Name: Em#: Collaboration Meeting
Start: 2019-07-23T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2019-07-24T14:00:00+02:00
Location: ALBA Synchrotron

Em#: Collaboration Meeting

from Tuesday, 23 July 2019 (09:00) to Wednesday, 24 July 2019 (14:00)

Monday, 22 July 2019
Tuesday, 23 July 2019

09:00 Wellcome
Wellcome
09:00 - 09:10
Room: Tesla Training Room
09:10 Project introduction and meeting objectives - Óscar Matilla Barceló
Project introduction and meeting objectives
- Óscar Matilla Barceló
09:10 - 09:30
Room: Tesla Training Room
09:30 Gateware status - Xavier Serra Gallifa
Gateware status
- Xavier Serra Gallifa
09:30 - 09:50
Room: Tesla Training Room
09:50 Firmware and OS status - Manuel Broseta Sebastià
Firmware and OS status
- Manuel Broseta Sebastià
09:50 - 10:10
Room: Tesla Training Room
10:10 Break
Break
10:10 - 10:40
Room: Tesla Training Room
10:40 Documentation - Manuel Broseta Sebastià
Documentation
- Manuel Broseta Sebastià
10:40 - 11:00
Room: Tesla Training Room
11:00 Integration in Control system status at MAX IV - Antonio Milan
Integration in Control system status at MAX IV
- Antonio Milan
11:00 - 11:15
Room: Tesla Training Room
11:15 Integration in Control system status in ALBA - Guifré Cuní Soler
Integration in Control system status in ALBA
- Guifré Cuní Soler
11:15 - 11:30
Room: Tesla Training Room
11:30 Calibration - Xavier Serra Gallifa
Calibration
- Xavier Serra Gallifa
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Tesla Training Room
12:00 Need of evaluation and Validation Plan - Manuel Broseta Sebastià
Need of evaluation and Validation Plan
- Manuel Broseta Sebastià
12:00 - 12:20
Room: Tesla Training Room
12:20 Em# problems & incidents at MAX IV - Peter Sjöblom
Em# problems & incidents at MAX IV
- Peter Sjöblom
12:20 - 12:40
Room: Tesla Training Room
12:40 Em# problems & incidents at ALBA - Manuel Broseta Sebastià
Em# problems & incidents at ALBA
- Manuel Broseta Sebastià
12:40 - 12:55
Room: Tesla Training Room
12:55 Round table
Round table
12:55 - 13:05
Room: Tesla Training Room

13:10 Lunch
Lunch
13:10 - 14:00
14:00 FPGA Gateware developments at MAX IV - Ricaud Jean-Paul
FPGA Gateware developments at MAX IV
- Ricaud Jean-Paul
14:00 - 14:20
Room: Tesla Training Room
14:20 Related projects at MAX IV: Multiplexer, ... - Peter Sjöblom
Related projects at MAX IV: Multiplexer, ...
- Peter Sjöblom
14:20 - 14:40
Room: Tesla Training Room
14:40 Wish list and future needs - Peter Sjöblom
Wish list and future needs
- Peter Sjöblom
14:40 - 15:00
Room: Tesla Training Room
15:00 Wish list and future needs at ALBA - Xavier Serra Gallifa
Wish list and future needs at ALBA
- Xavier Serra Gallifa
15:00 - 15:20
Room: Tesla Training Room
15:20 Feedback and perspectives of Rhythm - Óscar Matilla Barceló
Feedback and perspectives of Rhythm
- Óscar Matilla Barceló
15:20 - 15:40
Room: Tesla Training Room
15:40 Round table
Round table
15:40 - 16:10
Room: Tesla Training Room

20:00 Dinner
Dinner
20:00 - 23:00
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
09:00 Production and installation at ALBA and feedback from other facilities - Avila-Abellan Jose (ALBA-CELLS)
Production and installation at ALBA and feedback from other facilities
- Avila-Abellan Jose (ALBA-CELLS)
09:00 - 09:20
Room: Tesla Training Room
09:20 Production and installation at MAX IV - Peter Sjöblom
Production and installation at MAX IV
- Peter Sjöblom
09:20 - 09:40
Room: Tesla Training Room
09:40 Components obsolescence - Xavier Serra Gallifa
Components obsolescence
- Xavier Serra Gallifa
09:40 - 10:00
Room: Tesla Training Room
10:00 Break
Break
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Tesla Training Room

10:30 Roadmap approval, tasks assignation
Roadmap approval, tasks assignation
10:30 - 12:00
Room: Tesla Training Room Minutes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The collaboration meeting started with historical summary of electrometer milestones, highlighting: the collaboration agreement signature (September 2015), which ends on September 2020; the 1st collaboration meeting (March 2016); em# meeting during ICALPCS (October 2017). It was pointed out that the design was done modular in all levels to ease the collaboration, main summary of the design was done, focusing on the general structure of the code and the last developments from the first official release (FW v.1.0.00) to the last official release (4th July 2019 FW v.1.3.03). Documentation of the project was explained and the need of a evaluation plan to validate software exposed. After this introductory presentations it was reported by ALBA and MAX IV the problems and incidents detected from last collaboration meeting. The conclusion was that major problems are solved, Em# is working well and no major problems are pending to guarantee the agreed functionality for current stage. Max IV will update the em# to version FW v1.3.03 to check if the problems reported vanishes. After lunch the meeting continued presenting related projects status, Max IV current multiplexer and the future ALBA strategy to develop a synchronization device based on Harmony called Rhythm. On Wednesday both institutions reported the production and installation status. ALBA assembled units (9 LV + 15 HV), 6 units in use + 2 units sent to ESRF for test + 1 unit sold to SOLARIS. MAX IV assembled units ( 50 LV + 25 HV), 51 units in use, it is foreseen a production new of 15HV electrometers. The next presentation faced the obsolescence of em# components. It was reported that NUC and SPEC boards are obsolete and few alternatives were exposed with the risks of replacement. Both facilities exposed that they were aware of the problem and they were going to provision the obsolete boards for future productions, and that the problem of alternatives will be faced afterwards and considering also future developments needs of next project stages. During the closure session a list all the needs and tasks to be done was produced. The tasks were ordered by priority and a delivery date was assigned to some of them. The next meetings dates were fixed. Next video-meeting on 15th September at 15h. Second web-meeting on 21st Janaury at 15h and Collaboration meeting in Lund on 9th and 10th of June 2020. The objective is that for the next meeting (15Sept) the following tasks will be finished and therefore reported: Assembly 2 Calibrators of actual version. Responsible X.Serra Configure gitLab to check mistakes on firmware code. Responsible Antonio Milan Study to include NTP protocol of Em# OS. Responsible Antonio and Manolo Write a script to check basic functionality of Em#. Responsible Peter, Antonio, Manolo and Xevi. Before the second meeting (21Jan) the objective is to finish: A new official version including the features SCPI command and web to identify the Em# kind (HV, LV) Set DAC value to 0, when DAC range is changed Web button to Blink display, to identify the Em# Add timestamp to triggers Allow to remove data on NUC once it is read Autotrigger by hardware Study of how to improve the continuous sampling rate of Em# In the second meeting the tasks to do before the collaboration meeting of Lund must be discussed, however the following tasks are foreseen: Prepare an collaboration agreement extension Design a new calibrator Improve sampling rate of Em# as much as possible with current hardware. 1kS/s will be acceptable. 2 kS/s will be the maximum required. A limited acquisition (1 channel, limited timestamp information) can be explored. Improve internal memory of Em# as much as possible with current hardware. 10kS is aparently will be easy to achieve with FPGA internal memory blocks. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00