> It is exact, one zero stayed in the keyboard. The expense is > effectively about 10000 EUR. > I have money provided for that. The only thing was to be sure that we > are going on the right track. > If one waits to test the 8 channels prototype, it sends us very late on > November. Then the chance to be delivered by MAXIMS components before > January becomes very weak. > On the other end, the two 2 channels prototype boards can be used to > confirm the method for neutrons and the benefits for the TPC by looking > at one or two TPC channels. Can this be done sooner? Before your > departure? > Then I will wait before ordering the ADCs Hi, Rene, I now have my one-channel board working in a self-triggered mode (i.e. sending a data packet when the signal goes over a threshold) connected to one of the DEMON detectors and reading out cosmic ray pulses. I've attached one to this message. Francoise has obtained a 20000 neutron/second Am-Be source, and I am trying to determine how to mount it correctly in the detector. Claude just gave me the second FADC board, which he received from you today. I loaded in my current firmware, but it does not immediately work. I will have to spend some time troubleshooting it. I have arranged to meet Malte tomorrow afternoon to try to record some signals from the TPC. If I can make your second board work properly, then I will try to use both the Lemo and the two-pin input connectors so that we can compare the signal properties. In summary, I think there is a very good chance that we will have data to evaluate the performance of the board within a few days. I will keep you up to date on our progress. Thanks, -- Fred -- Fred Gray / Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher -- -- Department of Physics / University of California, Berkeley -- -- fegray@berkeley.edu / phone 510-642-2438 / fax 510-642-9811 --
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