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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 18: DAQ und Trigger I

T 18.10: Vortrag

Montag, 25. März 2019, 18:20–18:35, ST 2

Arduino-based Readout Electronics for Particle Detectors — Markus Köhli^1,2, •Jannis Weimar¹, Fabian Allmendinger¹, Fabian Schmidt², Klaus Desch², and Ulrich Schmidt¹ — ¹Physikalisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg,Heidelberg, Deutschland — ²Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Deutschland

With the Arduino open source electronics platform microcontrollers have become a comparably easy-to-use tool for rapid prototyping and implementing creative solutions. Yet, running at 16 MHz, the capabilities can be extended to data taking and signal analysis at decent rates. Such devices in combination with dedicated frontend electronics can offer low cost alternatives for student projects and independently operating small scale instrumentation. We present two projects, which cover the readout of helium-3 and boron-10 proportional counters and of scintillators or wavelength shifting fibers with Silicon Photomultipliers. With the SiPMTrigger we have realized a small-scale design for triggering or vetoing in combination with a photon counter. It consists of a custom mixed signal frontend board featuring signal amplification, discrimination and a coincidence unit for rates up to 200 kHz. The nCatcher board transforms an Aruino Nano to a proportional counter readout with pulse shape analysis - time over threshold measurement and a 10-bit analog to digital converter for pulse heights. This makes the device suitable for low to medium rate environments, where a good signal to noise ratio is a crucial.