2008 · 29 citations · 1 references
EngineeringComputer EngineeringComputer ScienceComputer ArchitectureParticle PhysicsRadiation DetectionAccelerator ArchitectureAccelerator PhysicsData AcquisitionData Acquisition SystemsDetector SystemsDetector TechnologyData Acquisition ElectronicsDetector Readout ElectronicsFront-end Electronics For Detector ArraysHardware InstrumentationProgrammable AcceleratorsRadiation Data Acquisition SystemsRadiation Detection Electronics
The Electronic Systems Engineering Department of the Computing Division at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has developed a data acquisition system flexible and powerful enough to meet the needs of a variety of high energy physics applications. The system described in this paper is called CAPTAN (Compact And Programmable daTa Acquisition Node) and its architecture and capabilities are presented in detail here.
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