Proton Calorimetry/Meetings/2020/09/02

Minutes for UCL Proton Calorimetry Meetings, 2nd September

Present

Simon Jolly, Saad Shaikh, Raffaella Radogna, Fern Pannell

Saad Shaikh

• Almost finished first draft of report: need to cut 1-2 pages and edit.
• Simon is investigating how to send CSV data to HEP server.
• Confirmed with TI how to daisy-chain DDCs – Simon to respond to Marko.
  • J2 of daisy-chain board to be connected to J1 of board connected to FPGA.
  • DOUT appears to be sent to DIN correctly on CosyLab circuit diagrams.
  • OR gates to cascade DVALID signals across board in future design.
  • Might be able to connect DVALID of 2nd board directly to FPGA for test with Raffy's DDC232, though Marko says current design won't work.
• Tested CoolTerm on Raspberry Pi – doesn't seem to work. Fern has prepared Raspberry Pi to take home with CoolTerm installed.
• Raffy to investigate built-in alternative to CoolTerm using stty and cat.
• Need to test new jumper cables in setup – will go to UCL on Friday 4th September.

Fern Pannell

• Completed online Javascript crash course.
  • Need further work on asynchronous programming (async-await).
  • Research JS promises.
  • Need to look into libraries for parsing CSV data and interactive data visualisations.
• Dual fan heat sink installed on 1 Pi.
  • CPU temperature significantly reduced.
  • Swapped out cooling pads for RS silicon gel - better thermal conductivity
• 3 SD cards loaded with essentials for use with Pi.
  • Apache, PHP extensions, XRDP, Matchbox Keyboard, CoolTerm.
• CoolTerm tested on Pi - cannot keep up with config data.