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XL3 &XL2 Hardware Overview
William Boudreau
1/12/2012
XL3 Block Diagram
7 6 3
8 5
11 15
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Common failures:
No display
Touch screen failure
Faded white
Line down one side
Common failures:
Touch screen in operative
Pink / Blue tint
No backlight
White screen
Faded display
Common failures
Touch screen failure
No display
Pink / Blue tint
Lines on display
Common Failure
Various BT issues
Broken Buttons
Dim radiation warning lights
Lack of Kapton tape causing board to short out
No exposed test
points or components
where the LCD
mounting bracket
touches
Failures:
RFID error on startup
Cannot see the Test stand
Takes a long time to see the test stand
Radiation warning lights are dim
Old style cable connection damages the Interconnect PCB
Old style cable connection can damage the Detector coax cable if not properly routed.
5 service kits will be available for this. 4 kits will cover the difference in
detectors, and one will be a straight board for board replacement.
Kit 1, 500-1024, replacement to a 500-1113 single board
Kit 2, 500-1048, replacement to a 500-1113 single board
Kit 3, 500-1113, replacement
Kit 4, 500-1024, replacement to a 500-1113 single board Canberra detector
Kit 5, 500-1048, replacement to a 500-1113 single board Canberra detector
AR-FSG32MD-G3SP
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Specifications XL3t Standard detector
Maximum fast value: 350 If greater check tube and snout isolation
430-572 / 430-536
E-scale value: 6.75 8.0 for all shape times
Maximum Acceptable Resolution: Estimated max limit the instrument should be allowed to operate up to. This is a
calculated number using the 2*full with 1/2max measurement.
Acceptable Cooling: This is the max Voltage we want applied to the Peltier cooler at idle before we
will notice the detector not able to stay cool during to normal operation. We run
at -25 to reduce the thermal noise in the detector and produce better signal.
E-scale value: This is the calculated value generated from the Detector calibration. The
instrument will use this number to identify the location of all the other elements in
the Spectra.
Detector Temperature: This is the Typical operational temperature the detector needs to be at to detect
x-rays
Bias: Voltage needed to put the detector in to Depletion to generate the output we
want form the x-rays hitting it.
Sub Bias: Voltage required for different things depending on Detector supplier requirements
Maximum slow value: This is a number that has no Value, it is only a measurement of low Frequency noise.
(Grounding issues, Tube HV breakdown)
Maximum fast value: This is a number that has no Value, it is only a measurement Hi Frequency of noise.
(Electronic interference IE Power supply noise)
With all the components on the PCB you know it is just a little more complex than the
Schematic lets on.
Very small signal, needed to amplify the signal as soon as it comes out of the detector.
Very sensitive to noise (Cell phone, High voltage Power supply, 35kV + x-ray tubes)
New Preamps Have a 1wire device to help identify the Detector type in the instrument
software, This value will show on the instrument specification screen.
Basic operation of a
detector Preamp
Failures:
Filter wheel spins one way
Filter wheel doesn't spin
Shutter not operating
Most troubles with this PCB can be the PCB having a
bend to it caused by the RFID cable connection on the
CPU PCB.
Other failures can be a short in the front end damaging
things on this board and the charger PCB.
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Filter wheel XL3
Common failures:
Trigger switch alignment
Trigger switch damaged
Battery contacts damaged
Battery contacts over heating
Battery contacts having high resistance
Testing delay
The board was put through shock and vibration test along with Hot and cold testing and some other various test to make
sure we keep the CE compliance. This was taking some time because of the lack of supply of the test boards. Quality
didnt want to do the testing on hand made boards but on production ones. Many issues that were seen with older
electronics could have been identified had any of this new testing been done before use.
USB issues
The USB chip that was used on older CPUs was obsolete so it was replaced with a new model. The New model had a
different request for the way it was wired in to the system, and caused a USB freeze issue on occasion. The
engineering team decided to wire this chip the same as the older chip was and all problems were resolved. Rev B took
care of the need for the wire.
Rev B should address some of the issues above and will be here as
soon as testing is completed.
rev B requires new code to operate correctly. This new code was correcting an issue with detector resets.
New FPGA code for the Pin detectors (HH PIN_fpga-4416.nxg)
New FPGA code for the SDD detectors (HH SDD_fpga-8496.nxg)
All hardware in the Niton XL3p+ will remain the same with
the exception of the following parts:
187-4080 (Left), 187-4081 (Right) Niton
XL3p+ side labels
500-1050 FPGA PCB will be replacing
the 500-1023 FPGA PCB
500-1113 Single board will be replacing
the 500-1050 and 500-1023 FPGA and
the 500-1048 and 500-1024 CPU boards