ATLAS trigger/DAQ RobIn prototype

Author

Green, B. ; Kieft, G. ; Kugel, A. ; Mueller, M. ; Yu, M.

Author_Institution

Phys. Dept., R. Holloway Univ. of London, UK

Volume

51

Issue

3

fYear

2004

fDate

6/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

465

Lastpage

469

Abstract

A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS (ATLAS) Trigger/Data Acquisition (TDAQ) system connects via 1600 Read-Out-Links (ROL) to the ATLAS subdetectors. Each Read-Out-Buffer (RobIn) prototype attaches to 2 ROLs, buffers the incoming event data stream of 160 MB/s each, and provides samples upon request to the TDAQ system. We present the design of the PCI-based RobIn module, which is built around a XILINX XV2V1500 field-programmable-gate-array, together with initial results from rapid prototyping studies.

Keywords

data acquisition; field programmable gate arrays; high energy physics instrumentation computing; position sensitive particle detectors; prototypes; readout electronics; A Toroidal LHC Apparatus; ATLAS subdetectors; ATLAS trigger/DAQ RobIn prototype; FPGA; PCI-based RobIn module; ROL; Read-Out-Buffer prototype attaches; Read-Out-Links; TDAQ; XILINX XV2V1500 field-programmable-gate-array; data acquisition; incoming event data stream; rapid prototyping studies; Bandwidth; Buffer storage; Computer architecture; Data acquisition; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Large Hadron Collider; Optical buffering; Physics; Prototypes; Data acquisition; FPGAs; field programmable gate arrays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2004.828528

Filename

1310542