A universal front-end system for data acquisition

Author

Ohska, Tokio K.

Author_Institution

Nat. Lab. for High Energy Phys., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

36

Issue

5

fYear

1989

fDate

10/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1650

Lastpage

1653

Abstract

A description is given of a front-end electronics system featuring parallel processing, which was originally designed for colliding-beam experiments at TRISTAN. It has been proved to be quite useful for fixed-target experiments and has been widely used by other experiments. It can easily be connected to FASTBUS, VME, CAMAC, and other systems. The well-balanced data-flow scheme of the TRISTAN/KEK online system made the system data-handling speed comparable to or better than that of systems that require much faster electronics. It can be used as a universal front-end system for medium- to large-scale physics experiments

Keywords

computer interfaces; data acquisition; nuclear electronics; physics computing; CAMAC; FASTBUS; TRISTAN; TRISTAN/KEK online system; VME; colliding-beam experiments; fixed-target experiments; front-end electronics system; parallel processing; system data-handling speed; universal front-end system; Analog-digital conversion; Circuits; Data acquisition; Data compression; Detectors; Laboratories; Physics; Signal processing; Telephony; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.41120

Filename

41120