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Cross-project technical capability

Controls, DAQ & Instrumentation

Systems that make experimental hardware observable, diagnosable, controllable and usable by operators.

PLC / HMI4–20 mADAQSQLPythonInterlocks
CCM online monitoring architecture
CCM example

Detector signal → DAQ → database → operator display

The CCM monitoring design I presented used digitizer boards and DAQ for PMT signals, fast/nearline processing, a MySQL database, and a Python Dash/Plotly website for online visualization.

Signal

PMTs & digitizers

Detector waveforms acquired through digitizer boards and DAQ.

Processing

C++ / ROOT + nearline analysis

Pulse finding and derived detector quantities generated from the acquired data.

Operations

MySQL + Python Dash / Plotly

Selected values stored and presented as online plots for users and shifters.

Full monitoring architecture slide

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Cross-project controls work

PLC / HMI

Schneider M340 systems, analog/digital I/O, structured control logic, HMI interfaces, manual/automatic operation, timers and interlocks.

Instrumentation

Pressure, temperature, flow, valve-position and other process measurements; 4–20 mA and 0–10 V signals; scaling and calibration workflows.

Communications

RS-232 and Modbus TCP integration, device polling, logging and offline control-network configuration.

Microcontrollers

Arduino-class systems and SSR/relay interfaces used for experimental prototypes and first-pass controls.

DAQ / Trending

Waveform acquisition, nearline analysis, Python logging, database integration and diagnostic trending.

Commissioning

Using measured system state to verify prerequisites, isolate faults, confirm interlocks and document actual equipment behavior.

Laser / interlock example

Remote control, optimization and engineered safety

For CCM/SBND laser work, the system supported remote GUI control and external triggering. I also documented and worked with a fully interlocked protective enclosure in which opening the lid interrupted laser operation.

Laser remote control GUI

Laser monitoring / control GUI.

Design for diagnosis

I value enough instrumentation and state feedback to distinguish an actual process event from a bad sensor, reconstruct the sequence that produced a failure, and identify the subsystem that should be investigated next.