[Halld-pid] TDCs for TOF

[Elton Smith]

Just a note that in single quantities, the CAEN 1290A module was $9625 
(see PR 310227). Cheers, Elton


On 6/20/12 1:56 PM, Eugene Chudakov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The TDC selection (the CAEN ones against the F1 ones) should be
> addressed at some moment before ordering the F1 TDCs.
>
> I have a simple estimate (please give me another one if you know
> better):
>
> CAEN 16 ch/module =>  12 modules (perhaps 13) * $9k=117k.
> F1 32ch/module =>  7 modules * 3k = 21k.
> A slot in a crate costs about 1k for various
> infrastructure elements.  So, the CAEN solution is about $100k more expensive.
>
> I approached Glenn with this issue.  As I had anticipated the
> management is at the moment not sympathetic with such requests. At
> minimum, one needs a paper justifying the request with a discussion of
> physics implications.
>
> Please let me know if there are plans to provide such a paper.
>
> Thanks,
> Eugene
>
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