First experiences with a fastbus system at Brookhaven

Conference · Mon Jul 14 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5180034

Leipuner, L B; Larsen, R C; Makowiecki, D S

A new concept in high energy data acquisition systems called Fastbus has been developed and implemented at Brookhaven. The system which is capable of sub-gigabit/sec speeds has been operating for some time now. A number of modules including an on-bus processor, a PDP11 interface, 32 channel coincidence latches, a 16 channel scaler, a 32 channel ..mu..-clock device, a 60 nsec memory and a predetermined time module have been developed and built. Features of the system include extensive use of ECL logic and a water cooled crate with conduction heat transfer within a module. The system is used in an on-line experiment at the AGS. Operating experience will be discussed.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5180034
• Report Number(s): BNL-28117; CONF-800724-10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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440104* -- Radiation Instrumentation-- High Energy Physics Instrumentation
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ACCELERATORS
BROOKHAVEN AGS
COMPUTERS
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DEC COMPUTERS
DESIGN
ENERGY TRANSFER
HEAT TRANSFER
INTERFACES
OPERATION
PDP COMPUTERS
SYNCHROTRONS