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Operational experience with a high speed video data acquisition system in Fermilab experiment E-687

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5676083
Operation of a high speed, triggerable, Video Data Acquisition System (VDAS) including a hardware data compactor and a 16 megabyte First-In-First-Out buffer memory (FIFO) will be discussed. Active target imaging techniques for High Energy Physics are described and preliminary experimental data is reported.. The hardware architecture for the imaging system and experiment will be discussed as well as other applications for the imaging system. Data rates for the compactor is over 30 megabytes/sec and the FIFO has been run at 100 megabytes/sec. The system can be operated at standard video rates or at any rate up to 30 million pixels/second. 7 refs., 3 figs.
Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (USA); Notre Dame Univ., IN (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03000
OSTI ID:
5676083
Report Number(s):
FNAL/C-87/199; CONF-871006-31; ON: DE88004038
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English