News from Micromegas modules D. Attié, P. Colas, E. Delagnes, M. Dixit, A. Giganon, J-P Martin, M. Riallot, F. Senée, Y-H Shin, S. Turnbull LCTPC WP Meeting #78, 26 November 2008 LCTPC WP Phone Meeting #71 – 26.11.2008 Micromegas module
New test bench in Saclay Resistive MM New test bench, identical to the one in DESY New materials: PC and T2K DAQ on Linux gas box back-end electronic card (Xilink ML405) Front-End Mezzanine (FEM) Micromegas resistive module with resistive ink ~ 1-2 MΩ/□ Still missing parts (coming soon): Electronic Front-End Cards (× 6 FECs) with peaking time by-pass capability Paid by Carleton University Mechanical support without shielding Flexible cables 12 from spares, 12 new ordered Flexible cables T2K electronics 1728 channels in 6 FECs Optical fibre Back-end electronics TCP/IP via ethenet PC T2K DAQ on Linux Micromegas modules LCTPC WP Meeting #78 – 04.03.2009
Status and plans New version of the FEM firmware has been implemented at DESY today Data analysis in progress with the help of Yun-Ha Shin and Madhu Dixit (See Paul slides) Continuation of the ILD-TPC design with Mac Riallot Next beam tests with new resistive Micromegas module to be schedule (before the next GEM module beam test?) Micromegas modules LCTPC WP Meeting #78 – 04.03.2009