User Guide for the GLAST Beam Test Tracker

W. Kroeger and M.Hirayama

Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
University of California, Santa Cruz

SCIPP 01/01
January 2001

Abstract:

The GLAST Balloon-Flight Engineering Model (BFEM) tracker is the Beam-Test Engineering Model (BTEM) tracker modified for the balloon flight in 2001. This document describes hardware components of the tracker, beam test setup, tracker operation, and readout scheme. Detailed information of the tracker operations is also provided in later sections.

• Contents
• How to Read This User Guide
• Pre-Flight Setup
• BFEM Tracker
  • Detector Layer
  • Tray Stack and Tracker Coordinate
  • Readout Electronics
• Tracker Operation
  • Readout Procedure
  • Tracker Configuration
  • Addressing Scheme
• Configuration
  • Controller and Cable Addresses
  • Known Problems
• Testing
  • Strip Maps
  • Cosmic Particles
• Details on Tracker
  • Control Register
  • GTFE Command
  • GTRC Command
  • Resetting Chips
  • Readout Cable and Repeater Board
• About this document ...