A data acquisition (DAQ) system has been developed which will read out and control calorimeters serving as prototype systems for a future detector at an electron-positron linear collider. This is a modular, flexible and scalable DAQ system in which the hardware and signals are standards-based, using FPGAs and serial links. The idea of a backplaneless system was also pursued with a commercial development board housed in a PC and a chain of concentrator cards between it and the detector forming the basis of the system. As well as describing the concept and performance of the system, its merits and disadvantages are discussed.
@article{arxiv.1106.5863,
title = {Development of a modular and scalable data acquisition system for calorimeters at a linear collider},
author = {M. J. Goodrick and L. B. A. Hommels and R. Shaw and D. R. Ward and D. S. Bailey and M. Kelly and V. Boisvert and B. Green and M. G. Green and A. Misiejuk and T. Wu and V. Bartsch and M. Postranecky and M. Warren and M. Wing},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.5863},
year = {2015}
}
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12 pages, 6 figures, accepted by JINST. Version updated accounting for comments from journal referees