Title :
The Trigger Supervisor: Managing Triggering Conditions in a High Energy Physics Experiment
Author :
Wadsworth, Bernard ; Lanza, Richard ; LeVine, M.J. ; Scheetz, R.A. ; Videbaek, Flemming
Author_Institution :
Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139
Abstract :
We describe a trigger supervisor, implemented in VMEbus hardware, which enables the host computer to dynamically control and monitor the trigger configuration for acquiring data from multiple detector partitions in a complex experiment.
Keywords :
Communication system control; Computerized monitoring; Detectors; Electronic equipment testing; Energy management; Hardware; Laboratories; Latches; Logic; Physics;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1987.4334780
