From c999516b1f6687c9c016dc34ce04ae9fdd819ae1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Michel Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 11:58:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] added some final words --- .../mvdelectronics.tex | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/GSI_2014_JM-MW_MVD-Electroncis/mvdelectronics.tex b/GSI_2014_JM-MW_MVD-Electroncis/mvdelectronics.tex index 1bbdcfe..c971f24 100644 --- a/GSI_2014_JM-MW_MVD-Electroncis/mvdelectronics.tex +++ b/GSI_2014_JM-MW_MVD-Electroncis/mvdelectronics.tex @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ BMBF (05P12RFFC7), HIC for FAIR and GSI}} \author[1]{J. Michel} \author[1]{M. Wiebusch} +\author[]{the CBM-MVD collaboration} \affil[1]{Goethe-Universität Frankfurt} \maketitle @@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ and currents can be monitored remotely to further study the behavior of sensors to design a matching powering scheme for the final detector setup. In the current connection scheme, the new FPGA platform can support up to 16 sensors in parallel. -Note that this value is mostly limited by the count of I/O connections for the vast number of control -and monitoring signals in the current design version and is likely to increase in future +Note that this value is mostly limited by the number of I/O connections for the huge number of +control and monitoring signals in the current design version and is likely to increase in future iterations. The resources of the FPGA also allow for further data sparsification algorithms like cluster detection as described in~\cite{cluster}. @@ -55,18 +56,25 @@ coordination of data taking, and continuous monitoring of sensor parameters (pow temperature, etc). In order to make the functionality accessible to non-hardware-experts, the development of an elaborate graphical user interface has been initiated. -The user software consists of two parts: a back end software suite implemented in perl and a +The user software consists of two parts: a back end software suite implemented in Perl and a web interface front end written in HTML/CSS/Javascript. Though this approach appears intricate, the strict separation of front end and back end has substantial advantages: The DAQ is inherently remotely accessible to multiple users on different machines, while -the design flexibilty of HTML and CSS helps providing a clear structure and a good overview of +the design flexibility of HTML and CSS helps providing a clear structure and a good overview of the functionality. Furthermore the back end scripts can be also used from the command line or shell scripts to automate complex configure and/or measurement tasks. All configuration files are stored in the strictly hierarchical but human readable XML format -in order to keep the system transparent to the developer. +in order to keep the system transparent to the developer. The user interface does not only include +access to all vital configuration options of each individual sensor, but also allows to monitor all +information gathered on the converter board, i.e. voltages and currents as mentioned above. +These developments are a further steps towards the final read-out electronics, although it is +evident that further steps will be taken this year. The plans foresee to adapt the read-out to +a new sensor generation (Mistral) with higher data band-width and to develop cabling schemes for +the geometry of the complete MVD detector setup. + \begin{thebibliography}{9} \bibitem{cluster} -- 2.43.0