1) BI for HiRadMat (A. Fabich)

Schedule foresees 7 Slots in 2015 - 75 hours total

• First experiment starting in May 2015

• Improved monitoring expected from Q4

Requirements based on uncertainty

• Varying beam trajectory from the SPS extraction
• Propose BPM for experiment correlation

Additional BPMs requested by

• HRMT 27, HRMT 23, +2 more

• Request for 100um position resolution (alignment done by survey)

Beam type

• Single bunch or batches of 25 or 50ns @ 440GeV
• 1->288 bunches
• Intensity 1E10 to 2E11 protons/bunch
• 0.1->2mm sigma HOR/VER

Requirement

• Monitor to be in air (strip-line coupler only choice - BPKG)
• Measurement of single pulses
  • Bunch by bunch acquisition not required
  • Single bunch requested
• Beam based alignment could be considered

Infrastructure available

• Cabling from TNC to HRM control room

Timescale

• Request to be available by August 2015

BI Proposal:

• Combine BTV with BPM on same support.
• BTV to be used for beam-based alignment of BPM at low intensity or large emittance (choice of BTV screen material to be decided - carbon?)
• Design common table that can be re-used by all expts may be challenging
• Thibaut to collect following information for presentation in 2 weeks:
  • Cost of BPM & BTV
  • Cabling and fibres required (available?)
  • Design work required - coordinated with Ray & MME

2) LHC BI Status Update

• Hardware installation basically complete for main systems

• SW to be discussed in separate meeting (Enrico, L. Jensen)

• BRAN: several VME power supply failures (probably cumulated since start of LS1)
  • Christos to update planning for power supply replacement to be presented at future TB after discussion with L. Søby
  • Fan-trays to be replaced by LS2

• Timber logging of SDDS
  • Not automatic - L. Jensen to check and report back
  • Logging alive? - software tools to check - S. Jackson / JJ. Gras

• BBQ
  • GUI SW - Fabio. E. Bravin to check status

• DCCT
  • Problem with MTT transmission. Being investigated with P. Odier
  • Expert GUI tools being written (M. Ludwig)

• Fast BCT
  • System commissioning D. Belohrad, S. B. Pedersen

• BLM
  • Rad source measurements in triplets done
  • Question about when new firmware with DMA will be available (Christos?)

• BPM
  • DOROS - 4 boxes mid March (Marek) - installation to be decided with Jorg

• Abort Gap
  • Basic FESA functionality up and running
  • Calibration still to be included

• Orbit & Tune feedback
  • Need input from S. Jackson - expect new system to be operational very soon

• BRAN
  • HW nearly all installed
  • FESA servers still to be ported - expect functionality like before LS1

• BSRT
  • Imaging all installed
  • FESA has been updated following meeting with Federico/Ana et al
  • System commissioning to be done

• Wirescanner
  • HW installation complete
  • WS GUI being updated by Verena & Maria Kuhn - to be tested

Non Critical Items

• BSRT Interferometer - camera still to be installed.
  • No software specification - PM expert tools to be used

• BLDM
  • New Hybrid APD ordered & new crates being installed.
  • No sopftware specifications available - split of devices B1/B2 expected
  • Expert GUI to be updated (specifications pending)

• BQHT
  • FESA server working & BI/SW Expert GUI available
  • Instability triggering requirements to be clarified (T. Levens)
  • Operational GUI to be defined once use-case clear

• BMIM
  • Installation foreseen for technical stop

• Schottky
  • Old systems up and running
  • Expert GUI specifications from M. Wendt et al pending (J. Fullerton)

LHC Commissioning & MD Planning

MD Requests received so far:

• BSRT & WCM with bumps
• BPMs & schottky
• BLM sunglasses
• Matching monitors

• List from Rossano (cold check-out) & Jorg (Commissioning) to be presented by Enrico at future TB or Friday update Meeting

  Sector test instrumentation appears to be OK - would be useful to document what should be tested when the final schedule is available (LHC injection, ring, extraction) - Enrico et al.

3) VFC Status

• VFC-HD - High pin-count DDR!  (official BI name: BEVFC-HD)

• Design complete

• EDMS import underway - estimate is that it will take 4 weeks
• OHWR project - http://www.ohwr.org/projects/vfc-hd/wiki
• FPGA - 31 available
• If Norcott produce then mid May for delivery of prototypes of new boards

Proposal for short-term

• Produce 31 boards (using all available FPGAs in stock).
• Produce all PCBs & order components
• Mount 2 - deliver & test - then go-ahead for rest
  • Request quote from 3 suppliers - A. Boccardi

Full Production (first batch by July 2016)

• Process can be launched already now.
  • Meeting with finance next week.
  • Number to be finalised, but 500+ - A. Boccardi
• Contract by Jan 2016. July for 1st production.

Development

• Automated test bench to be specified - QP
• FW infrastructure & support - QP
• Contracts
  • Can use template from BL - A. Boccardi to contact C. Zamantzas

4) Fast ADC Status

AD9680 chip

• 300->1000MS/s
• 10.8 ENOB (10MHz)
• AC coupled (not what we want!)
• Serial JESD204 transmission
• Received in Nov

RF Distributor Card

• Adapted to allow BCT input to new ADC + feeding old systems
• PCB being assembled

Status of ADC

• Needs external, synchronous low jitter clocks (= sampling clock/4)
• Serial data in 4 lanes. 500MHz -> 4 lanes @ 5GHz
• Can talk to ADC but no serial data received yet

Commercial FMC

• Innovative will ship March according to them (DC coupled)
• Delphi quoting 16 week delivery for QUAD 1GS/s 14bit using AD9680 ADC
  • Should check specs & then order one - D. Belohrad
• J. Kral to take over from Daniel
• Update at next meeting - D. Beloharad