirfile support - set up MAS to write dirfiles directly
- Data files
- Python data and runfile modules - mce_data.py)
- IDL data and runfile scripts
- MCE flat-file format
- Runfile format v2
- 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+)
- Fast switching of the SQ2 feedback
- MCE servo control
- Flux Jumping
- FSFB Clamping Commands -- to prevent unlocked pixels from ramping
