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... ... @@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ 5 5 = Introduction (user panel) 6 6 = 7 7 8 -The MTCA based triggers have a jitter in the few ps range, the delay can be shifted in 9 ns steps, One can choose between 10 Hz triggers, Triggers connected to the (fast) FEL shutters, frequencies locked to the pulses (e.g. 1MHz) and the actual bunch patterns. A detailed description can be found in [[x2Timer manual>>attach:x2Timer.pdf]] ([[DesignPaper>>url:http://ttfinfo2.desy.de/doocs/Timing/CDRv2.2short.pdf||shape="rect"]]).8 +The MTCA based triggers have a jitter in the few ps range, the delay can be shifted in 9 ns steps, One can choose between 10 Hz triggers, Triggers connected to the (fast) FEL shutters, frequencies locked to the pulses (e.g. 1MHz) and the actual bunch patterns. A detailed description can be found at the[[ N.A.T. webpage >>url:https://nateurope.com/product/namc-pstimer/||shape="rect"]]. 9 9 10 10 In short: 11 11 12 12 * the triggers are for low impedance (~~50 Ohm ) 13 -* signal level is + 5V - otherwise 0V (in the expert panel one can also invert the signal - base line is +5 V and trigger 0V) 13 +* signal level is: 14 +** + 3 V to + 4.5V for high (actual trigger) and 0V for low (baseline) at 50 Ohm 15 +** + 6 V to + 9V for high and 0V for low at 1 MOhm 16 +** the different trigger levels come from different hardware versions of the trigger hardware ... (4.5 V new, 3 V old) 17 +** one can also invert the signal in the expert panel ( thus the base line is + (3-5) V and the actual trigger signal is 0V) 14 14 * The trigger are send to the MTCA several ms before the first FEL pulse (3.1 ms for the "standard" trigger, 21.5 ms for the "early" trigger). 15 15 * The timer card can delay the trigger in 9 ns steps for more than 100 ms (an option to shift the trigger in 1 ns steps is available in the expert panel) 16 16 * The shown delay in µs is in respect to the //first// FEL pulse. negative delay: trigger comes before FEL, positive : trigger comes after the FEL. ... ... @@ -322,6 +322,12 @@ 322 322 323 323 \\ 324 324 329 += Some expert infos = 330 + 331 +== how to find details (age ...) of the timer cards / RTMs == 332 + 333 +[[image:attach:Capture.PNG||height="250"]][[image:attach:Capture1.PNG||height="250"]][[image:attach:Capture2.PNG||thumbnail="true" height="250"]] 334 + 325 325 \\ 326 326 327 327 \\ ... ... @@ -329,3 +329,7 @@ 329 329 \\ 330 330 331 331 \\ 342 + 343 +\\ 344 + 345 +\\