A wireless power and data acquisition system for large detectors

A new prototype wireless data acquisition system has been developed with the intended application to read-out instrumentation systems having thousands of channels. The data acquisition and control is based on a compliant implementation of 802.11 based hardware and protocols. Our case study is for a large detector containing photomultiplier tubes. The front-end circuitry, including a high-voltage power supply is powered wirelessly thus creating an all-wireless detector readout. The bench marked performance of the prototype system and how a large scale implementation of the system might be realized are discussed.