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- Page 1 AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual HV-PANDA HV Positive And Negative Double-width AMC User’s Manual All Rights Reserved © CAEN ELS s.r.l. Rev. 1.1 – May 2018...
- Page 2 AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual CAEN ELS s.r.l. Via Vetraia, 11 55049 Viareggio (LU) – Italy Mail: info@caenels.com Web: www.caenels.com...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual Table Of Contents INTRODUCTION ................... 8 AMC HV-PANDA O ..............8 VERVIEW .................10 EVICE ESCRIPTION QUICK INTRODUCTION TO THE MTCA ENVIRONMENT ....13 ....................13 LOSSARY SAFETY AND INSTALLATION ..............15 ..............15 ENERAL AFETY NFORMATION ...................15 NITIAL NSPECTION ................16... - Page 4 AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual Document Revisions Document Revision Date Comment January 28 2015 First Release September 20 2015 Sections added and modifications May 3 2018 Typo errors fixing...
- Page 5 User's Manual before any kind of operation. CAEN ELS s.r.l. reserves the right to change partially or entirely the contents of this Manual at any time and without giving any notice. Disposal of the Product The product must never be dumped in the Municipal Waste.
- Page 6 AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual Read over the instruction manual carefully before using the instrument. The following precautions should be strictly observed before using the device: • Do not use this product in any manner not WARNING specified by the manufacturer. The protective features of this product may be impaired if it is used in a manner not specified in this manual.
- Page 7 AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual The following table shows the general environmental requirements for a correct operation of the instrument: Environmental Conditions Requirements Operating Temperature 0°C to 50°C Operating Humidity 30% to 85% RH (non-condensing) Storage Temperature -10°C to 60°C Storage Humidity...
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Page 8: Introduction
HV-PANDA Advanced Mezzanine Card. 1.1 AMC HV-PANDA Overview The CAEN ELS AMC HV-PANDA is a standard Double-Width Full-Size (Height) Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) board that hosts 4 High Voltage power supply modules with paired floating ground returns. It is mechanically and electrically compliant to the AMC.0 R2.0 standard with the modifications required by MTCA.4... - Page 9 AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual 0. Ports 17 to 20 are fully populated with MLVDS transceivers to allow the user to provide triggering signals for HV channels or RTM synchronization. The micro-USB port on the front panel provides a means to slowly communicate with both FPGA and AMC Module Management Controller (MMC) and can be used for debugging and monitoring purposes.
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Page 10: Device Description
AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual 1.2 Device Description Both sides and the front view of the AMC HV-PANDA can be seen on the following Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3. Figure 1: AMC HV-PANDA Figure 2: AMC HV-PANDA Component side 1... - Page 11 HV control logic reads relevant informations from the modules and takes immediate actions according to informations provided by the AMC digital logic. Different HV modules can be mounted on the AMC HV-PANDA board according to the following table. Both positive and negative polarity are available.
- Page 12 AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual interface and optionally a Gigabit Ethernet link. This sections conveys the user instructions to the HV digital section and provides a feedback about the channels status. The AMC board includes a Flash memory module that can also be used to store user defined informations and a DDR3 memory (up to 4Gb) to accomodate a computation demanding RTM board.
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Page 13: Quick Introduction To The Mtca Environment
AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual 2. Quick Introduction to the MTCA Environment The following will be a brief introduction to the MTCA environment to provide the user with the basic knowledge and terminology that will be used throughout the following sections. If the user is already familiar with the MTCA system he can proceed to the following chapter. - Page 14 AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual Hot-Swap Handle Hand grip that provides user interface that initiates the hot-swap sequence and allows module removal from the chassis. Module LEDs Leds required by AMC.0 R2.0 standard. 3 Leds are required: BLUE LED: indication of hot-swap and communication status;...
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Page 15: Safety And Installation
Keep all packing material until the inspection has been completed. If damage is detected, file a claim with carrier immediately and notify CAEN ELS d.o.o. service personnel. -
Page 16: Injury Precautions
CAEN ELS d.o.o. shall not be liable for user’s failure to comply with these requirements. To avoid electrical shock or fire hazard, do not apply a voltage to a load that is outside the range specified for that load. -
Page 17: Output Connectors
MTCA.4 compliant chassis. Many chassis variants are available from different vendors with possibly different backplane arrangements for connections on ports 2 and 3. CAEN ELS HV-PANDA does not rely on vendor specific implementations of the backplane allowing the board to be mounted on a broad range of chassis, the only mandatory requirement is the ability of the crate to host Double- Width Full-Size AMC boards. - Page 18 Pull the AMC module Hot-Swap Handle until it is in the unlocked position. Insert the HV-PANDA board in the top and bottom card guides of the AMC slot and slide the card fully in until the edge connector is fully mated to the MTCA backplane connector (see Figures 2.1 and 2.2).
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Page 19: Installation In A Mtca.0 Chassis Or Atca Carrier
±120V) respect to Logic GND by means of a voltage suppressing electronic. Do not actively drive the ground level of the HV channels as this may result in damage to the HV-PANDA board. A detailed sketch of the grounding connections is depicted in Figure 5. - Page 20 AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual The return current path is always established through the cable shield. HV GNDs Logic GND Chassis GND Figure 5: Grounding Connections...
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Page 21: Controlling The Hv-Panda
The board is controlled using a proprietary user space driver provided in the User’s CD. The HV-Panda can also be operated using the DESY “pcieuni” driver in conjunction with the ‘panda.map’ file that is provided in appendix and also in the User’s 4.2 Graphical User Interface... -
Page 22: Hv-Panda Console
Figure 8: HV-PANDA GUI with channel 3 interlock active HV-Panda Console The HV Panda can also be operated by a command line console. -
Page 23: Ordering Options
AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual 5. Ordering Options The ordering codes of the AMC HV-PANDA are the following: Ordering Code Product Description HV-PANDA - 4-channel HV Full-size AMC Board (6kV@6W HVPANDA6KPXA per channel) - Positive polarity HV-PANDA - 4-channel HV Full-size AMC Board (-6kV@6W... -
Page 24: Technical Specifications
AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual 6. Technical Specifications Technical Specifications for the AMC HV-PANDA cards are hereafter presented: General Technical Specifications PICMG - AMC.0 R.2 with RTM connector according to PICMG specifications “AMC.0 R2.0 – Advanced Mezzanine Card Base Board Type Specification”... - Page 25 From 1 to 500 V/s Ramp Speed Step Size 1 V/s Stand-by Voltage Set Resolution 1% of FS Current Limit Value Accuracy <4% of FS - switch-off Output Current Threshold Behaviour - current source mode Table 2:Electrical specifications for AMC HV-PANDA...
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Page 26: Mechanical Dimensions
AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual 7. Mechanical Dimensions The AMC HV-PANDA board complies with the PICMG AMC.0 R2.0 “Advanced Mezzanine Card Base Specification” standard and extension MTCA.4 Revision 1.0 “MicroTCA Enhancement for Rear I/O and Precision Timing”. The board is a double-width, full-size AMC card with front panel SHV connectors. - Page 27 AMC HV-PANDA User’s Manual Appendix A HV-Panda MAP file: # name number of elements address size width fracbits signed VERSION 0x00000001 0x00000000 0x00000004 0x00000000 WATCHDOG 0x00000001 0x00000004 0x00000004 0x00000000 STATUS 0x00000001 0x00000008 0x00000004 0x00000000 CONTROL 0x00000001 0x00000010 0x00000004 0x00000000 CH_POLARITY...
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