Re: preampboard and shaper test

[Gerard Visser <gvisser@indiana.edu>]

Hi Elke,
	Yes this sounds like a good idea. I have been making tests here with 
the cable and receiver/shaper, I think I have a first pass design for 
the cable equalization completed. It will be excellent to move on to 
tests with the real preamp board and the cable and receiver/shaper.
	If I can receive from Fernando a pream board relatively soon, to get 
these tests completed, then I think it would make a lot of sense for me 
to come and work with the CDC or FDC prototype soon. Personally, I would 
like to focus on the CDC first, because there we need to get best 
possible timing measurement and have the larger dynamic range of signals 
to handle, and especially because I have not yet had any opportunity to 
work with signals from the CDC. Maybe Simon and I could both meet with 
Yves at CMU for this effort. Mid-december should be possible for my 
schedule. I would be unavailable from 12/21 to 1/2; the RHIC run is now 
starting but I believe (but not quite confirmed yet) my new and old 
hardware in STAR is working so I don't anticipate to travel again soon 
for that.
	Thanks,
		Gerard

Elke-Caroline Aschenauer wrote:
> Dear Gerard,
> 
> as you for sure already know we will have latest end of next week preamp
> boards with the asic and cables so we can test things with the CDC and the
> FDC prototypes.
> As it is very important to test things also with the shaper we have been
> wondering you could come to JLab or CMU or both to work with Simon and
> Yves get nice signals out. It would be really super great if that could
> still happen before mid of December as we would like to have first data
> especially with the CDC to test fits to the signal shape, so we see we can
> get the required timing resolution.
> 
> I think it would be very helpful if you could tell us what your time
> constraints are.
> 
> thanks Elke