Minutes of the forward endcap EMC meeting, 23nd of February 2015, SeeVogh, 15:15-16:10

• Basel: Werner
• Bochum: Cathrina, Claudius, Fritz-Herbert, Malte, Matthias, Miriam, Patrick, Stephan, Tobias H., Tom
• Bonn: Christoph
• Groningen: Myroslav
• Uppsala: -
• GSI: Excused

• Werner: Parts for VPTT preamplifier with higher gain ordered.

• Werner: above 80% of HV are available. Will connect 8 APDs to one HV channel of ISEG-HV. No extra distribution foreseen.
• Christoph: Need to know length of cables by April. Delivery in July latest. No multicore coax HV cable known.
• Fritz-Herbert: Will ask Lars which type of alternative cable he has in mind.
• Christoph and F.-H. will attend mechanics workshop in April.

• Myroslav: Prototype crates fixed in 2nd half of April. Will optimize crate size.
• Mockup test in Bochum with dummy PCB
• Myroslav will contact Pawel concerning backplate PCB design (2 cables with 16 ch. for each ADC).
• High and low rate channels will be connected to same ADCs. Signal cables length to be defined in May with Mockup crate.
• Crate mechanics may be built at Bonn workshop.

• Christoph: Which cables were irradiated?
• Need student (in Bochum) to investigate mounting sequence of alveoli. Myroslav/Rick may help to start. Mounting tools to be produced afterwards.
• Next meeting in one week.