 Wed Jun 10 12:46:43 2009, Stefan Ritt, Input range switch added in Version 2.1.3 
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A new software verison for the DRS4 Evaluation Board has been has been released. Version 2.1.3 adds a switch for the input range of the DRS4 board.
Once can choose between -0.5V...0.5V and 0V...1V:
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Mon Apr 27 15:09:49 2009, Stefan Ritt, Amplitude and Timing calibration for DRS4 Evaluation Board
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This is a quick notification to all users of the current DRS4 evaluation board.
As you all know, the DRS4 chip needs some calibration for each individual cell which corrects the offset and the non-equidistant width in time.
While the first evaluation boards have been shipped without this calibration, the current version of the software implements a full amplitude and timing |
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Mon Feb 23 09:24:24 2009, Stefan Ritt, Rise-time measurements
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Many applications using the DRS4 need to measure fast rising signals, like for PMTs or MCPs. This short note shows the minimal rise-times which can be
measured with different input signal conditioning.
Evaluation Board
The evaluation board contains four passive transformers ADT1-1WT from Mini-Circuits to convert the single-ended input |
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Wed Feb 11 12:21:07 2009, Stefan Ritt, Corrected datasheet Rev. 0.8
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Please note the new datasheet Rev. 0.8 available from the DRS web site. It fixes the label of pin #76, which was AGND but is actualy AVDD. The
input IN8+ is located at pin #20 and not at pin #19 as described in the old table 2. |
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Wed Jan 14 12:02:04 2009, Stefan Ritt, External Trigger Input requirements
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Several people mentioned that the external trigger input (TTL) does not work on the DRS4 Evaluation Board Rev. 1.1. This is not true. The requirement
however is that the input signal must exceed approximately 1.8V. Since the input is terminated with 50 Ohms, not all TTL drivers may deliver enough current
to exceed this threshold. To verify this, the trigger signal can be monitored with an oscilloscope at test point J24. Only if the input signal exceeds |
 Wed Jan 14 13:41:44 2009, Stefan Ritt, External Trigger Input requirements
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Another tricky issue comes from the fact that the external TTL trigger and the comparator are in a logical OR. So if the comparator level is set
such that the signal is always over the threshold, the trigger is always "on" and the TTL trigger does not have any effect. It is therefore necessary |
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Mon Dec 15 13:37:38 2008, Stefan Ritt, Welcome
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