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The slope box (or ''sloped box'') is the interface between the control & monitoring system and the detector. The slope box takes DC power from the | The slope box (or ''sloped box'') is the interface between the control & monitoring system and the detector. The slope box takes DC power from the [[SBX Power Board|SBX power board]] and generates the bias voltage for the Ge detector (typically around 3500V) as well as the lesser bias voltage for the BGO detectors (~750V - 800V). The HV supplies of the slope box are programmable through EPICS. A demand HV value is written to a DAC in the slope box and the HV is a multiple of the DAC voltage. The slope box also has a multiplexed ADC that measures detector temperature, actual HV being applied and values of the various power supplies. | ||
In the previous implementation of Gammasphere before upgrades, the slope box was intimately associated with the VXI modules in the 'shack'. The VXI modules provided DC voltage and a serial interface to the slope box, and a processor board (an IOC, in EPICS parlance) converted changes in control process variables into serial messages to the slope box. These messages included commands to set the DAC or to read out the ADC. | In the previous implementation of Gammasphere before upgrades, the slope box was intimately associated with the VXI modules in the 'shack'. The VXI modules provided DC voltage and a serial interface to the slope box, and a processor board (an IOC, in EPICS parlance) converted changes in control process variables into serial messages to the slope box. These messages included commands to set the DAC or to read out the ADC. | ||
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Revision as of 18:23, February 13, 2023
The slope box (or sloped box) is the interface between the control & monitoring system and the detector. The slope box takes DC power from the SBX power board and generates the bias voltage for the Ge detector (typically around 3500V) as well as the lesser bias voltage for the BGO detectors (~750V - 800V). The HV supplies of the slope box are programmable through EPICS. A demand HV value is written to a DAC in the slope box and the HV is a multiple of the DAC voltage. The slope box also has a multiplexed ADC that measures detector temperature, actual HV being applied and values of the various power supplies.
In the previous implementation of Gammasphere before upgrades, the slope box was intimately associated with the VXI modules in the 'shack'. The VXI modules provided DC voltage and a serial interface to the slope box, and a processor board (an IOC, in EPICS parlance) converted changes in control process variables into serial messages to the slope box. These messages included commands to set the DAC or to read out the ADC.
Go back to Digital Gammasphere Upgrade Project