Design of the trigger system for the AUGER fluorescence detector

Author

Gemmeke, H. ; Grindler, A. ; Keim, H. ; Kleifges, M. ; Kunka, N. ; Szadkowski, Z. ; Tcherniakhovski, D.

Author_Institution

Karlsruhe Univ., Germany

Volume

47

Issue

2

fYear

2000

fDate

4/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

371

Lastpage

375

Abstract

The trigger system for the AUGER fluorescence detector is presented. The main goals of the design were low price, high flexibility of the trigger, high reliability and good testability even at remote operation. The simulation of all boards using VHDL tools resulted in a design which is optimal with respect to these goals and highly independent of existing commercial solutions. The large-scale integration of modern FPGAs yielded a massive parallel system for recognition of tracks and suppression of background. The readout and control is carried out by low cost PCs under the LINUX operating system

Keywords

cosmic ray apparatus; field programmable gate arrays; nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; trigger circuits; AUGER experiment; FPGA; LINUX; VHDL; control; fluorescence detector; parallel system; readout; trigger system; Control systems; Costs; Detectors; Field programmable gate arrays; Fluorescence; Large scale integration; Linux; Operating systems; Personal communication networks; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.846184

Filename

846184