EASY BRIC

Overview

The EASY BRIC System is the new CAEN low voltage power supply system conceived for powering DC-DC converter stages in hostile environments. The system is made by a water-cooled crate which can host up to four EASY BRIC modules.
The new EASY BRIC module provides eight positive 10 ÷ 12 V / 16 A channels that can be set locally via trimmer and then monitored remotely through the A1660 branch controller. The A1660 operates in safe area inserted in a CAEN SYx527 mainframe, and can manage up to two EASY BRIC crates / 64 power supply channels.

D-SUB 8W8 socket Power Connector 8W8 Socket

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The remote control, based on the robust RS-485 communication bus, is performed with a simple command-based protocol which allows the monitoring of output voltages and currents as well as the remote ON/OFF of each channel. An INTERLOCK port is also available to shut down the device in case of any safety issue in the experimental area occurs.
The EASY BRIC system has been designed to accept 270 ÷ 300 VDC input power, allowing for a reduced voltage drop / reduced cable diameter over long input power lines in case of AC/DC sources placed in safe area. The EASY BRIC system has been extensively tested for radiation tolerant and magnetic field tolerant operations up to:

• Ionizing Radiation (Total Dose): 200 Gy
• Displacement Damage: 5.8 x 1012 1-MeV Eq. n/cm2
• Single Event Fluence: 1.0 x 1012 p/cm2 (E > 20 MeV)
• Magnetic Field: 0.5 T

Thanks to the integration of the system in the SYx527, the EASY BRIC can be controlled with all SYx527 software and libraries (GECO2020, HiVoCS, OPC Server, EPICS and CAEN HV Wrapper).