David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov 2011 Trigger/Timing Logic Unit (TLU) for AIDA Beam-Test

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov Outline Exiting EUDET JRA1 TLU Aims for Mini-AIDA-TLU (mTLU) – Specification – Schedule / Cost. Aims for AIDA-TLU (aTLU) Use of aTLU in with CALICE DAQ Also, as Beam-Interface (BIF)? Summary

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov EUDET JRA1 TLU Designed to give a simple but flexible interface to trigger/timing signals at EUDET JRA1 beam-telescope Produces triggers from beam scintillators. EUDET-Memo

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov EUDET JRA1 TLU Philosophy Try to impose as few “rules” as possible on users. Simple and low cost enough for beam test users to have one in their lab to prepare for beam-test Used by ILC, LHC and “non-aligned” groups.

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov JRA1 TLU Interface Different triggering modes: – No handshake (trigger pulses high) – Trigger-Busy handshake – Trigger Data handshake

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov JRA1 TLU Interface Triggers can be vetoed by DUT raising TRIGGER_CLOCK line. – Can be combined with simple trigger/busy handshake for “dead-time free” readouts that send a continuous stream of data. – Send “buffer almost full” signal. Time-stamp stored for each trigger.

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov Why and AIDA TLU Existing TLU works. Why a new one? – Want to move to one-trigger-per-particle ( not one trigger per telescope frame). – Needed for LHC detectors. – FPGA system available for lifetime of AIDA – Use new “FMC” format to allow different FPGAs. – No “single vendor lock in” – Can use with xTCA systems. – Cheaper to produce TLUs for integration in home labs.

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov AIDA TLU – Backwards Compatible AIDA TLU will be backwards compatible with existing EUDET TLU Compatible at physical level ( signal levels, definitions) Compatible at software level. At memory map/register level. (but different interface to host. Gigabit Ethernet not USB)

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov AIDA Mini-TLU (mTLU) Want to produce a prototype to test out ideas This mini-TLU will be cheaper and easier to produce than existing TLU Use new connector standard (FMC), increase lifetime. – Enthusiastically adopted by CERN: – Support “Open Hardware” site. – 23 FMC projects already

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov AIDA mTLU specification Double-Width FMC with single LPC connector. – Use e.g. Xilinx SP601 to host. 75mm 139mm

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov AIDA mTLU Front Panel Four PMT inputs (Lemo-00) One GPIO (Lemo-00) One clock I/O (2- pole Lemo-00) Two DUT (HDMI)

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov Alternative Front Panel Four PMT inputs (Lemo-00) One clock I/O (2- pole Lemo-00) Three DUT: Two HDMI One RJ45

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov AIDA mTLU Interface Four PMT Inputs (Lemo-00) – Use MAX9601 fast comparator. <1ns propagation, ~ 100ps dispersion with amplitude. Threshold by DAC. +/-5V range. – Use threshold + zero-crossing per channel. Two DUT interfaces (HDMI) – Difficult to get RJ45 that will fit on FMC. HDMI has more signal pins and better grounding – “Dongles” for HDMI to LVDS/RJ45, TTL/LEMO

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov AIDA mTLU Interface Use clock circuitry inside FPGA to receive or generate clocks. Communication to DAQ by Gigabit Ethernet – Use “IPBus” firmware. – Developed for CMS upgrade, but intended to be “experiment neutral” – Will need a host to convert packets into EUDAQ format, but could be main DAQ PC

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov Versions of mTLU Different levels of build – Assembled into box ( “beam-test ready”) – Assembled onto metal plate ( “IKEA”) Approximate cost ~ €1000 each. – FMC only - provide own FPGA ( “Aldi” ) – Manufacture own from design files Aiming for hardware ~ April 2012

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov Interface to CALICE DAQ  Need to do some thinking… Use TLU as a source of trigger data? like a Trigger-DIF? Need to receive or supply a clock Not always used for EUDET With trigger/busy handshake, don’t need clock for event synchronization. (Many users don’t use timestamp.)

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov Interface to CALICE DAQ Interface: Physical compatibility probably not an issue (Make AIDA TLU look like a CALICE DIF.) Use CALICE DIF-LDA firmware to format data for transmission. Data Send timestamp ( ~ ns resolution) of every particle.

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov Interface to EUDAQ With same trigger information in both CALICE and Beam-telescope can combine events Offline – use event number/timestamp as a key Online – send CALICE data to EUDAQ or modify EUDAQ to be able to send data to CALICE DAQ.

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov Beam Interface Prototype Requirement for CALICE beam-interface (BIF) for beam-test. Approx 12 channels, each with <1ns time-stamp Can use mTLU as prototype BIF Full aTLU as a BIF Hardware should work – but BIF-specific firmware needed.

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov Full AIDA TLU Approximate specification: – Twelve PMT inputs – Six DUT inputs – Low jitter clock generation Will need FPGA board with FMC-HPC (high pin count) connector. Firmware almost identical to mTLU.

David Cussans, AIDA/CALICE DAQ Palaiseau, 10 Nov Summary Work under-way to produce a AIDA mini-TLU – Aiming for early release – Low(er) cost way of integrating to EUDAQ at home lab. Fully specify aTLU in light of mTLU experience Can use same hardware (and probably most of the firmware) as a Beam-Interface (BIF)