CERN Accelerating science

ATLAS Note
Report number	ATL-DAQ-PROC-2019-026
Title	Hardware production quality control for the ATLAS Phase-I read-out upgrade
Author(s)	Alfonsi, Fabrizio (Universita e INFN, Bologna) (+) ; Gabrielli, Alessandro (Universita e INFN, Bologna) (+) ; Giangiacomi, Nico (Universita e INFN, Bologna) (+)
Corporate Author(s)	The ATLAS collaboration
Collaboration	ATLAS Collaboration
Publication	2019
Imprint	09 Oct 2019
Number of pages	4
In:	TWEPP 2019 Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics, Santiago De Compostela, Spain, 2 - 6 Sep 2019
Subject category	Particle Physics - Experiment
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CERN LHC ; ATLAS
Free keywords	ATLAS TDAQ upgrade ; read-out ; FPGA ; Quality control
Abstract	The upcoming upgrade of the readout system of the ATLAS experiment at the LHC at CERN is based on the Front-End LInk eXchange (FELIX) system. As part of this upgrade, approximately 120 custom PCIe cards are being produced by an industrial partner, based on a hardware design developed within the collaboration of several institutes and Universities. Such a large production requires detailed Quality Assurance/Quality Control procedures (QA/QC) to ensure the hardware being produced is fully functional and robust.