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   gigabecquerel (gigabecquerel@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 23:09:24 JST gigabecquerel

   Out of all the things to find at the scrapyard today I didn't expect it to be the fucking forward TPCs of the STAR detector???
   Especially not in this condition 😭
   Probably for the best, if they had been whole I would have had to take them home.
   But man, it hurts to see any detector like this.

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     gigabecquerel (gigabecquerel@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 23:09:55 JST gigabecquerel

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     We got a name!

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     gigabecquerel (gigabecquerel@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 23:09:56 JST gigabecquerel

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     I once again have to come to the realization that I know fuck all about chip design.
     First three pics are the SCA/ADC, starting with the LBL logo, a switched capacitor array (I think?) that didn't like my decap method and the third pic must be the SCA/ADC logic itself. I don't recognize anything there.
     Fourth pic is a logo I found on the SAS, anyone recognize it?

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     gigabecquerel (gigabecquerel@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 23:09:57 JST gigabecquerel

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     Two happy sets of ASICS in the SEM.
     The smaller one is preamp / shaping, the bigger one is the SCA/ADC

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     gigabecquerel (gigabecquerel@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 23:09:58 JST gigabecquerel

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     Of course I had to take some parts, namely two cathode pad planes and some readout electronics. Using all the cleaning products I could find I got them to an ok-ish state and soldered / plugged together what still looked ok.
     Maybe it will be a nice desk piece once I print some holder for it.
     The asics will definitely be interesting under the SEM!