Proton Calorimetry/Meetings/2021/02/17 - Revision history

FernPannell: /* Fern Pannell */

2021-03-28T14:54:25Z

Fern Pannell

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	*Meet with Saad to sort FTDI on Pi.		*Meet with Saad to sort FTDI on Pi.
	PhD Update:		PhD Update:
	**Imperial interview complete.		*Imperial interview complete.
	**Meeting with Manjit on 18th for second catch up regarding Particle Therapy PhD at Oxford.		*Meeting with Manjit on 18th for second catch up regarding Particle Therapy PhD at Oxford.
	**Awaiting interview invitations from UCL and Birmingham.		*Awaiting interview invitations from UCL and Birmingham.

FernPannell: /* Fern Pannell */

2021-03-28T14:54:15Z

Fern Pannell

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	**Buttons to add curve data to the display should appear when Start is clicked (add this functionality later, tricky).		**Buttons to add curve data to the display should appear when Start is clicked (add this functionality later, tricky).
	*Meet with Saad to sort FTDI on Pi.		*Meet with Saad to sort FTDI on Pi.
	*PhD Update:		PhD Update:
	**Imperial interview complete.		**Imperial interview complete.
	**Meeting with Manjit on 18th for second catch up regarding Particle Therapy PhD at Oxford.		**Meeting with Manjit on 18th for second catch up regarding Particle Therapy PhD at Oxford.
	**Awaiting interview invitations from UCL and Birmingham.		**Awaiting interview invitations from UCL and Birmingham.

FernPannell: /* Fern Pannell */

2021-02-17T21:56:50Z

Fern Pannell

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	**Start button needs to become a Restart button once clicked.		**Start button needs to become a Restart button once clicked.
	**Buttons to add curve data to the display should appear when Start is clicked (add this functionality later, tricky).		**Buttons to add curve data to the display should appear when Start is clicked (add this functionality later, tricky).
			*Meet with Saad to sort FTDI on Pi.
	*PhD Update:		*PhD Update:
	**Imperial interview complete.		**Imperial interview complete.
	**Meeting with Manjit on 18th for second catch up regarding Particle Therapy PhD at Oxford.		**Meeting with Manjit on 18th for second catch up regarding Particle Therapy PhD at Oxford.
	**Awaiting interview invitations from UCL and Birmingham.		**Awaiting interview invitations from UCL and Birmingham.

FernPannell: /* Fern Pannell */

2021-02-17T21:53:32Z

Fern Pannell

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	Next Steps:		Next Steps:
	*Create a static CSV, first line 16 values (PD bars), second line (and third) >>16 values (curve data).		*Create a static CSV, first line 16 values (PD bars), second line (and third) >>16 values (curve data).
	**Plot and fix any inevitable scaling issues with ~~the scaling of~~ the x-axis values.		**Plot and fix any inevitable scaling issues with the x-axis values.
	**Successfully displaying the static CSV data ''should'' mean the GUI will work for real, updating, high-precision, fit data.		**Successfully displaying the static CSV data ''should'' mean the GUI will work for real, updating, high-precision, fit data.
	*Work on the GUI buttons.		*Work on the GUI buttons.

FernPannell: /* Fern Pannell */

2021-02-17T21:52:03Z

Fern Pannell

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:52, 17 February 2021
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	**Start button needs to become a Restart button once clicked.		**Start button needs to become a Restart button once clicked.
	**Buttons to add curve data to the display should appear when Start is clicked (add this functionality later, tricky).		**Buttons to add curve data to the display should appear when Start is clicked (add this functionality later, tricky).
			*PhD Update:
			**Imperial interview complete.
			**Meeting with Manjit on 18th for second catch up regarding Particle Therapy PhD at Oxford.
			**Awaiting interview invitations from UCL and Birmingham.

FernPannell: /* Minutes for UCL Proton Calorimetry Meetings, 17th February */

2021-02-17T21:50:02Z

Minutes for UCL Proton Calorimetry Meetings, 17th February

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 === Present ===
-'''Simon Jolly''', '''Raffaella Radogna''', '''Saad Shaikh''', '''Fern Pannell'''
+'''Simon Jolly''', '''Saad Shaikh''', '''Fern Pannell'''
 === [[ELogs/SaadShaikh|Saad Shaikh]] ===
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 === [[ELogs/FernPannell|Fern Pannell]] ===

