Unidaq-a portable data-acquisition system for SSC detector R&D

Author

Fry, A. ; Nomachi, M.

Author_Institution

Superconducting Super Collider Lab., Dallas, TX, USA

Volume

41

Issue

1

fYear

1994

fDate

2/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

135

Lastpage

137

Abstract

Unidaq is lightweight UNIX based data-acquisition system. It relies on user selection of appropriate software and hardware for the problem at hand. The software is modularized such that the user may select as much or as little as may be needed. Currently, a buffer manager, various hardware drivers, software tools and example programs make up the package. It is installed and used in applications at KEK, LBL, the University of Michigan, Indiana University, the University of Toronto, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and SSCL. Performance varies depending on the platform and the event size. Typical values range from a maximum of a few hundred Hz on a Sparc I to several KHz using VxWorks on an MVME167

Keywords

data acquisition; physics computing; position sensitive particle detectors; software tools; MVME167; SDC detector; SSC detector; Sparc I; Unidaq; VxWorks; buffer manager; hardware drivers; portable data acquisition system; software tools; Application software; CAMAC; Costs; Detectors; Hardware; Laboratories; Packaging; Research and development; Software tools; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.281474

Filename

281474