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== STARGRASP Extras == |
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We have been at the front lines of large mosaics, so we have developed quite |
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a few tools to make life easier for the detector engineer who |
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has to integrate a 500+ channel focal plane system. |
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Voltages are applied by the grasp_pon_ota.c tool. A custom |
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tool should be written for each type of CCD that STARGRASP |
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controls so that the tool can be responsible for enforcing |
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safe voltage limits and power-up sequences for your particular |
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flavor of device. The grasp_pon_ota.c tool does this as |
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defined by MITLL for their type of OTA, specifically CCID58s. |
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We would like to create a graphical tool like "cestlavie" |
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to tune voltages. This tool would do the work we do now with |
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simple shell scripts (sometimes just typed from the command |
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line) that edit the FITS header of your most recent set of |
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FITS files and then re-run grasp_pon_ota. In this way, the |
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grasp_pon_ota tool enforces that the new changed voltages are |
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still within range relative to the other current settings. |
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We have used parameter search loops that work in this way, |
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for instance, changing drain voltages to find the optimum setting. |
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These scripts operate on the entire focal plane at once. |
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We have scripts which produce linearity plots for all cells |
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of all devices in one image with lots of little graphs. |
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At the device level, we have a program which works like a |
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stethoscope, providing audio tones proportional in frequency |
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to the RMS noise in the overscan of a readout at a high rate. |
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(2 outputs if you have stereo ... ooh.) This is useful for |
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all sorts of tuning, including voltage changes, slight clocking |
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pattern changes, and grounding changes. |
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A program called "slotmachine.c" can analyze a multi-dimensional |
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(multi-sampled) STARGRASP FITS file and report the absolute |
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best signal to noise possible by varying the weighting of |
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the samples. This can lead to a better choice of a cestlavie |
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timing pattern, especially if you are generating a relatively |
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slow (>2usec) timing pattern. |
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We make extensive use of X-Rays (from Fe55) to measure gain |
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and charge transfer efficiency. A tool called "otaslop" |
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automatically reports all kinds of statistics for each cell |
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in each OTA when you take an "XRAY" type exposure with STARGRASP. |
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(Can demo this on GPC1, which has an internal XRAY source.) |
