CERN<\/a><\/strong> in Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe JSI team faced a significant challenge. They needed to evaluate a large number of individual pixel sensors, and existing beam telescopes were insufficient for their needs. This situation necessitated the development of a new beam telescope that could detect and reconstruct tracks of high-energy charged particles<\/strong>, providing valuable insights into detector efficiency and resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOPTIMIZED DATA FLOW<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nEfficient data flow is crucial in high-energy physics experiments. The JSI team optimized data flow using NI FlexRIO features, including a single-cycle\u00a0Timed Loop\u00a0<\/strong>in the FPGA code and FIFO buffers in both FPGA and PC memory. They also implemented algorithms for overflow protection to prevent data corruption during data transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAerial view of CERN\u2019s main facility in Meyrin, Switzerland<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIMPRESSIVE RESULTS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nTests at\u00a0CERN\u00a0<\/strong>validated the effectiveness of their approach. The NI PXI Express system proved stable, with no data losses during FPGA-to-PC data transfer. The acquired event rate was limited only by the dead time of the\u00a0Mimosa-26\u00a0<\/strong>sensors, indicating that the data acquisition system was not the bottleneck. This promising outcome suggests that even higher rates could be achieved with additional FPGA firmware development.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe JSI team successfully reconstructed and analyzed the acquired data, confirming that data corruption was effectively prevented by their overflow protection algorithms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion, this case study from the world of particle physics highlights how advanced hardware and software solutions from National Instruments can revolutionize data acquisition and analysis in high-energy experiments. By choosing NI PXI Express hardware<\/strong>, NI FlexRIO hardware<\/strong>, and NI LabVIEW software<\/strong>, the JSI team created a powerful, reliable, and flexible data acquisition system that not only met their current needs but also paved the way for future advancements in particle physics research.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe case study discussed in this post was originally co-authored by Matevz Cerv from the European Organization for Nuclear Research and Andrej Gorisek from the Jo\u017eef Stefan Institute.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Particle physics experiments\u00a0push the boundaries of our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the universe. To conduct these experiments effectively, researchers need cutting-edge technology that can handle vast amounts of data generated by particle detectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10],"tags":[118,171,172,242,318,378,393,437,526,549,574,623],"class_list":["post-2308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-study","category-technology","tag-chassis","tag-data","tag-data-acquisition","tag-flexrio","tag-labview","tag-module","tag-national-instruments","tag-ni","tag-particle-beams","tag-pixel-sensor","tag-pxi","tag-pxie"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2308"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3666,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions\/3666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}