MIPP DAQ Documentation

Files available as cvs module e907logs/daq_log
(but may be out of date [PDB])

Collection of articles and code related to E910 Data Acquisition. This page now includes a preliminary layout for the MIPP Data Acquisition.

Last modified: 17-July-2002

DAQ Meetings

• 02-sep-18-tele  02-oct-09-tele  02-oct-30-tele  02-nov-08-tele  02-dec-04-tele 

E907/EOS DAQ Documentation

• David Asner Closeout Documentation
• LINUX/PPC/R2DM Instructions
• MIPP Daq Logbook
• Phone Directory for DAQ people
• Directory roadmap for e907daq:/scratch0
• Documentation of eos daq files needed by MIPP

E907 DAQ Layout and Schematics

• Plan A (jpg) (ps)- orbacus w/ ppc event builder
• Plan B (jpg) (ps) - r2dm with e907daq event builder
• TPC Clock (pdf)
• Rack and Crate Locations and Contents

Lower DAQ TPC

• Lower DAQ Class Layout (ps)
• Event trigger and sync -- trigger proces in lower DAQ -- How this is synced in the event builder -- Sync clock
• Test of ntp to sync clocks for lower DAQ (y axis is error in seconds, x axis is time in seconds)-- 10baseT network no load -- Same with a load. (network load start at 14,800 and ends 15,900. disk load starts 16,300 ends 17,000

Early TPC Events - Description in MIPP DAQ Logbook

• First Pulser Event - Oct 30, 2001 (ps)
• First Cosmic Muon - Oct 31, 2001 (gif)
• Better Cosmic Muon - Nov 01, 2001(gif)

FNAL Computing Links

• Online Data for Experiments (ODE)
• Online Database and Systems (ODS)
• VxWorks at Fermilab
• R2DM Event Builder
• Merlin Error Logger
• Enstore Data Storage System
• Control Room Logbook (CRL)

EOS TPC References (pdf)

• Data Links for the EOS TPC
  Fred Bieser, Ron Jones, and Charles McFarland, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sc. 38:335-336 (1991).
• Analog-to-Digital Conversion Using Custom CMOS Analog Memory for the EOS Time Projection Chamber
  K. L. Lee, et al., IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sc., 38:344-347 (1991).
• A TPC Detector for the Study of High Multiplicity Heavy Ion Collisions
  G. Rai, et al., IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sc. 37:56-64 (1990).
• A 4096 Cell Switched Capacitor Analog Waveform Storage Integrated Circuit,
  Stuart A. Kleinfelder, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sc. 37:1230-1236 (1990).
• Low Power Shaper Amplifier for the EOS TPC Detector
  M. Nakamura, D.A. Landis, and G. Rai, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sc. 38:50-52 (1991).
• Heavy Ion Reaction Measurements with the EOS TPC (Looking for Central Collisions with Missing Energy)
  H. Wieman, and the EOS Collaboration, in Proceedings of the Tenth Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics (Snowbird, Utah: January 14-21, 1994).
• A TPC Detector for the Study of High Multiplicity Heavy Ion Collisions
  H. Wieman, et al., Nucl. Phys. A525 (1991) 617c-620c.

Other relevant documentation

• MVME 2400 Data Sheet
• MVME 2400 Installation Guide
• MVME 2400 Programmer's Reference Guide
• MVME PPCbug Reference Manual
• MVME 147 Manual
• MVME 162 Manual
• MVME 712 Manual
• DSP56000 Family C Compiler Manual
• DSP56001 Techniques and Examples
• DSP56000 Family Manual
• DSP56002 Family Manual
• DSP56001 Data Sheet
• DSP Assembler Reference Manual
• BitBus info
• LeCroy 1440 High Voltage Crate Info

Code used in E910

• Contents of physgi00.phy.bnl.gov:/scratch15/e910/DAQ
  See fnalu for gzipped tar file(15.6 Mb)