1. Update on the development of the PET data acquisition system
Giancarlo Sportelli
18/12/2014

2. Overall DAQ scheme

3. Motherboard Hosts all the RX boards in a 3U rack
Collects and filters all detected photons
Processes coincidences in real time
Sends coincidence data to the host PC via USB 2.0
HW complete, FW/SW under development

4. RX Board Schematic completed Placement draft completed
cheapest, lowest bandwidth
280 mm
Cat 7
clock
cables
Gb Ethernet
mezzanine
100 mm
Cat7 cable
expensive, high bandwidth MB
Connection
Schematic completed
Placement draft completed
Peripheral FW completed
(except ethernet)
Routing will start in 01/15
Board ETA 04/15
FW ETA +2 months

5. Prototyping the ethernet link

6. Constraining the RX board