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Proposal PresentationFebruary 16, 2004
Justin Akagi EE 396
Marcus Suzuki EE 496
Brent Uyehara EE 496
Overview
Project Objective Background Information Problem Details Approach Potential Problems Things We Might Learn Possible Deliverables
Project Objective
To evaluate the triggering capability of the STRAW3 chip used in the ANITA project and develop a servo-loop for dynamically adjusting the trigger threshold.
Background Information
“[ANITA] will examine the ultimate limits of energy in the universe by measurements of completely new kinds of energetic particles: neutrinos.”
“Neutrinos are the only known ultra-high-energy particles that are able to reach the earth unabsorbed cosmological distances.”
“[It will] probe the nature and origin of the highest energy cosmic rays, via the most sensitive observation to date of their characteristic neutrino by-products.”
Problem Details
To record high-energy neutrino events the minimum sampling rate is the Nyquist rate.
We must also sample data over 256 channels. It is impractical to record this data continuously
because it would result in data rates on the order of terabytes/second.
To achieve manageable data rates, we should only record sample data during actual neutrino events.
To do this, we must be able to adjust the trigger threshold to recognize events.
Approach
Debug STRAW3 trigger interface on the RFCeval board Complete Firmware schematics Load and successfully trigger with a parallel to serial
readout Documentation RFCeval trigger operation Measurement of trigger threshold curves
Put together a servo-loop (feedback loop) Understand scalar feedback variable Specification of the testing protocol Coding/evaluation of control loop
Potential Problems
Software Gremlins Hardware Gremlins Xilinx demons Not enough time
Only 24 hours in a day Only 7 days in a week Only 15 weeks in the semester
Logical flaws Unforeseen problems
Things We Might Learn
Better understanding of computer hardware/firmware
IC design, fabrication Reading complicated schematics Debugging hardware/firmware problems Testing principles Equipment: logic analyzer, signal oscilloscope,
pulse generator Software: Linux, Xilinx Projects don’t always go as well as we hope
Possible Deliverables
Triggering capability for the STRAW3 chip IEEE or Nuclear Instr. and Methods paper