An integrated data acquisition and analysis system at GSI

Author

Essel, H.G. ; Hoffmann, J. ; Richter, M. ; Sohlbach, H. ; Spreng, W.

Author_Institution

GSI, Darmstadt, West Germany

Volume

36

Issue

5

fYear

1989

fDate

10/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1523

Lastpage

1527

Abstract

The GOOSY data acquisition and analysis system has been extended to handle experimental setups and data from heavy-ion experiments at high energies. A front-end system has been designed and built. It is a VME-based multiprocessor system connected to CAMAC and FASTBUS by a standard VME subsystem bus. The system allows preanalysis and filtering of the raw data. The architecture of the system is presented, and a status report is given. Particular attention is given to integration of the front-end processors, event processing in the front-end system, and the VME network processor. Event data transfer from VME to VAX, test procedures, experimental setup control, and software used for the VME processors are briefly considered

Keywords

CAMAC; data acquisition; multiprocessing systems; nuclear electronics; physics computing; CAMAC; FASTBUS; GOOSY; VME subsystem bus; VME-based multiprocessor system; front-end processors; front-end system; heavy-ion experiments; integrated data acquisition; preanalysis; software; CAMAC; Control systems; Data acquisition; Data analysis; Ethernet networks; Fastbus; Filtering; Testing; Virtual manufacturing; Voice mail;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.41093

Filename

41093