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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 64: Pixel Detectors III

T 64.6: Vortrag

Mittwoch, 17. März 2021, 17:15–17:30, Tn

Software development for the ITk-Pixel module read-out and test system "BDAQ" — •Rafael Gonçalves Gama, Ali Skaf, Jörn Große-Knetter, Jörn Lange, and Arnulf Quadt — II. Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

The Inner Tracker (ITk) is a new all-silicon detector which will replace the current ATLAS tracking system during the Phase II upgrade. The ITk innermost layers are composed by pixel modules, which comprise a new sensor and a new front-end chip, designed to cope with the challenging demands of the HL-LHC environment. This work consists of adding support for the BDAQ hardware platform to the ITk DAQ software. The BDAQ hardware is an affordable, yet powerful, FPGA-based electronics board designed by the University of Bonn for test and characterization of the new ITk front-end and upcoming generation chips. The work presented here enables the operation of this hardware in a centralized environment. Therefore, one can ensure that the same software, including the production-database interface, will be used during all the quality control steps throughout the prototyping, (pre-)production, construction and operation phases of the ITk. A new software library, based on the original BDAQ software package, was written to allow the hardware integration into the ITk DAQ software. A summary of the development process, as well as results of the BDAQ hardware integration, will be presented.