A Compact, Flexible, High Channel Count DAQ Built From Off-the-Shelf Components
Abstract
Medium to large channel count detectors are usually faced with a few unattractive options for data acquisition (DAQ). Small to medium sized TPC experiments, for example, can be too small to justify the high expense and long development time of application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) development. In some cases an experiment can piggy-back on a larger experiment and the associated ASIC development, but this puts the time line of development out of the hands of the smaller experiment. Another option is to run perhaps thousands of cables to rack mounted equipment, which is clearly undesirable. The development of commercial high-speed high-density FPGAs and ADCs combined with the small discrete components and robotic assembly open a new option that scales to tens of thousands of channels and is only slightly larger than ASICs using off-the-shelf components.
- Authors:
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- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1343050
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-607590
Journal ID: ISSN 0018-9499
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 60; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0018-9499
- Publisher:
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; ADC; Electronics; FPGA; Preamp; TPC
Citation Formats
Heffner, M., Riot, V., and Fabris, L.. A Compact, Flexible, High Channel Count DAQ Built From Off-the-Shelf Components. United States: N. p., 2013.
Web. doi:10.1109/TNS.2013.2259846.
Heffner, M., Riot, V., & Fabris, L.. A Compact, Flexible, High Channel Count DAQ Built From Off-the-Shelf Components. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2013.2259846
Heffner, M., Riot, V., and Fabris, L.. Sat .
"A Compact, Flexible, High Channel Count DAQ Built From Off-the-Shelf Components". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2013.2259846. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1343050.
@article{osti_1343050,
title = {A Compact, Flexible, High Channel Count DAQ Built From Off-the-Shelf Components},
author = {Heffner, M. and Riot, V. and Fabris, L.},
abstractNote = {Medium to large channel count detectors are usually faced with a few unattractive options for data acquisition (DAQ). Small to medium sized TPC experiments, for example, can be too small to justify the high expense and long development time of application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) development. In some cases an experiment can piggy-back on a larger experiment and the associated ASIC development, but this puts the time line of development out of the hands of the smaller experiment. Another option is to run perhaps thousands of cables to rack mounted equipment, which is clearly undesirable. The development of commercial high-speed high-density FPGAs and ADCs combined with the small discrete components and robotic assembly open a new option that scales to tens of thousands of channels and is only slightly larger than ASICs using off-the-shelf components.},
doi = {10.1109/TNS.2013.2259846},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science},
number = 3,
volume = 60,
place = {United States},
year = {2013},
month = {6}
}
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