ON-BOARD ELECTRONICS FOR BLIMP - A BALLOON-BORNE PROTOTYPE FOR THE INTEGRAL SATELLITE

Authors
QUADRINI EM CORBA M FALCONI B MORIGGIO C ROSSI M YOUNIS FA LABANTI C ROSSI E DEBERNARDIS M DEBORTOLI L
Citation
Em. Quadrini et al., ON-BOARD ELECTRONICS FOR BLIMP - A BALLOON-BORNE PROTOTYPE FOR THE INTEGRAL SATELLITE, IEEE transactions on nuclear science, 40(4), 1993, pp. 909-912
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE transactions on nuclear science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189499
Volume
40
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Part
1
Pages
909 - 912
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9499(1993)40:4<909:OEFB-A>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The data handling electronics for BLIMP, a prototype of the IMAGER exp eriment of the INTEGRAL mission, is described. An expandable arrangeme nt electronics architecture is used to handle the data coming from the 100 pixel CsI(TL) detection plane. The main components of the on-boar d Electronics are based on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) which provide flexibility and compactness. This system is capable of handli ng approximately 10000 events/sec. The flexibility and modularity of t he electronics are discussed in order to demonstrate how the BLIMP sys tem can provide a base line for the IMAGER development study.