ECAL Front-end development
Front-end Board Specification: Output shaping: Nr of channels : 8 Input voltage range: 0 - 10V Input resistance: 50 Ohm Supply voltage: +- 5V Output shaping: Rising time: 100 ns Length of pulse: 400 ns Output range: 2V pp output DC voltage: 0.9V
Front-end Board Connections: Threshold Digital output: LVDS Digital output connector: 20-way 100 mils twisted pair cable Analog output connector: KEL 80 way twisted pair 50 mils Input connector: MMCX Threshold 10-bit DAC in each channel SPI compatible 3-wire serial interface
Front-end Readout Board TRBv3 addon board (new development - 65Ms ADC-see Michael talk) old Shower-Addon ADC
Schedule Front-end board: December 2011 TRBv3 addon: March 2012