The Data Acquisition System Based on PMC Bus
Abstract
High energy physics experiments in KEK/Japan rush into over KHz trigger stage. Thus, we need a successor of the data acquisition(DAQ) system that replaces the CAMAC or FASTBUS systems. To meet these needs, we have developed a DAQ system which includes a crate, base-board modules, daughter cards for front-end A/D or T/D conversion, and back-end communication cards for data transfer and timing control. The size of the crate is for the 9U Euro-cards with the standard VME32 bus and extension connectors for power supply. The base-board comprises of a local bus with the sequencer connected to the front-end daughter cards via event buffering FIFOs, and the standard PMC (PCI mezzanine card) bus to be set a PMC processor unit to reduce data size from the front-end daughter cards. A data transfer module, which is connected to the event building system, and a trigger control unit, which communicates with the central timing controller are installed on the back-end communication card connected to the rear end of the base-board. We describe the design of this DAQ system and evaluate the performance of it.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0305137,
title = {The Data Acquisition System Based on PMC Bus},
author = {Y. Igarashi and H. Fujii and T. Higuchi and M. Ikeno and E. Inoue and R. Itoh and H. Kodama and T. Murakami and Y. Nagasaka and M. Nakao and K. Nakayoshi and M. Saitoh and S. Shimazaki and S. Y. Suzuki and M. Tanaka and K. Tauchi and G. Varner and M. Yamauchi and Y. Yasu and T. Katayama and K. Watanabe and M. Ishizuka and S. Onozawa and C. J. Li},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0305137},
year = {2009}
}