FPGA Based Imaging Particle Detector Trigger System

Author

Martinez, Gina ; Marín, Jesús ; Willmott, Carlos

Author_Institution

Electronica y Sensores, CIEMAT, Madrid

fYear

2006

fDate

28-30 Aug. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An FPGA based trigger system for an imaging particle detector has been designed and produced. The main capabilities of the system are the recognition of the track pattern of the incoming particles, the calculation of its stopping pixel and the time discrimination of events. The description of the implemented algorithms, the FPGA architecture, the developed hardware and the main operation results are included in this paper. The trigger system has already been installed in the FAST detector and operated during the 2005 data taking period with very satisfactory performance. Therefore, this trigger system will be used in the detector for further operation in the incoming years

Keywords

field programmable gate arrays; image recognition; particle track visualisation; FAST detector; FPGA; imaging particle detector trigger; track pattern recognition; Data acquisition; Delay; Event detection; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Mesons; Particle tracking; Pattern recognition; Radiation detectors; Sensor arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Field Programmable Logic and Applications, 2006. FPL '06. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Madrid

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0312-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FPL.2006.311334

Filename

4101096