EASY (Embedded Assembly SYstem) is the CAEN high/low voltage power supply solution every time residual magnetic fields and/or radiation become an issue. More info

Why EASY? 

CAEN developed different solutions to satisfy the requirements from LHC experiments where electronic equipment deals with high radiation dose and strong residual magnetic fields. To provide safe and reliable operations in these “hostile areas”, CAEN created a new product line featuring rad-tolerant and magnetic resistant components with excellent performance also in normal conditions, this patented technology is the backbone of all EASY modules.  Widely used in LHC experiments the EASY solutions have been declined in more than 7 500 electronic units containing about 200 000 sub-boards. 

The EASY power supply can be directly located in the hostile area while the control of the system can be done remotely using a Branch Controller (model A116A) inserted in a SY4527 or SY5527 mainframe located in the control room. Through the mainframe users can immediately and automatically control all board with the Detector Control System or any other custom control software, this is achieved using OPC server that runs on the mainframes. 

Each branch controller can handle up to 6 EASY crates. The A1676A is a one-unit wide board so the SY4527 and SYS5527 can house up to 16 and 6 branch controller boards respectively and therefore enabling the monitoring of 96 or 36 EASY modules. The A1676A can work side by side with standard HV/LV boards so a single SY4527 can be used for multiple applications. 

The EASY family provides a wide variety of output voltages to satisfy the requirement of most detector and front-end electronics including POL DC/DC converters (LV up to 100 A and HV up to 12 kV), giving an unique interface and a cost effective setup for all experimental requirements. 

The branch controller role is to configure the EASY channels as the belong to the supply unit slot in which the branch controller is placed.

In this way, all channels of the EASY boards will be considered as channels of the branch controller board, increasing the number of channels the system can handle.