Data Acquisition

The data acquisition available at the Laboratory for Detector Science is modeled after the CEBAF (Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility) Online Data Acquisition (CODA) system. The system involves a single board computer controlling a VME backplane (Readout Controller) which transfers digitized data from the VME backplane to a Host Computer. The Readout Controller (ROC) runs the VxWorks operating system and the host computer runs the CentOS ( free Red Hat) operating system. Libraries to control the VME modules are cross-compiled on the Host computer and then downloaded to the ROC by software running on the host computer know as "RunControl".

Host Computer Configuration
Readout Controller Configuration
SIS3600 Trigger Supervisor
Installing CODA
VME modules
NIM Modules