| Title | A Working, VME-based, 106MHz FADC Data Acquisition System for the Tracking Detectors at DØ |
| 1996 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Vol. 1, 307-10 (ISSN: 1082 - 3654) | |
| Authors | R.G. Angstadt, B.E. Chase, B.J. Fellenz, M.E. Johnson, M.I. Martin, M.S. Matulik, G.W. Saewert, M.J. Utes |
| A data acquisition system for the tracking detectors of the DØ Colliding Detector has been built and is operational, taking cosmic ray data. It is composed of 8200 channels of 106MHz 8-bit Flash Analog to Digital Converters (FADC). These are configured as sixteen channels per FADC Module, up to sixteen FADC Modules per crate, and a total of thirty-six 9U VME crates. A crate controller module, the control system interface, and a high speed data buffer/driver complete the FADC crate. Design and operational details are described. | |
| Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract No. DE-AC02-76CHO3000 | |
| This is also published as DØ Note # 1276 | |