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

Conference · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:7066159

Angstadt, R G; Chase, B E; Fellenz, B J; Johnson, M E; Martin, M I; Matulik, M S; Saewert, G W; Utes, M J ^[1]; DeGroot, D C ^[2]

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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 DO 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.

• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 7066159
• Report Number(s): CONF-911106--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Journal Volume: 39:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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