Open AccessDevelopment of an ultra‐fast data‐acquisition system for a two‐dimensional microstrip gas chamber
Author(s) -
Ochi Atsuhiko,
Tanimori Toru,
Nishi Yuji,
Aoki Shunsuke,
Nishi Yasuro
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s0909049597019018
Subject(s) - asynchronous communication , pipeline (software) , microstrip , data acquisition , computer science , computer hardware , optics , physics , telecommunications , programming language , operating system
A high‐performance data‐acquisition system has been developed in order to obtain time‐resolved sequential images from a two‐dimensional microstrip gas chamber (MSGC). This was achieved using fully digital processing with a synchronized pipeline method. Complex logical circuits for processing large numbers of signals are mounted on a small number of complex programmable logic devices. The system is operated with a 10 MHz synchronous clock, and has the capability of handling more than 3 × 10 6 counts s −1 for asynchronous events. The system was examined using a 5 × 5 cm MSGC and the recently developed 10 × 10 cm MSGC (1024 outputs); the anticipated performances were achieved.