On-board electronics for BLIMP: a balloon-borne prototype for the INTEGRAL satellite

Author

Quadrini, E.M. ; Corba, M. ; Falconi, B. ; Moriggio, C. ; Rossi, M. ; Younis, F.A. ; Labanti, C. ; Rossi, E. ; De Bernardis, M. ; De Bortoli, L.

Author_Institution

Istituto IFCT/CNR, Milano, Italy

Volume

40

Issue

4

fYear

1993

fDate

8/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

909

Lastpage

912

Abstract

The data handling electronics for BLIMP, a prototype of the Imager experiment of the INTEGRAL mission, is described. An expandable arrangement electronics architecture is used to handle the data coming from the 100-pixel CsI(Tl) detection plane. The main components of the on-board electronics are based on field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) which provide flexibility and compactness. This system is capable of handling approximately 10000 events/s. The flexibility and modularity of the electronics are discussed in order to demonstrate how the BLIMP system can provide a baseline for the IMAGER development study

Keywords

artificial satellites; balloons; data handling; gamma-ray astronomy; logic arrays; nuclear electronics; scintillation counters; BLIMP; CsI(Tl) detection plane; CsI:Tl; FPGAs; INTEGRAL satellite; Imager experiment; balloon-borne prototype; baseline; data handling electronics; expandable arrangement electronics architecture; field programmable gate arrays; flexibility; gamma ray astronomy; modularity; on-board electronics; Astrophysics; Bars; Data handling; Field programmable gate arrays; International collaboration; Laboratories; Position sensitive particle detectors; Prototypes; Satellites; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.256682

Filename

256682