CMS phase-2 DAQ and timing hub prototyping results and perspectives

• Published in: Journal of instrumentation Vol. 17; no. 5; p. C05003
• Main Authors: Amoiridis, V., Behrens, U., Bocci, A., Branson, J., Brummer, P., Cittolin, S., Da Silva-Gomes, D., Da Silva Almeida, J., Darlea, G.-L., Deldicque, C., Dobson, M., Gigi, D., Dzemaili, N., Gladki, M., Glege, F., Gomez-Ceballos, G., Gutic, N., Hansen, M., Hegeman, J., Moreno, G.I., James, T.O., Kishimoto, C., Leutgeb, E., Li, W., Meijers, F., Meschi, E., Morovic, S., Orsini, L., Papakrivopoulos, I., Paus, C., Peron, K., Petrucci, A., Pieri, M., Poupakis, A., Puljak, E., Rabady, D., Raychinov, K., Racz, A., Sakulin, H., Schwick, C., Simelevicius, D., Stahl, A., Troska, J., Vazquez-Velez, C., Zejdl, P., Zokaite, V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.05.2022
• Subjects: Control and monitor systems online; Data acquisition circuits; Prototypes; Prototyping; Trigger concepts and systems (hardware and software)
• ISSN: 1748-0221; 1748-0221
• DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/17/05/C05003

Abstract This paper describes recent progress on the design of the DAQ and Timing Hub, or DTH, an ATCA (Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture) hub board intended for the phase-2 upgrade of the CMS experiment. Prototyping was originally divided into multiple feature lines, spanning all different aspects of the DTH functionality. The second DTH prototype merges all R&D and prototyping lines into a single board, which is intended to be the production candidate. Emphasis is on the process and experience in going from the first to the second DTH prototype, which included a change of the chosen FPGA as well as the integration of a commercial networking solution.