05-October-1999
The FTPC data aquisition system is tied in with the main STAR
DAQ. From the receivers onward, all hardware components are
identical. The software (mainly the electronics channel mapping)
is not finalized yet, but can be derived from the existing TPC
software.
A Minidaq system is being set up in Munich for electronics
testing and to operate the smaller test TPC.
Technical data:
19200 electronics channels for both FTPCs
300 front end cards with 64 channels each
20 readout boards
20 receiver boards
expected event size: about 1MB after zero-suppression
FTPC
