The new DAQ system for WASA at COSY

Author

Kleines, H. ; Zwoll, K. ; Wüstner, P. ; Erven, W. ; Kämmerling, P. ; Kemmerling, G. ; Loevenich, H.W. ; Ackens, A. ; Wolke, M. ; Hejny, V. ; Ohm, H. ; Sefzick, T. ; Nellen, R. ; Marciniewski, P. ; Fransson, K. ; Gustafsson, L. ; Kupsc, A. ; Calen, H.

Author_Institution

Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Germany

Volume

53

Issue

3

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

893

Lastpage

897

Abstract

Wide angle shower apparatus (WASA), a detector for charged and neutral particles is currently operated at the CELSIUS storage ring by TSL, Uppsala University. It shall be transferred to the Cooler Synchrotron (COSY) at Forschungszentrum Julich (FZJ) after the anticipated shutdown of CELSIUS in summer 2005. For operation in Julich a new DAQ system is being developed, which conforms to the third generation of the DAQ systems at COSY. This comprises new readout electronics based on an optimized parallel bus with LVDS technology and FPGA-controlled event and buffer management, a synchronization system and a high speed optical link to the readout computer. Architecture of the new DAQ system and the technical issues of subsystems are presented.

Keywords

data acquisition; field programmable gate arrays; high energy physics instrumentation computing; nuclear electronics; optical links; proportional counters; readout electronics; storage rings; synchrotrons; CELSIUS storage ring; COSY; Cooler Synchrotron; DAQ system; FPGA-controlled event; Forward Proportional Chamber; LVDS technology; WASA; buffer management; charged particle; high speed optical link; neutral particle; optimized parallel bus; readout electronics; synchronization system; wide angle shower apparatus; Adders; Concurrent computing; Data acquisition; Detectors; Optical buffering; Optical fiber communication; Readout electronics; Storage rings; Synchrotrons; Technology management; Data acquisition; FPGA; optical communication; triggering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2006.873305

Filename

1644960