A real time data compactor (sparsifier) and 8 megabyte high speed FIFO for HEP

Conference · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1986 · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6030855

Baumbaugh, A E; Knickerbocker, K L; Wegner, C R; Ruchti, R

A Video-Data-Acquisition-System (VDAS) has been developed to record image data from a scintillating glass fiber-optic target developed for High Energy Physics. The major components of the VDAS are a flash ADC, a ''real time'' high speed data compactor, and high speed 8 megabyte FIFO memory. The data rates through the system are in excess of 30 megabytes/second. The compactor is capable of reducing the amount of data needed to reconstruct typical images by as much as a factor of 20. The FIFO uses only standard NMOS DRAMS and TTL components to achieve its large size and high speed at relatively low power and cost.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL
• OSTI ID: 6030855
• Report Number(s): CONF-851009-
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Vol. NS-33:1; Conference: IEEE nuclear science symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 23 Oct 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS
COST
DATA PROCESSING
FIBER OPTICS
GLASS SCINTILLATORS
IMAGE PROCESSING
MEMORY DEVICES
REAL TIME SYSTEMS
REMOTE VIEWING EQUIPMENT
SIZE
TARGETS
VELOCITY
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
PHOSPHORS
PROCESSING
RADIATION DETECTORS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
440104* - Radiation Instrumentation- High Energy Physics Instrumentation