Design of prototyping PMT electronic system for Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment

This paper describes the design of the PMT Readout VME System developed by IHEP and Tsinghua University for the detector prototype of Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment. The readout electronics and the trigger event selection, with estimated rates, are presented along with the timing synchronization between all of the electronic elements. The processing of the data from the front-end modules through data storage is discussed, along with the detector control system.