GET: A generic electronics system for TPCs and nuclear physics instrumentation

Pollacco E. C.; Grinyer G. F.; Abu-Nimeh F.; Ahn T.; Anvar S.; Arokiaraj A.; Ayyad Y.; Baba H.; Babo M.; Baron P.; Bazin D.; Beceiro-Novo S.; Belkhiria C.; Blaizot M.; Blank B.; Bradt J.; Cardella G.; Carpenter L.; Ceruti S.; De Filippo E.; Delagnes E.; De Luca S.; De Witte H.; Druillole F.; Duclos B.; Favela F.; Fritsch A.; Giovinazzo J.; Gueye C.; Isobe T.; Hellmuth P.; Huss C.; Lachacinski B.; Laffoley A. T.; Lebertre G.; Legeard L.; Lynch W. G.; Marchi T.; Martina L.; Maugeais C.; Mittig W.; Nalpas L.; Pagano E. V.; Pancin J.; Poleshchuk O.; Pedroza J. L.; Pibernat J.; Primault S.; Raabe R.; Raine B.; Rebii A.; Renaud M.; Roger T.; Roussel-Chomaz P.; Russotto P.; Sacca G.; Saillant F.; Sizun P.; Suzuki D.; Swartz J. A.; Tizon A.; Trifiro A.; Usher N.; Wittwer G.; Yang J. C.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.01.020

General Electronics for TPCs (GET) is a generic, reconfigurable and comprehensive electronics and dataacquisition system for nuclear physics instrumentation of up to 33792 channels. The system consists of a customdesigned ASIC for signal processing, front-end cards that each house 4 ASIC chips and digitize the data in parallel through 12-bit ADCs, concentration boards to read and process the digital data from up to 16 ASICs, a 3-level trigger and master clock module to trigger the system and synchronize the data, as well as all of the associated firmware, communication and data-acquisition software. An overview of the system including its specifications and measured performances are presented.