Title :
Design of the trigger system for the AUGER fluorescence detector
Author :
Gemmeke, H. ; Grindler, A. ; Keim, H. ; Kleifges, M. ; Kunka, N. ; Szadkowski, Z. ; Tcherniakhovski, D.
Author_Institution :
Karlsruhe Univ., Germany
fDate :
4/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The trigger system for the AUGER fluorescence detector is presented. The main goals of the design were low price, high flexibility of the trigger, high reliability and good testability even at remote operation. The simulation of all boards using VHDL tools resulted in a design which is optimal with respect to these goals and highly independent of existing commercial solutions. The large-scale integration of modern FPGAs yielded a massive parallel system for recognition of tracks and suppression of background. The readout and control is carried out by low cost PCs under the LINUX operating system
Keywords :
cosmic ray apparatus; field programmable gate arrays; nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; trigger circuits; AUGER experiment; FPGA; LINUX; VHDL; control; fluorescence detector; parallel system; readout; trigger system; Control systems; Costs; Detectors; Field programmable gate arrays; Fluorescence; Large scale integration; Linux; Operating systems; Personal communication networks; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
