The basis of the CA/100 is a thick film hybrid microcircuit of similar complexity to our CA/04 charge amplifier, housed in a 24 pin hermetic dip. This is packaged, together with gain controls and connectors, into a machined aluminium block, the whole constituting an extremely robust product capable of sustained operation under conditions of high vibration, mechanical shock, and temperature extremes. The CA/100, by virtue of its 60dB, 1mV/pC - 1V/pC, gain adjustment range, is an extremely flexible interface for trials type applications, allowing quite large compensatory on-line adjustment for the signal level uncertainties that may arise in this type of application. Installation should allow access to gain controls !