The WASA data acquisition system (WDAQ)

Author

Gustafsson, L. ; Marciniewski, P. ; Sukhanov, A.

Author_Institution

Uppsala Univ., Sweden

Volume

46

Issue

3

fYear

1999

fDate

6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

420

Lastpage

423

Abstract

The WASA Data Acquisition System (WDAQ) is described. It is a modular, and scalable network based system. The chosen structure facilitate that different old and new front-end electronics standards can work together in an efficient way. Fast hardware triggers are created from discriminated signals from specific parts of the WASA detector by extensive use of programmable logic. The trigger logic is configured to do cluster finding in one or two dimensions. The front-end data is linked together in an event-building switch using the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) protocol and sent to different PC-stations for further filtering, before put onto tape. The data analysis software is using the ROOT (CERN) system which provides a set of object oriented frameworks with all the functionality needed to handle and analyze large amounts of data in a very efficient way. The slow control software is based on the MIDAS (PSI/TRIUMF) system and comprises a fast online database to keep and monitor all WDAQ parameters

Keywords

data acquisition; drift chambers; high energy physics instrumentation computing; proportional counters; solid scintillation detectors; CELSIUS storage accelerator ring; WASA data acquisition system; WDAQ; Wide Angle Shower Apparatus; asynchronous transfer mode protocol; data analysis software; event-building switch; fast online database; front-end electronics standards; hardware triggers; object oriented frameworks; programmable logic; scalable network based system; slow control software; trigger logic; Asynchronous transfer mode; Data acquisition; Data analysis; Detectors; Filtering; Hardware; Programmable logic arrays; Programmable logic devices; Protocols; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.775556

Filename

775556