DocumentCode :
3146777
Title :
A new portable test bench for the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter front-end electronics certification
Author :
Alves, Joao ; Carrio, F. ; Kim, Hyung Yoon ; Minashvili, I. ; Moreno, Pablo ; Reed, Robert ; Schettino, V. ; Shalyugin, A. ; Solans, C. ; Souza, J. ; Usai, G. ; Valero, A.
Author_Institution :
LIP, Portugal
fYear :
2013
fDate :
23-27 June 2013
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
This paper describes the upgraded portable test bench for the Tile Calorimeter of the ATLAS experiment at CERN. The previous version of the portable test bench was extensively used for certification and qualification of the front-end electronics during the commissioning phase as well as during the short maintenance periods of 2010 and 2011. The new version described here is designed to be an easily upgradable version of the 10-year-old system, able to evaluate the new technologies planned for the ATLAS upgrade as well as provide new functionalities to the present system. It will be used in the consolidation of electronics campaign during the long shutdown of the LHC in 2013-14 and during future maintenance periods. The system, based on a global re-design with state-of-the-art devices, is based on a back-end electronics crate instrumented with commercial and custom modules and a front-end GUI that is executed on an external portable computer and communicates with the controller in the crate through an Ethernet connection.
Keywords :
benchmark testing; certification; nuclear electronics; particle calorimetry; AD 2010; AD 2011; AD 2013 to 2014; ATLAS upgrade; CERN ATLAS Tile Calorimeter; Ethernet connection; back-end electronics crate; commissioning phase; front end electronics certification; front-end GUI; maintenance period; portable test bench; qualification; Computer architecture; Embedded systems; Hardware; Large Hadron Collider; Servers; Tiles; Front-end electronics; MobiDICK; Test bench; TileCal;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2013 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Marseille
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1046-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ANIMMA.2013.6728018
Filename :
6728018
Link To Document :
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