Proton Calorimetry/Equipment

This page contains information on the various pieces of experimental equipment that form the Proton Calorimetry detector setup.

Caen Detector Emulator

The Caen DT5800D Detector Emulator provides the capability for emulating the output of an arbitrary detector system.

More details can be found on the Caen Detector Emulator page.

To convert .trc binary data to .txt data that is formatted similarly to the output files from a CAEN DT5751 digitiser:

Copy contents of /unix/pbt/aknoetze/ConversionScripts to a new directory.
Open trc2txt.py in a text editor.
1. Change path to directory containing .trc data files by editing variable dirpath
2. Change number of decimal points for each column by editing: np.savetxt(..., fmt=‘...’,...)
Run trc2txt.py

Converted .txt files will be in the copied directory NEWASCII. These new files will possess the same file names as the original .txt files.

To concatenate the new data files together into one single file, while in the directory NEWASCII,type:

cat *.txt > OutputFileName.txt

Manuals for relevant detector hardware.

WaveCatcherFamily_V1.2.pdf: Full description of the WaveCatcher Family hardware with paths to Control & Readout software and libraries. Covers the 2-channel and 8-channel WaveCatcher modules, the 16-Channel WaveCatcher board and module, and all the options of the 64-Channel WaveCatcher Crate (16, 32, 48 or 64 channels).
WaveCatcher64Ch_Library_1.1.16.pdf: Users manual for WaveCatcher64Ch Control and Readout Library
WaveCatcherSoftware_V1.1.pdf: User manual for the WaveCatcher Family Control & Readout software (Windows Only, includes scope-like GUI).

DT5751 Product Page: Caen product page for DT5751 2-4 Channel 10 bit 2/1 GS/s Digitizer.
DT5751 User Manual: User manual for DT5751 2-4 Channel 10 bit 2/1 GS/s Digitizer.

DT5740 Product Page: Caen product page for DT5740 16/32-Channel 12 bit 62.5MS/s Digitizer supporting DPP-QDC firmware.
DT5740 User Manual: User manual for the DT5740 Desktop 16/32-channel Desktop Digitizer, that also functions in QDC charge integration mode with the DPP-QDC firmware.
UM4874_DPP-QDC_UserManual: User manual for the Digital Pulse Processing for Charge to Digital Converter DPP-QDC implemented exclusively for the "D" model of the 740 Digitizer series (740D).