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--- photon_counter [2025/01/27 12:59] – [Testing The Board] reno
+++ photon_counter [2025/09/16 11:49] (current) – reno
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 |NC|8|Ground|
 |NC|9|-8V|
+{{ :boards:photon_counter_db9.jpg?600 |Photon Counter Board DB9 Pin numbers}}
 **Note:**
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 ===== Testing The Board =====
-**Materials Required**
+==== Materials Required ====
   * Oscilloscope
   * Signal Generator
   * Testing Jig (Optional, but see below)
-**Test Jig**
+**Test Jig**\\
-The test jig can be made with a male to female DB9 connector with pin 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 connected (1/6, 2/3 should be a twisted pair). Pin 2 and 3 should be easily disconnected with something like a wago or a terminal strip.
+The test jig can be made with a male to female DB9 connector with pin 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 connected (1/6, 2/3 should be a twisted pair). Pin 2 and 3 should be easily disconnected with something like a wago or a terminal strip.\\
+Example of test jig
+{{ :pictures:photon_counter_jig.jpg?600 |}}
+==== Testing ====
+=== Photon Counter Clock ===
+  - Turn off the brewer
+  - Disconnect the DB9 connector from the photon counter board
+  - Hook up one of your oscilloscope lead to pin 5 of the DB9 connector
+  - Turn on the brewer
+  - Wait for the instrument to start up with the shutter click (It it does not, you may have to start up dosbox on the computer)
+  - The signal coming out of  pin 5 of the harness which sets the clock for the PMT should be about 7.6Hgz at 87% positive duty cycle.{{ :pictures:pcb_maingate_op.jpeg?600 |Photon counter main gate signal output}}
-**Testing**
+=== Photon Counter Counting ===
   - Turn off the brewer
-  - Install the test jig between the the PMT and the photon counter board with pin 2/3 disconnected
+  - Remove the db9 connector from the photon counter board
-  - Turn the brewer on and start the software
+  - Connect a signal generator to pin 1
-  - Enter [[mm|MM]]
+  - Inject 3.8VDC square wave at 10Khz
-  - run <key>R,0,7,4;o</key>. Since there is no signals, you should be getting 0's across the board.
+  - In dosbox, enter [[mm|MM]]
-  - With a signal generator, inject a 3.8VDC square wave at 10KHz onto pin 3
+  - run <key>R,0,7,1;o</key>. You should be getting about 13,000 counts across all 7 slits.
-  - run <key>R,0,7,4;o</key>. You should be getting about 13,000 counts across all 7 slits.
-<konsole Dosbox>R,0,7,4;O  #With no lamps on and with 2/3 disconnected
+<konsole Dosbox>R,0,7,1;O  #With no lamps on and with the DB connector disconnected
-,      0,      0,      0,      0,      0,      0,      0\\
+,      0,      0,      0,      0,      0,      0,      0
-R,0,7,4;O  #with injecting a 3.8VDC square wave at 5KHz onto pin 3
+R,0,7,1;O  #with injecting a 3.8VDC square wave at 10KHz onto pin 3
-,     6980,     6777,     6897,     6993,     6744,     6815,     6822\\
+,     2726,     2715,     2661,     2708,     2581,     2630,     2756
-R,0,7,4;O  #with injecting a 3.8VDC square wave at 10KHz onto pin 3
-,    13234,    13458,    13494,    13894,    13202,    13678,    13443
 </konsole>
+=== PMT Output ===
-**Expected Oscilloscope Views**
+  - Turn off the brewer
-<hidden PMT Signal with lamps on at optimal position>With channel 1 connected to pin 3 and channel 2 connected to pin 2. {{ :pictures:pmt_lamps_on_scope.jpeg?600 |Oscilloscope output from Pin 3 and pin 2 of the PMT db9 harness with lamps on}}</hidden>
+  - Connect the test jig between the PMT and the Photon Counter board
-<hidden Matching the square wave voltage with to the actual signal from the PMT>{{ :pictures:pmt_signal_matching.jpeg?600 |Matching the square wave voltage with to the actual signal from the PMT}}</hidden>
+  - Turn on the brewer
-<hidden Photon counter main gate signal>The signal coming out of  pin 5 of the harness which sets the clock for the PMT should be about 7.6Hgz at 87% positive duty cycle.{{ :pictures:pcb_maingate_op.jpeg?600 |Photon counter main gate signal output}}</hidden>
+  - With your oscilloscope, measure pin 2 and pin 3.
+  - Run [[ze|ZE]][[b2|B2]]
+  - The output of the oscilloscope should look something like the following {{ :pictures:pmt_lamps_on_scope.jpeg?600 |Oscilloscope output from Pin 3 and pin 2 of the PMT db9 harness with lamps on}}