Status of the CALICE DAQ system

TL;DR

This paper describes a scalable, FPGA-based data acquisition system designed for next-generation calorimeter prototypes at the ILC, emphasizing its flexibility, use of off-the-shelf hardware, and integration with existing software frameworks.

Contribution

It introduces a generic, scalable DAQ system for calorimeter prototypes using FPGAs and off-the-shelf components, adaptable for high energy physics applications.

Findings

Design is scalable and generic for various applications.

Implementation uses off-the-shelf hardware and programmable FPGAs.

Software is based on the existing DOOCS framework.

Abstract

A data acquisition (DAQ) system is described which will be used for the next generation of prototype calorimeters using particle flow algorithms for the International Linear Collider (ILC). The design is sufficiently generic and scalable such that it should have numerous applications either for ILC detectors or elsewhere within high energy physics in general. The DAQ system will be implemented using FPGAs and built using off-the-shelf components and networking hardware with programmable FPGAs. The software for the DAQ system is based on an existing framework, DOOCS, which is a server/client object-oriented system. The design philosophy, current status of the project and its aims are presented in this report.