DocumentCode
3355099
Title
VHDL implementation of a SPI controller for PANDA digital signal processing
Author
Greco, Michela ; Bussa, Maria Pia ; Ferrero, Livio ; Maggiora, Marco ; Verna, A.
Author_Institution
INFN-Torino, Univ. of Torino, Turin, Italy
fYear
2011
fDate
23-29 Oct. 2011
Firstpage
885
Lastpage
888
Abstract
The PANDA (antiProton ANnihilation in Darmstadt) experiment at the new Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) will study interactions between protons and antiprotons in the momentum range 1.5-15 GeV/c. The physics program is very demanding and requires an efficient and flexible triggering system that can handle a data rate in the range 40 to 200 GB / s due to an interaction rate of over 10 MHz.
Keywords
digital signal processing chips; firmware; hardware description languages; high energy physics instrumentation computing; nuclear electronics; proton-proton inclusive interactions; signal processing; trigger circuits; FAIR facility; PANDA digital signal processing; SPI controller; SPI firmware; VHDL; flexible triggering system; physics program; proton+antiproton interaction; Documentation; Field programmable gate arrays; Noise measurement; Passband; Protons; Random access memory;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location
Valencia
ISSN
1082-3654
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0118-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154562
Filename
6154562
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