1. Testing Setup Top dark box : Avalanche LED driver, 100ps pulse jitter, Fast response LED Triggering from generator Optical Fibre Bottom Box MCP, TORCH FE Boards Data transferred via USB, Can add active air cooling

2. Firmware / Software FPGA firmware provides: –Raw data output for debug, –Zero suppressed data output, –Slow control HPTDC (via JTAG). Software: –Event display, –Histogram, –LED triggering for testing, –Temperature reading.

3. Power Consumption Estimation 16-CH Testing board 4 board per MCP Power per MCP: 13w (alternative: 8-ch NINO x2216mW) ICPower (mW) Note 32-ch NINO 380Low power version 8-ch HPTDC x2 1300x240Mhz, High/res, LVDS Small FPGA <100Small low power Spartan-6 USB controller 50 Board Total 3130

5. TORCH Front End Board 4 FE Boards per 8x8 MCP, 16-channel per board, 2x8-ch NINO, 2x8-ch HPTDC, one small FPGA, and USB controller USB socket, 5V DC power, analogue bias/ power for NINOs

6. Power Consumption Estimation ICPower (mW) Note 32-ch NINO x8 380x8Low power version 8-ch HPTDC x 32!! 1300x3240Mhz, High/res, LVDS FPGA<500Large Virtex 6 Ethernet/ Optical ??To be found out Board Total~50k !! 256-CH detector board 4 board per MCP Total power: 200W It’s a monster! Possibility of new HPTDC?