A distributed data acquisition system for nuclear detectors

A Flexible Data Acquisition Board for Nuclear Detectors

For two-dimensional scintillation detectors based on position-sensitive photomultipliers, a new PCI or cPCI unit has been developed. It aims at fast signal and data processing by the usage of advanced technologies like digital signal processors and field-programmable gate arrays. The main features of this design are described in this paper. Digital test measurements were carried out showing tha...

Novel Data Acquisition System for Silicon Tracking Detectors

We have developed a novel data acquisition system for measuring tracking parameters of a silicon detector in a particle beam. The system is based on a commercial Analog-to-Digital VME module and a PC Linux based Data Acquisition System. This DAQ is realized with C++ code using object-oriented techniques. Track parameters for the beam particles were reconstructed using off-line analysis code and...

Practical Considerations for Designing a Remotely Distributed Data Acquisition System

A Smart Network Sensor System for Distributed, Synchronous Data Acquisition

Typical test and monitoring systems are based on stand-alone instrumentation and require point-to-point analog wiring, which usually results in cumbersome cabling and connectors, bulky instrumentation, susceptibility to EMI/RFI noise pick up, lack of system flexibility, and a compromised signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). This paper describes a smart network sensor solution with multi-drop sensor arc...

Distributed Data Acquisition System for Pachmarhi Array of Čerenkov Telescopes

Pachmarhi Array of Čerenkov Telescopes (PACT) consists of a 5×5 array of Čerenkov telescopes deployed over an area of 100 m × 80 m, in the form of a rectangular matrix. The experiment is based on atmospheric Čerenkov technique using wavefront sampling technique. Each telescope consists of 7 parabolic mirrors mounted para-axially on an equatorial mount. At the focus of each mirror a fast phototu...