SaadShaikh: /* Saad Shaikh */

2021-02-17T15:35:08Z

Saad Shaikh

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	*FTDI script now writes raw data to single file (opening and closing file once) and performs 50Hz rolling average, updating single file .csv file with averaged values in pC.		*FTDI script now writes raw data to single file (opening and closing file once) and performs 50Hz rolling average, updating single file .csv file with averaged values in pC.
	**Plotting and fitting routines now much simpler as they just need to access .csv file as fast as possible, with no hex to decimal conversion required.		**Plotting and fitting routines now much simpler as they just need to access .csv file as fast as possible, with no hex to decimal conversion required.
	**Slowest part of FTDI scipt is the conversion of each acquisition to decimal for rolling average (roughly 185us instead of 170us). Will investigate if this can be parallelised, though performance gains are small considering that 5 modules will require minimum integration time of roughly ~~185us (more~~ data ~~processing~~ will be ~~required, however)~~.		**Slowest part of FTDI scipt is the conversion of each acquisition to decimal for rolling average (roughly 185us instead of 170us). Will investigate if this can be parallelised, though performance gains are small considering that 5 modules will require minimum integration time of roughly 181us. The processing of the extra module's data will increase the conversion time.
			**Photodiode charge uncertainty could be calculated from the standard deviation of the 50Hz average.
	*Installed Bootcamp on personal laptop with Vivado etc.		*Installed Bootcamp on personal laptop with Vivado etc.
	*Next major step is to investigate non-ROOT-based fit.		*Next major step is to investigate non-ROOT-based fit.

SaadShaikh: /* Saad Shaikh */

2021-02-17T15:30:16Z

Saad Shaikh

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	**Plotting and fitting routines now much simpler as they just need to access .csv file as fast as possible, with no hex to decimal conversion required.		**Plotting and fitting routines now much simpler as they just need to access .csv file as fast as possible, with no hex to decimal conversion required.
	**Slowest part of FTDI scipt is the conversion of each acquisition to decimal for rolling average (roughly 185us instead of 170us). Will investigate if this can be parallelised, though performance gains are small considering that 5 modules will require minimum integration time of roughly 185us (more data processing will be required, however).		**Slowest part of FTDI scipt is the conversion of each acquisition to decimal for rolling average (roughly 185us instead of 170us). Will investigate if this can be parallelised, though performance gains are small considering that 5 modules will require minimum integration time of roughly 185us (more data processing will be required, however).
			*Installed Bootcamp on personal laptop with Vivado etc.
	*Next major step is to investigate non-ROOT-based fit.		*Next major step is to investigate non-ROOT-based fit.
	*Installed Bootcamp on personal laptop with Vivado etc.
	*Will work on HEP summer school poster and problem sheet.		*Will work on HEP summer school poster and problem sheet.

	=== [[ELogs/FernPannell\|Fern Pannell]] ===		=== [[ELogs/FernPannell\|Fern Pannell]] ===

SaadShaikh: /* Saad Shaikh */

2021-02-17T15:28:09Z

Saad Shaikh

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:28, 17 February 2021
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	*FTDI script now writes raw data to single file (opening and closing file once) and performs 50Hz rolling average, updating single file .csv file with averaged values in pC.		*FTDI script now writes raw data to single file (opening and closing file once) and performs 50Hz rolling average, updating single file .csv file with averaged values in pC.
	**Plotting and fitting routines now much simpler as they just need to access .csv file as fast as possible, with no hex to decimal conversion required.		**Plotting and fitting routines now much simpler as they just need to access .csv file as fast as possible, with no hex to decimal conversion required.
	**Slowest part of FTDI scipt is the conversion of each acquisition to decimal for rolling average. Will investigate if this can be parallelised.		**Slowest part of FTDI scipt is the conversion of each acquisition to decimal for rolling average (roughly 185us instead of 170us). Will investigate if this can be parallelised, though performance gains are small considering that 5 modules will require minimum integration time of roughly 185us (more data processing will be required, however).
	*Next major step is to investigate non-ROOT-based fit.		*Next major step is to investigate non-ROOT-based fit.
	*Installed Bootcamp on personal laptop with Vivado etc.		*Installed Bootcamp on personal laptop with Vivado etc.

SaadShaikh: /* Saad Shaikh */

2021-02-17T15:26:34Z

Saad Shaikh

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:26, 17 February 2021
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	=== [[ELogs/SaadShaikh\|Saad Shaikh]] ===		=== [[ELogs/SaadShaikh\|Saad Shaikh]] ===
			*FTDI script now writes raw data to single file (opening and closing file once) and performs 50Hz rolling average, updating single file .csv file with averaged values in pC.
			**Plotting and fitting routines now much simpler as they just need to access .csv file as fast as possible, with no hex to decimal conversion required.
			**Slowest part of FTDI scipt is the conversion of each acquisition to decimal for rolling average. Will investigate if this can be parallelised.
			*Next major step is to investigate non-ROOT-based fit.
			*Installed Bootcamp on personal laptop with Vivado etc.
			*Will work on HEP summer school poster and problem sheet.

	=== [[ELogs/FernPannell\|Fern Pannell]] ===		=== [[ELogs/FernPannell\|Fern Pannell]] ===