A Verilog simulation of the CDF DAQ system

Author

Schurecht, K. ; Harris, R. ; Sinervo, P.K. ; Grindley, R.

Author_Institution

Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

2-9 Nov. 1991

Firstpage

893

Abstract

A behavioral simulation of the CDF (Collider Detector Facility) data acquisition system was written in the Verilog modeling language in order to investigate the effects of various improvements to the existing system. The system is modeled as five separate components that communicate with each other via Fastbus interrupt messages. One component of the system, the CDF event builder, is modeled in substantially greater detail due to its complex structure. This simulation has been verified by comparing its performance with that of the existing data acquisition (DAQ) system. Possible improvements to the existing system were studied using the simulation, and the optimal upgrade path for the system was chosen on the basis of these studies. The overall throughput of the modified system is estimated to be double that of the existing setup. Details of this modeling effort are discussed, including a comparison of the modeled and actual performance of the existing system.<>

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; nuclear electronics; physics computing; CDF event builder; Fastbus interrupt messages; Verilog modeling language; data acquisition system; upgrade path; Data acquisition; Detectors; Discrete event simulation; Event detection; Fastbus; Hardware design languages; Laboratories; Physics; Power engineering and energy; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

Santa Fe, NM, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0513-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1991.258841

Filename

258841