System software design for the CDF Silicon Vertex Detector

Author

Tkaczyk, S.M. ; Bailey, M.W.

Author_Institution

Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

2-9 Nov. 1991

Firstpage

808

Abstract

An automated system for testing and performance evaluation of the CDF (Collider Detector Facility) Silicon Vertex Detector (SVX) data acquisition electronics is described. The SVX data acquisition chain includes the Fastbus sequencer and the Rabbit crate controller and digitizers. The sequencer is a programmable device for which a high level assembly language has been developed. Diagnostic, calibration, and data acquisition programs have been developed in order to operate the modules. The package includes programs written in assembly and Fortran languages that are executed concurrently on the SVX Sequencer modules and either a microvax or an SSP. Test software was included to assist technical personnel during the production and maintenance of the modules. Details of the design of different components of the package and results of the test are reported.<>

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; calibration; data acquisition; nuclear electronics; physics computing; semiconductor counters; silicon; CDF Silicon Vertex Detector; Collider Detector Facility; Fastbus sequencer; Fortran languages; Rabbit crate controller; SSP; SVX; Sequencer modules; Si; automated system; calibration; data acquisition electronics; diagnostics; digitizers; high level assembly language; maintenance; microvax; performance evaluation; programmable device; system software design; testing; Assembly; Automatic testing; Data acquisition; Detectors; Electronic equipment testing; Packaging; Silicon; Software design; System software; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

Santa Fe, NM, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0513-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1991.259053

Filename

259053