[evlatests] Terminology

Walter Brisken wbrisken at nrao.edu
Tue Feb 6 17:31:27 EST 2007


I agree with Rick.  If one wanted to impose a bit more symmetry on the 
naming, I would recommend postpending a '0' at the end of the 8-bit IF 
names.  Since each T304 has a letter (A through D) painted on it, that 
letter should be part of the name of each IF coming out of the T304.

-W

On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Rick Perley wrote:

>    The letters A, B, C, and D are all well understood to refer to the
> four T304 downconverters, such that 'A' is RCP of IF#1, 'B' is RCP of
> IF#2, etc.  I think these should be retained in the descriptors.
>    Looking at the existing block diagram, we see that the three outputs
> from any one downcoverter are already labelled:  A, A1, and A2, for
> example.  (A is the 8-bit output, A1 and A2 are the first and second
> 3-bit outputs).
>    So I suggest retaining this system, despite it being 'wordier'.
>
>    Rick
>




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