A few more changes to the PMC north board. Hopefully this is the last.

Changing series resistance at the output

There was some limit to the gain before the PMC loop became unstable.  I realized that I hadn't implemented the 10 Hz pole at the output, that could be the reason.  The resistor in series with the output was only 1 kΩ.  The Noliac NAC2124 PZT on the PMC cavity has a specified capacitance of 510 nF and about 5 meters of BNC cabling should have a capacitance of 0.5 nF (for 101pF/m).  This should give a pole of about 312 Hz, we want to bring this down.  I replaced the 1 kΩ series resistance at the HV output with a 30.9 kΩ to bring to pole down to 10 Hz.  

Schematic is updated below.

Removing short from PD RF input

For whatever reason the AC coupling resistor had been deliberately shorted on the PD RF input to the board (C3).  I removed the short.  It is AC coupled again.

Altering the Acromag excitation voltage and divider resistors

I realized running the Acromags off 6 V is a little awkward.  Most power supplies come in other standard values like 5 V, 7.5 V, 9V etc.  I've raised the excitation of the binary channels to 9 V and made some changes to the divider resistors. Resistors on SW1 and SW2 binary engages were changed to equal values of 1790 Ω for R1 and R2 (see option D, attachment, PSL:2058). On the blanking pin used to activate the AD602, equal values for R1 and R2 of 154 Ω were used.  These resistor choices give a high voltage of 4.5 V and a low of 0.66 V.  There is also a margin of error if the power supply used goes a little over voltage.

I've ordered standard barrel 2.1x5.5 mm panel Jacks so that the unit can be powered from a standard 9V plug pack.