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== MCE commanding == | == MCE commanding == | ||
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* [[Virtual cards]] | * [[Virtual cards]] | ||
* [[Using Python to Automate MAS |Python commanding library ]] | * [[Using Python to Automate MAS |Python commanding library ]] | ||
| − | + | == Related Publication == | |
| + | * [[Publications]] | ||
== Application Notes == | == Application Notes == | ||
| + | * [[MCE Timing Diagram]] | ||
* SQUID array setup | * SQUID array setup | ||
** [[Array setup programs]] - software | ** [[Array setup programs]] - software | ||
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** [[ Rectangle Mode Data ]] - recommended mode for high-rate acquisition | ** [[ Rectangle Mode Data ]] - recommended mode for high-rate acquisition | ||
** [[ 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) | ||
| + | ** [[ Open loop data acquisition ]] - for noise measurements of the SQUID chain. | ||
** [[ The STOP Command ]] | ** [[ The STOP Command ]] | ||
** [[ Dirfile support ]] - set up MAS to write dirfiles directly | ** [[ Dirfile support ]] - set up MAS to write dirfiles directly | ||
| + | ** [[Data accumulation rate]] - how much data does the MCE produce? | ||
* Data files | * Data files | ||
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** [[ Row-specific SQ2FB (fast switching)]] | ** [[ Row-specific SQ2FB (fast switching)]] | ||
** [[ Fast SQ2 Feedback and TES Biasing with an Address Card ]] | ** [[ Fast SQ2 Feedback and TES Biasing with an Address Card ]] | ||
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| + | * mux11d support | ||
| + | ** [[ Configuration for mux11d operation ]] | ||
| + | ** [[ MCE Signal assignment for mux11d operation ]] | ||
| + | ** [[ Hybrid row select for mux11d ]] (to combine AC and BC for multiplexing > 41 rows) | ||
* MCE servo control | * MCE servo control | ||
** [[ Flux jumping | Flux Jumping]] | ** [[ Flux jumping | Flux Jumping]] | ||
| − | ** [[ FSFB Clamping Commands ]] -- to prevent unlocked | + | ** [[ FSFB Clamping Commands ]] -- to prevent unlocked detectors from ramping |
| + | ** [[ Flux-loop reset per detector ]] | ||
* Misc. | * Misc. | ||
| + | ** [[ Noise Calculations]] | ||
** [[ Special SQ1 Bias Commands ]] | ** [[ Special SQ1 Bias Commands ]] | ||
** [[ MCE temperature ]] | ** [[ MCE temperature ]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Hardware]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Firmware]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Software]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:26, 31 August 2016
MCE commanding
- mce_cmd - application for commanding the MCE.
- MCE Commands - especially those commands supported directly by hardware/firmware
- Virtual cards
- Python commanding library
Related Publication
Application Notes
- MCE Timing Diagram
- 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)
- Open loop data acquisition - for noise measurements of the SQUID chain.
- The STOP Command
- Dirfile support - set up MAS to write dirfiles directly
- Data accumulation rate - how much data does the MCE produce?
- 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
- mux11d support
- Configuration for mux11d operation
- MCE Signal assignment for mux11d operation
- Hybrid row select for mux11d (to combine AC and BC for multiplexing > 41 rows)
- MCE servo control
- Flux Jumping
- FSFB Clamping Commands -- to prevent unlocked detectors from ramping
- Flux-loop reset per detector
