[Halld-tracking-hw] Grounding & Cabling

[Yves Van Haarlem]

Hi Gerard,

> 	I would think that the ground cable goes to a pin (or two) on the 
> edge connector... I thought we had allowed for a ground pin in defining the 
> pinout thereon?
Yes, we have.

Best regards,
 	Yves



> 	Anyway, another method is maybe ok if that is necessary. One ground 
> wire/pin/socket per HVB, yes.
>
> 	- Gerard
>
> Yves Van Haarlem wrote:
>> Hi Fernando,
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for looking into all this.
>> 
>> Concerning:
>>>   The alternative, my preference, is to follow Gerard's suggestion of a 
>>> press-fit receptacle (I have attached a pdf). This can be press-fit or 
>>> inserted with conductive epoxy into the endplate. The final diameter of 
>>> this plus the pin on the end of the grounding wire should be ~ 0.1". This 
>>> part is available from stock, costs $0.625 and there may be a minimum 
>>> order of 500 pieces. The cost should be ~$300.
>> So in this setup there would be one receptacle/HV-board? Let me see if I 
>> get it: one glues that -small- recepticle in the enplate. Then a cable 
>> which has a pin soldered to the end of it is moved through the end-plenum 
>> and pressed in that recepticle. The cable itself leaves the endplenum and 
>> is sealed with an o-ring and glue and than connected/soldered to the 
>> HV-board.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>>  	Yves
>