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Report of the activities of Centro di Elettronica Bologna presented to the Section Assembly – July 2022

 

Detail of activities by Group I

ATLAS Preparation and testing of fiber optic connection networks for the irradiation tests envisaged for the developments for runs 3 and 4 of the Lucid – Avoni detector
ATLAS ASupporto e maintenance per rivelatore Lucid: preprazione di nuove basi di PMT e disegno dei frontalini delle schede elettroniche – Avoni
ATLAS Bakelite resistivity measurement system for RPC detectors – Meneghini
ATLAS Preliminary design of the upgrade of the LUCROD board for the LUCID detector – Meneghini
ATLAS Support for the use of the LUCROD-ZDC board in the experiment – Meneghini
ATLAS Assembly and installation of 4 “IGAP and SENSORS patch panel” cards for the Muons detector – Avoni
ATLAS Wiring finalization and LGAD detector test for the BMA detector (beam monitor)- Avoni
ATLAS Technical support for the maintenance of Forward Detectors – Avoni
ATLAS Support assembly of detectors and preparation for beam tests for ZDC and RPD detectors – Avoni
ATLAS Support for reworking trigger cards for the Muons detector  -Avoni
ATLAS Support and firmware development for the ROD board of the Pixel detector: implementation of embedded-Linux. creation of a “twin” setup in Bologna- Balbi
ATLAS Production of a new batch of LV_CUTOFF_BOARD boards for ITK sensor test setup  – Torromeo
ATLAS Design of a circuit with different sensors for the ITK test setup in collaboration with the Lecce section – Veri
ATLAS Test support for soldering electronic components on RPC detectors – Pellegrini
ATLAS Production of HV_SWITCH BOX boards  -Torromeo
CMS Design and implementation of a NIM – TTL – LVDS signal conversion board – Mastropasqua. – Zuffa
CMS Design and manufacture of LVFE boards – Zuffa
CMS Fast inference of Deep Learning models on FPGA resources  – Travaglini
LHCB Firmware drawing on PCIe40 card for the acquisition of the PLUME detector – Balbi, Torromeo
RD-FCC Support for beam testing with microRwell detector – Falchieri
SND@LHC Production of the SND_SIPM60 board and commissioning at the experiment – Baldanza
MUonE Hardware, firmware and software support for the calorimeter acquisition system – Balbi. Baldanza. Falchieri. Travaglini
LUXE Design of a custom crate for the Gamma Beam Profile (GBP) detector reading system – Zuffa. Avoni
LUXE Support for the layout design and production of the electronic board for the GBP detector sensors and design of test boards- Zuffa

Detail of activities by Group II

NU-AT-FNAL Participation in the assembly and wiring of CRT detectors at Fermilab Pellegrini. – Degli Esposti
NU-AT-FNAL Design and production of SiPM characterization boards for the Dune experiment: in Liquid-Argon (amplifier) ​​and hot (150 front-end boards. Relay board) – Lax
NU-AT-FNAL Design of SiPM matrix test boards for the GRAIN: Motherboard and mezzanine demonstrator- Lax
DarkSide Design and production of OPTOLINK and PDUslim Differential TX boards – Zuffa
KM3 Support to the Bologna site for the production of Base Modules: electronic assembly and testing – Pellegrini
KM3 Support for the production of the Base Modules in the different sites (Catania and Caserta): preparation of the assembly kits. quality documentation. Production of the cables necessary for the entire production – Pellegrini
 KM3 Assembly and testing of a Calibration Unit – Pellegrini
KM3 Support for design and prototype testing for phase 2 modules – Pellegrini
KM3 Participation in the detector deployment campaign on the Italian site Pellegrini. – Degli Esposti
KM3 Production of a new batch of GBoard boards and new Gboard Flex Extender circuits  – Pellegrini
KM3 Firmware development for the Octopaes board – Degli Esposti
Limadou  Assembly and wiring of 140 PRT2 circuits for HEPD detector PMTs – Lolli
Limadou  Test with the vacuum chamber of the PRT2 board section – Lolli
Limadou  PMT test and assembly for the HEPD detector – Lolli
ENUBET Upgrade of the connections of the tracker previously made for the experiment – Nessie Degli Esposti
ENUBET Design of the patch board for upgrading the connections of the Nessie tracker – Veri
CUORE  Control system maintenance and data taking – Lolli

Detail of activities by Group III and V

ALICE Firmware development for DRM2 board for ALICE TOF for LHC RUN3 – Falchieri
ALICE Progettazione PCB PicoTDC_adapterBoard – Torromeo
ALICE Preliminary board design with PicoTDC and FPGA – Baldanza
EIC_NET  DAQ firmware development for 6 Alcor chip readout and support for two beam tests at CERN – Falchieri
EIC_NET  Design and manufacture of SiPM Carrier Extension flex cards – Baldanza
FAMU High rate, low noise analog mezzanine PCB design for GSPS digitizer – Veri
FAMU Firmware development and testing for the GSPS digitizer – Travaglini
FAMU Fast Baseline Restorer board design and production – Zuffa
FAMU Production of font-end boards for the LaBr3 detector and PMT HV divider – Zuffa
FOOT Assembly of SiPM test circuits – Meneghini
FIRE Realization of two versions of printed circuit called Patch Board – Veri
ARCADIA Sfirmware development for MD1 + MD2 chip readout. support to users of other sections. participation in chip characterization sessions with sources / cosmics / lasers – Falchieri
ARCADIA Participation in a working group for the design / verification of the final MD3 chip – Falchieri. Balbi

Summary of activities (other projects and service management)

VARIOUS Support for radiofrequency irradiation system via TEM – Torromeo
MICROELECTRONICS Study and maintenance of CAD and licenses – Falchieri. Balbi. Veri
MICROELECTRONICS Training on wire bonding techniques (in collaboration with the Silici Laboratory) – Torromeo
TRAINING  Two internships with students of the Belluzzi-Fioravanti Technical Institute (PCTO) – Falchieri. Lolli
TRAINING  Course on programmable logic and Verilog language at the Technical Institute of Faenza (2 classes) – Balbi
TRAINING  Preparation of additional internship activities – Balbi. Bisi. Veri. Zuffa
MULTIMEDIA Audio / video support for events. training courses and editing and filming archiving – Bisi Lolli Meneghini
DEVELOPMENT FPGA firmware write learning  – Baldanza. Degli Esposti. Veri
MANAGEMENT Order Support All – [Zuffa > 40]
MANAGEMENT Licensing support – Bisi
MANAGEMENT Instrumentation management – Tutti
EEE Test of the new production of Polar_FPGA cards – Meneghini
Fortress  External project – Support for the design of the boards for the front-end of reading flexible sensors- Torromeo. Travaglini
AIDA INNOVA MRPC  External project Support for the production of cathode cards – Meneghini
INTEFF-HIBRAD  External project Design. production and testing of the control board of the thermo-regulated cage – Lax
INTEFF-HIBRAD External project Firmware of the microcontroller for the management of the thermoregulated cage – Lax. Mastropasqua