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Title The new trigger/GPS module for the EEE project
Author(s) Panetta, M P (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; Salento U. ; INFN, Lecce) ; Abbrescia, M (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Avanzini, C (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Pisa ; Pisa U.) ; Baldini Ferroli, R (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; LNF, Dafne Light) ; Baldini, L (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; Pisa U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Batignani, G (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Pisa ; Pisa U.) ; Battaglieri, M (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; Genoa U. ; INFN, Genoa) ; Boi, S (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Cagliari ; Cagliari U.) ; Bossini, E (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; Siena U. ; INFN, Siena) ; Carnesecchi, F (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna ; Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome) Show all 67 authors
Publication 2019
Number of pages 2
In: Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 936 (2019) 376-377
In: Frontier Detectors for Frontier Physics: XIV Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors, La Biodola, Isola D'elba, Italy, 27 May - 2 Jun 2018, pp.376-377
DOI 10.1016/j.nima.2018.10.127
Abstract The Extreme Energy Events Project is an experiment devoted to the study of the Extensive Atmospheric Showers (EAS) which consists of a network of Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs) muon telescopes distributed over a very large area ∼3times10$^{5}$km$^{2}$ . It requires a precise time synchronization to correlate the information collected from each single detector. The data acquisition system of each telescope is equipped with a trigger unit and a GPS receiver to perform precision timing of events. The Global Positioning System (GPS) unit provides the one pulse per second signal (1PPS) which is used to create a timestamp in UTC time. A novel VME trigger unit for the EEE telescopes was developed, including an embedded GPS engine for timing application. The trigger/GPS unit is presented, including some preliminary measurements of its time resolution.
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