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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 45: DAQ, Trigger, Elektronik 2

T 45.7: Talk

Monday, March 24, 2014, 18:15–18:30, GFH 01-731

The USBpix Readout System Upgrade — •Viacheslav Filimonov, Tomasz Hemperek, Fabian Hügging, Hans Krüger, and Norbert Wermes — University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

The USBpix readout system is a small and light weighting test system for the ATLAS pixel readout chips. It is widely used to operate and characterize FE-I4 pixel modules in lab and test beam environments. For multi-chip modules the resources on the Multi-IO board, that is the central control unit of the readout system, are coming to their limits, which makes the simultaneous readout of more than one chip at a time challenging. Therefore an upgrade of the current USBpix system is currently being developed which also will support new front-end chip generations with higher data rates. The presentation will focus on the firmware and software development for the USB 3.0 microcontroller and FPGA, and the high frequency PCB design. An overview of the next planned steps will be given.