Facilities - Electrical Testing Area
This area contains the apparatus for performing the required electrical readout tests on SCT modules to verify their operation. Modules to be tested are placed on cooling contacts in small test boxes which are in turn housed in a larger environment box. A circulating chiller provides the necessary cooling of the modules.
The modules are powered and read out through a VME crate controlled by a PC running the SCTDAQ software package. The VME crate holds the usual boards for module control and readout: AERO, MuSTARD, SLOG, CLOAC, SCTLV and SCTHV.
Pictures of the Electrical Testing area:
Overview of electrical testing equipment.
Environment box containing four electrical testing boxes.
Probing signals on the AERO board.
Closeup of the VME crate.
Left: RTE 740 chiller. Right: Drystor humidity-controlled storage cabinet.
Created: September 2003
Created by: Scott Lindsay