The ROD Crate DAQ of the ATLAS data acquisition system

Author

Gameiro, S. ; Crone, G. ; Ferrari, R. ; Francis, D. ; Gorini, B. ; Gruwe, M. ; Joos, M. ; Lehmann, G. ; Mapelli, L. ; Misiejuk, A. ; Pasqualucci, E. ; Petersen, J. ; Spiwoks, R. ; Tremblet, L. ; Unel, G. ; Vandelli, W. ; Yasu, Y.

Author_Institution

CERN, Geneva

fYear

2005

fDate

10-10 June 2005

Abstract

In the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, the ROD Crate DAQ provides a complete framework to implement data acquisition functionality at the boundary between the detector specific electronics and the common part of the data acquisition system. Based on a plugin mechanism, it allows selecting and using common services (like data output and data monitoring channels) and developing simple libraries to control, monitor, acquire and/or emulate detector specific electronics. Providing also event building functionality, the ROD Crate DAQ is intended to be the main data acquisition tool for the first phase of detector commissioning. This paper presents the design, functionality and performance of the ROD Crate DAQ and its usage in the ATLAS DAQ and during detector tests

Keywords

data acquisition; physics computing; readout electronics; ATLAS data acquisition system; ROD crate DAQ; plugin mechanism; software design; Astronomy; Buildings; Data acquisition; Detectors; Event detection; Large Hadron Collider; Libraries; Monitoring; Physics; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Real Time Conference, 2005. 14th IEEE-NPSS

Conference_Location

Stockholm

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9183-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RTC.2005.1547513

Filename

1547513