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A working, VME-based, 106MHz FADC data acquisition system for the tracking detectors at D0

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OSTI ID:10120573
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  1. Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (United States)
  2. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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 106MHz 8-bit Flash Analog to Digital Converters(FADC). 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 operation details are described. 6 refs.
Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03000
OSTI ID:
10120573
Report Number(s):
FNAL/C--91/350; CONF-911106--78; ON: DE92007514
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English