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Title A multi-channel trigger and acquisition board for TDC-based readout: application to the cosmic rays detector of the PolarQuEEEst 2018 project.
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Travaglini, Riccardo (INFN, Bologna) ; Balbi, G (INFN, Bologna) ; Cavazza, D (INFN, Bologna) ; Falchieri, D (INFN, Bologna) ; Garbini, M (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Bologna) ; Gnesi, I (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Turin) ; Lombardo, L (Polytech. Turin) ; Mazziotta, M N (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Bari) ; Meneghini, S (INFN, Bologna) ; Noferini, F (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Bologna) ; Pellegrino, C (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome) ; Pinazza, O (INFN, Bologna) ; Torromeo, G (INFN, Bologna) ; Veri, C (INFN, Bologna)

Publication SISSA, 2020
Number of pages 5
In: PoS TWEPP2019 (2020) 150
In: TWEPP 2019 Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics, Santiago De Compostela, Spain, 2 - 6 Sep 2019, pp.150
DOI 10.22323/1.370.0150
Subject category Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment EEE
POLAR
Abstract In the summer of 2018, the PolarQuEEEst experiment accomplished a measurement of cosmic rays flux in the Arctic. The detector, installed on a sailboat, was based on scintillation tiles read by a total of 16 SiPM. A multi-channel board (called TRB) has been designed to process the discriminated SiPM signals providing both self-trigger capability and time-to-digital conversion; it was based on a Cyclone-V Intel FPGA. Time-to-digital conversion has been implemented both into FPGA and with the HPTDC chip (as a backup). In this document the board will be described, enlightening the main features and the achieved performance. Lastly, the PolarQuEEEst measurement campaigns will be briefly described, showing how the TRB board has proved to be effective for experiments which require low power consumption, integration with position and environmental sensors and great portability as well. Final thoughts on future improvements will be also discussed.
Copyright/License publication: © 2018-2025 The Author(s) (License: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0)

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