GET: A generic electronics system for TPCs and nuclear physics instrumentation

C. Pollacco (1) , G. Grinyer (2) , F. Abu-Nimeh , T. Ahn , S. Anvar (1) , A. Arokiaraj , Y. Ayyad , H. Baba (3) , M. Babo , P. Baron , D. Bazin , S. Beceiro-Novo , C. Belkhiria (2) , M. Blaizot (2) , Bertram Blank (4) , J. Bradt , G. Cardella (5) , L. Carpenter , S. Ceruti , E. de Filippo , E. Delagnes (1) , S. de Luca , H. de Witte (6) , F. Druillole (4) , B. Duclos (2) , F. Favela , Agnès Fritsch , J. Giovinazzo (4) , C. Gueye , T. Isobe (3) , P. Hellmuth (4) , C. Huss (4) , B. Lachacinski (4) , A. Laffoley (2) , G. Lebertre (2) , L. Legeard (2) , G. Lynch , T. Marchi , L. Martina (2) , C. Maugeais (2) , W. Mittig , L. Nalpas (1) , E.V. Pagano , J. Pancin (2) , O. Poleshchuk , J. Pedroza (4) , J. Pibernat (4) , S. Primault (2) , R. Raabe , B. Raine (2) , A. Rebii (4) , M. Renaud , T. Roger (2) , P. Roussel-Chomaz (1) , P. Russotto , G. Saccà , F. Saillant (2) , P. Sizun (1) , D. Suzuki , A. Swartz , A. Tizon (4) , N. Usher , G. Wittwer (2) , J.C. Yang

1 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
2 GANIL - Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds
3 RIKEN RNC - RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science [Wako]
4 CENBG - Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan
5 INFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania
6 IKS - Instituut voor Kern-en Stralingsfysica

General Electronics for TPCs (GET) is a generic, reconfigurable and comprehensive electronics and data-acquisition system for nuclear physics instrumentation of up to 33792 channels. The system consists of a custom-designed ASIC for signal processing, front-end cards that each house 4 ASIC chips and digitize the data in parallel through 12-bit ADCs, concentration boards to read and process the digital data from up to 16 ASICs, a 3-level trigger and master clock module to trigger the system and synchronize the data, as well as all of the associated firmware, communication and data-acquisition software. An overview of the system including its specifications and measured performances are presented.

Mots clés: ASIC; FPGA; Micro TCA; Generic data-acquisition system; Scalable; Nuclear physics

Domaines: Physique Nucléaire Expérimentale [nucl-ex]; Systèmes embarqués; Electronique

C. Pollacco, G. Grinyer, F. Abu-Nimeh, T. Ahn, S. Anvar, et al.. GET: A generic electronics system for TPCs and nuclear physics instrumentation. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2018, 887, pp.81 - 93. ⟨10.1016/j.nima.2018.01.020⟩. ⟨hal-01695875⟩