W. Dąbrowski, T. Fiutowski, R. Szczygiel, P. Wia̧cek, A. Brogna, B. Gebauer, C. Schulz, C. Schmidt, H. Soltveit, U. Trunk
{"title":"MSGCROC -a selftriggered ASIC for readout of hybrid gas microstrip neutron detectors for event rates of 10 8/s and 2D spatial resolutions ≪100 μm FWHM","authors":"W. Dąbrowski, T. Fiutowski, R. Szczygiel, P. Wia̧cek, A. Brogna, B. Gebauer, C. Schulz, C. Schmidt, H. Soltveit, U. Trunk","doi":"10.1109/RTC.2007.4382792","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTC.2007.4382792","url":null,"abstract":"In the frame of the DETNI project a 32-channel ASIC suitable for readout of a novel 2D thermal neutron detector type based on a hybrid low-pressure micro-strip gas chamber (MSGC) with solid 157Gd converter has been developed. Each microstrip and ASIC channel delivers position information, a fast time stamp of 2 ns resolution and the signal amplitude. The time stamp T is used for correlating the signals from the X and Y strips with low chance coincidence rate while the amplitude E is used for finding the center of gravity of a cluster of strips. The T and E information are stored in derandomizing buffers and read out via a token ring architecture.","PeriodicalId":217483,"journal":{"name":"2007 15th IEEE-NPSS Real-Time Conference","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127629323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PXI Express for Real-Time Control and High Performance Acquisition (April 2007)","authors":"A. Ullrich","doi":"10.1109/RTC.2007.4382851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTC.2007.4382851","url":null,"abstract":"Since its release in 1998, the PXI industry standard has quickly gained adoption in a variety of measurement and automation systems including Fermilab's semiconductor quench detection and protection system. Two motivators for adopting the PXI platform are the high-speed PCI data communication bus and integrated timing and triggering features. Now, as the commercial PC industry improves bus bandwidth by evolving PCI to PCI express, PXI has evolved by integrating PCI express into the PXI standard to create PXI express. This paper gives an overview of the PXI platform including the data bus and timing and triggering features of PXI and PXI express.","PeriodicalId":217483,"journal":{"name":"2007 15th IEEE-NPSS Real-Time Conference","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134214979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using FPGAs to Generate Gigabit Ethernet Data Transfers and Studies of the Network Performance of DAQ Protocols","authors":"D. Bailey, R. Hughes-Jones, M. Kelly","doi":"10.1109/RTC.2007.4382745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTC.2007.4382745","url":null,"abstract":"FPGA devices have become common in data acquisition (DAQ) systems for high energy particle physics experiments. The next generation of DAQ systems will use FPGAs with commercial networking components. The use of FPGAs to generate gigabit-Ethernet data streams has been investigated using a Virtex 4 development system to generate raw Ethernet packets over both fibre and copper links. Details of the firmware developed to drive the links are presented. Throughput and packet loss over standard Ethernet networks to PCs have been measured using different request-response protocols. Sequential request and group request DAQ data collection protocols have been implemented and initial scaling tests are reported.","PeriodicalId":217483,"journal":{"name":"2007 15th IEEE-NPSS Real-Time Conference","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130287488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Architecture Proposal for the ILC Test Beam Silicon Telescope at Fermilab","authors":"M. Turqueti, R. Rivera, L. Uplegger, A. Prosser","doi":"10.1109/RTC.2007.4382785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTC.2007.4382785","url":null,"abstract":"The requirements for an ILC Test Beam silicon telescope system are foreseen to be very stringent. Resolution, noise, and throughput must be carefully managed in order to provide a useful instrument for the high energy physics community to develop detector technologies for the ILC. Since the ILC Test Beam is meant to test a wide variety of different detectors, it must employ universally accepted software techniques, hardware standards and protocols as well as easy integration of hardware and software with the various clients using the system. In this paper, we describe an open modular architecture to achieve these goals, including an analysis of the entire chain of software and hardware needed to meet the requirements.","PeriodicalId":217483,"journal":{"name":"2007 15th IEEE-NPSS Real-Time Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129197791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Dong, R. Eusebi, C. Schrupp, A. Sfyrla, R. Tesarek, R. Wallny
{"title":"Beam Condition Monitoring with Diamonds at CDF","authors":"P. Dong, R. Eusebi, C. Schrupp, A. Sfyrla, R. Tesarek, R. Wallny","doi":"10.1109/RTC.2007.4382739","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTC.2007.4382739","url":null,"abstract":"Particle physics collider experiments at the high energy frontier are being performed today and in the next decade in increasingly harsh radiation environments. While designing detector systems adequate for these conditions represents a challenge in itself, their safe operation relies heavily on fast, radiation-hard beam condition monitoring (BCM) systems to protect these expensive devices from beam accidents. The talk will present such a BCM system based on polycrystalline chemical vapor deposition (pCVD) diamond sensors designed for the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) experiment operating at Fermilab's Tevatron proton-antiproton synchrotron. We report our operational experience with this system, which was commissioned in the spring of last year. The system currently represents the largest of its kind to be operated at a hadron collider. It is similar to designs being pursued by the next generation of hadron collider experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).","PeriodicalId":217483,"journal":{"name":"2007 15th IEEE-NPSS Real-Time Conference","volume":"11 10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128526270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Musella, R. Alemany, N. Almeida, J. Bourotte, F. Beaudette, W. Białas, M. Cerutti, A. David, D. Evans, Y. Geerebaert, P. Gras, M. Husejko, T. Kolberg, A. Paganini, J. C. D. Silva, P. Rumerio, P. Silva, C. Thiebaux, J. Varela, E. Vlassov
