Title :
A FASTBUS digital readout module for streamer tubes
Author :
Bilei, G.M. ; Castaldi, R.
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Fisica dell´´Univ., Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucl., Perugia, Italy
Abstract :
A FASTBUS module has been designed for the acquisition and preliminary elaboration of digital data coming from limited streamer-tube strip readout electronics. The module is based on the Motorola MC68020 microprocessor and will perform fast readout with zero suppression, cluster searching, and apparatus monitoring on calorimeter cathode strip data. A description is given of the readout system architecture, the front-end processor, and the FASTBUS interface.<>
Keywords :
computer interfaces; physics computing; streamer chambers; FASTBUS digital readout module; Motorola MC68020 microprocessor; apparatus monitoring; cluster searching; fast readout; front-end processor; readout electronics; readout system architecture; streamer tubes; zero suppression; Cathodes; Clocks; Electron tubes; Fastbus; Microprocessors; Monitoring; Read-write memory; Shift registers; Strips; Superluminescent diodes;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
