Embedded software developments in KM3NeT phase I. (9th December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: van Beveren, V.; Real, D.; Chiarusi, T.; Calvo, D.; Mastroianni, S.; Musico, P.; Pellegrini, G.; Jansweijer, P.; Colonges, S.; Bozza, C.; Filippini, F.; Nicolau, C.; Díaz, A.
• Other Names: collab.
• Is Part Of: Journal of instrumentation. Volume 16:Number 12(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-12-09
• Subjects: Software Engineering -- Neutrino detectors; Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Periodicals; 502.84
• DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/12/C12008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1748-0221

Abstract

Abstract: The KM3NeT collaboration has already produced more than one thousand acquisition boards, used for building two deep-sea neutrino detectors at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, with the aim of instrumenting a volume of several cubic kilometers with light sensors to detect the Cherenkov radiation produced in neutrino interactions. The so-called digital optical modules, house the PMTs and the acquisition and control electronics of the module, the central logic board, which includes a Xilinx FPGA and embedded soft processor. The present work presents the architecture and functionalities of the software embedded in the soft processor of the central logic board.