{"title":"The CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter Data Acquisition System at the 2006 Test Beam.","authors":"P. Musella, R. Alemany, N. Almeida, J. Bourotte, F. Beaudette, W. Białas, M. Cerutti, A. David, D. Evans, Y. Geerebaert, P. Gras, M. Husejko, T. Kolberg, A. Paganini, J. C. D. Silva, P. Rumerio, P. Silva, C. Thiebaux, J. Varela, E. Vlassov","doi":"10.1109/RTC.2007.4382836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTC.2007.4382836","url":null,"abstract":"The electromagnetic calorimeter of the CMS experiment at CERN is an homogeneous calorimeter made of about 80000 Lead Tungstate crystals, that will start to operate at the LHC at the end of 2007. From June to November 2006, ten barrel Supermodules (1700 crystals each) were exposed to beam at CERN SPS, both in standalone and in association with portions of the Hadron Calorimeter. We present the description of the system used to configure and readout the calorimeter during the campaign. The full set of final readout electronics boards was employed, together with the pre-series version of the data acquisition software. During the campaign, the hardware and software concepts for the final system were validated. The system allowed the intercalibration of the ten Supermodules and allowed to perform several important studies of the detector performances, such as energy resolution, response linearity and radiation-hardness.","PeriodicalId":217483,"journal":{"name":"2007 15th IEEE-NPSS Real-Time Conference","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116693060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Duro, J. S. Moreno, S. Dormido-Canto, R. Dormido, G. Farías, H. Vargas, J. Vega
{"title":"Two criteria for On-line Detection of Oscillations in Nuclear Fusion Experiments","authors":"N. Duro, J. S. Moreno, S. Dormido-Canto, R. Dormido, G. Farías, H. Vargas, J. Vega","doi":"10.1109/RTC.2007.4382797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTC.2007.4382797","url":null,"abstract":"The work presented in this paper is a first approach in the application of monitoring and assessment techniques developed in the control engineering field to the diagnosis and analysis of signals in nuclear fusion experiments. Two procedures to detect oscillations in process control are explained and modified to be applied to the on-line detection of oscillations in waveforms. Steps to further research on the application of monitoring and assessment techniques from the control engineering field to the fusion are given.","PeriodicalId":217483,"journal":{"name":"2007 15th IEEE-NPSS Real-Time Conference","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117059523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role Based Access Control in the ATLAS Experiment","authors":"M. Leahu, M. Dobson, G. Avolio","doi":"10.1109/RTC.2007.4382738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTC.2007.4382738","url":null,"abstract":"The ATLAS experiment operates with a significant number of hardware and software resources. Their protection against misuse is an essential task to ensure a safe and optimal operation. To achieve this goal, the role based access control (RBAC) model has been chosen for its scalability, flexibility, ease of administration and usability from the lowest operating system level to the highest software application level. This paper presents the overall design of RBAC implementation in the ATLAS experiment and the enforcement solutions in different areas such as the system administration, control room desktops and the data acquisition software. The users and the roles are centrally managed using a directory service based on lightweight directory access protocol which is kept in synchronization with the human resources and IT databases.","PeriodicalId":217483,"journal":{"name":"2007 15th IEEE-NPSS Real-Time Conference","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114171133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Resource Awareness FPGA Design Practices for Reconfigurable Computing: Principles and Examples","authors":"Jinyuan Wu","doi":"10.1109/RTC.2007.4382752","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTC.2007.4382752","url":null,"abstract":"Computation ability of an FPGA device is determined by three factors: clock frequency, number of logic elements available and efficiency of resource usage, i.e., amount of useful computing works done by unit number of logic elements per clock cycle. The increase of resource is primarily the result of technology progress while the efficient use of the resources is the responsibility of the users. In this document, a variety of examples of the FPGA application in the high-energy physics and accelerator instrumentation will be discussed with emphasis on resource awareness issues. For the FPGA/reconfigurable computing, rich experiences can be transplanted from micro-processor counterpart. While on the other hand FPGA specific issues should be dealt with differently. Several principles in both aspects will be summarized. Topics of this document include: (1) Recognizing FPGA and microcomputer resources, similarities and differences. (2) Flatten designs vs. sequential designs. (3) Principle of loop reduction. (4) Inexplicit computing and hidden resources.","PeriodicalId":217483,"journal":{"name":"2007 15th IEEE-NPSS Real-Time Conference","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125250381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Process Manager in the ATLAS DAQ System","authors":"G. Avolio, M. Dobson, G. Miotto, M. Wiesmann","doi":"10.1109/RTC.2007.4382744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RTC.2007.4382744","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the process manager in the ATLAS DAQ system. The purpose of the process manager is to perform basic process control on behalf of the software components of the DAQ system. It is able to create, destroy and monitor the basic status (e.g., running, exited, killed) of software components on the DAQ workstations and front-end processors. Section I gives a brief overview of the process manager functionalities. Section II focuses on the requirements the process manager system has to fulfil to be fully integrated in the DAQ system. Section III shows how the requirements are met by the current implementation. The communication schema between the different parts of the process manager system, the procedure to launch a process and the possible states in which a process can be are described in Sections IV, V and VI. Section VII deals with some consideration of the process manager performance while some conclusions are given in Section VIII.","PeriodicalId":217483,"journal":{"name":"2007 15th IEEE-NPSS Real-Time Conference","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128090481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}