• DocumentCode
    911041
  • Title

    The ALEPH Event Builder

  • Author

    Marchioro, A. ; von Ruden, W. ; McPherson, G.

  • Author_Institution
    EF Division, CERN 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    133
  • Lastpage
    136
  • Abstract
    The Event Builder is a Fastbus module whose task is to collect data from different Readout Controllers in the ALEPH experiment. The task of `event building´ is performed by a powerful MC68020 processor using the Motorola coprocessor concept to interface to Fastbus. The Fastbus coprocessor, built around a mixed sequencer and hardware machine architecture, enhances the instruction set of the MC68020 and thus makes Fastbus a native bus for the processor. From the user point of view, Fastbus calls are supported both by an Assembler and a Fortran compiler.
  • Keywords
    Assembly; Buildings; Central Processing Unit; Condition monitoring; Control systems; Coprocessors; Data acquisition; Fastbus; Hardware; Programming profession;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1987.4337316
  • Filename
    4337316