UCTM2: An updated User friendly Configurable Trigger, scaler and delay Module for nuclear and particle physics

TL;DR

The paper introduces UCTM2, an improved, user-friendly electronic module for nuclear physics experiments that offers extensive configurability, signal digitization, and timing features without requiring HDL knowledge.

Contribution

It presents an upgraded version of UCTM with added digitization and timing capabilities, enhancing usability and functionality for small-scale nuclear physics applications.

Findings

Enhanced configurability via GUI

Includes signal digitization and time measurement features

Demonstrated effective performance in typical applications

Abstract

We developed a highly integrated and versatile electronic module to equip small nuclear physics experiments and lab teaching classes: the User friendly Configurable Trigger, scaler and delay Module for nuclear and particle physics (UCTM). It is configurable through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) and provides a large number of possible trigger conditions without any Hardware Description Language (HDL) required knowledge. This new version significantly enhances the previous capabilities by providing two additional features: signal digitization and time measurements. The design, performances and a typical application are presented.