The MEGA data acquisition system

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.1987.4334748· OSTI ID:6079032

Oothoudt, M A; Amann, J F; Bolton, R D; Hughes, E B; Jui, C C.H.; Cooper, P S; Hahn, K; Lauer, R B; Markey, J K

The MEGA experiment will acquire 3 MB/sec of data into a 9-crate Fastbus system controlled by a single Fastbus master. A second-level trigger will be implemented in a Fermilab Advanced Computer Program (ACP) farm of 32 Motorola 68020 microprocessors. Output from the ACP farm at a rate of 24 KB/sec will be sent to a MicroVAX II for taping. 16 refs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (USA). High-Energy Physics Lab.; Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (USA). Dept. of Physics
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6079032
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-87-1497-Final; CONF-870552-26; ON: DE88000520
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 34; Journal Issue: 4; Conference: 5. conference on real-time computer applications in nuclear, particle, and plasma physics, San Francisco, CA, USA, 12 May 1987; Other Information: Paper copy only, copy does not permit microfiche production
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT INTERFACES
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
DEC COMPUTERS
FASTBUS SYSTEM
MICROPROCESSORS
PARALLEL PROCESSING
RADIATION DETECTORS
COMPUTERS
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
PROGRAMMING
990210* - Supercomputers- (1987-1989)