Title :
A working, VME-based, 106 MHz FADC data acquisition system for the tracking detectors at D0
Author :
Angstadt, R.G. ; Chase, B.E. ; Fellenz, B.J. ; Johnson, M.E. ; Martin, M.I. ; Matulik, M.S. ; Saewert, G.W. ; Utes, M.J. ; DeGroot, D.C.
Author_Institution :
Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA
Abstract :
A data acquisition system for the tracking detectors of the D0 Colliding Detector has been built and is operational, taking cosmic ray data. It is composed of 8200 channels of 1-6-MHz 8-b flash analog to digital converters (FADCs). These are configured as sixteen channels per FADC module, up to sixteen FADC modules per crate, and a total of thirty-six 9U VME crates. A crate controller module, the control system interface, and a high-speed data buffer/driver complete the FADC crate. Design and operations details are described.<>
Keywords :
Cherenkov counters; computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; nuclear electronics; physics computing; position sensitive particle detectors; 106 MHz; D0 Colliding Detector; VME crates; control system interface; cosmic ray data; crate controller module; data acquisition system; flash analog to digital converters; tracking detectors; Coaxial cables; Communication system control; Computer buffers; Control systems; Data acquisition; Engine cylinders; Laboratories; Pulse shaping methods; Radiation detectors; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0513-2
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1991.258848
