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

Volume

39

Issue

5

fYear

1992

fDate

10/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1297

Lastpage

1301

Abstract

A data acquisition system for the tracking detectors of the D0 colliding beam detector has been built and is operational, taking cosmic ray data. It is composed of 8200 channels of 106-MHz 8-b flash analog-to-digital converters (FADCs). These are configured as 16 channels per FADC module, up to 16 FADC modules per crate, and a total of 36 9U VME crates. A crate controller module, the control system interface, and a high speed data buffer/driver complete the FADC crate. Design and operation details are described

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; cosmic ray composition; data acquisition; nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; 106 MHz FADC data acquisition system; 106-MHz 8-b flash analog-to-digital converters; 16 channels per FADC module; D0; FADCs; VME crates; VME-based; control system interface; cosmic ray data; crate controller module; high speed data buffer/driver; tracking detectors; Centralized control; Coaxial cables; Communication system control; Control systems; Data acquisition; Laboratories; Pulse shaping methods; Radiation detectors; Shape control; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.173194

Filename

173194