CERN Accelerating science

ATLAS Note
Report number	ATL-TILECAL-PROC-2012-010
Title	A new portable test bench for the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter front-end electronics
Author(s)	Moreno, P (Valencia U.) ; Alves, J (LIP, Lisbon) ; Calvet, D (Clermont-Ferrand U.) ; Carrio, F (Valencia U.) ; Crouau, M (Clermont-Ferrand U.) ; Hee Yeun, K (Texas U., Arlington) ; Minashvili, I (Dubna, JINR) ; Nemececk, S (ASCR, Prague) ; Quin, G (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Schettino, V (Juiz de Fora U.) ; Solans, C (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Usai, G (Texas U., Arlington) ; Valero, A (Valencia U., IFIC)
Corporate Author(s)	The ATLAS collaboration
Publication	2012
Imprint	10 Nov 2012
Number of pages	11
In:	Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics, Oxford, UK, 17 - 21 Sep 2012
Subject category	Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CERN LHC ; ATLAS
Free keywords	ATLAS Tile Calorimeter ; FPGA ; ADC ; Test bench ; Embbeded system
Abstract	This paper describes a new portable test bench for the TileCal sub-detector of the ATLAS experiment at CERN. The system is used for the certification and quality checks of the front-end electronics drawers. It is designed to be an easily upgradable version of the current 10-year-old system, able to evaluate the new technologies planned for the upgrade as well as provide new functionality to the present system. It will be used during the long shutdown of the LHC in 2013-14 and during future maintenance periods.
Copyright/License	Preprint: (License: CC-BY-4.0)