# The SoLid anti-neutrino detector's readout system

## TL;DR

The SoLid detector's readout system uses FPGA-based waveform analysis and targeted data readout to drastically reduce data volume while efficiently capturing anti-neutrino interactions.

## Contribution

This paper introduces a novel FPGA-based intelligent readout system that significantly reduces data rates while maintaining detection efficiency for anti-neutrino events.

## Key findings

- Data rate reduced by a factor of 10,000
- High efficiency maintained for anti-neutrino data
- Prototype system demonstrates effective performance

## Abstract

The SoLid collaboration have developed an intelligent readout system to reduce their 3200 silicon photomultiplier detector's data rate by a factor of 10000 whilst maintaining high efficiency for storing data from anti-neutrino interactions. The system employs an FPGA-level waveform characterisation to trigger on neutron signals. Following a trigger, data from a space time region of interest around the neutron will be read out using the IPbus protocol. In these proceedings the design of the readout system is explained and results showing the performance of a prototype version of the system are presented.