Description
The R5560SE is a high-density, rack-mountable digitizer designed for large-scale physics experiments requiring fast digitization and flexible data processing. Featuring 128 single-ended analog channels with 14-bit resolution at 125 MS/s, it integrates a powerful Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC with an open FPGA architecture, enabling users to implement custom pulse processing algorithms tailored to specific applications.
Key features include:
- 3U, 19" rack-mount form factor with automatic fan control
- Single-ended inputs on MCX connectors with programmable impedance (50 Ω / 1 kΩ)
- Programmable Front-End stage with coarse gain (×1 to ×100) and DC offset adjustment
- Support for SCI-Compiler, a block-diagram-based firmware development tool, with a runtime license included
- Multi-board synchronization via a single CAT5e cable, allowing scalability to thousands of channels
- Configurable digital I/Os for interfacing with external systems
- Multiple communication interfaces: USB 3.0, Ethernet, and optional Optical Link
- 2.4" touch screen display for quick configuration and status monitoring
Designed for the readout of various detectors, including PMTs, segmented HPGe, and ³He tubes, the R5560SE is suitable for applications in nuclear spectroscopy, high-energy physics, and imaging with multichannel detectors. Its architecture allows simultaneous management of numerous digital (LVDS, NIM, TTL) and analog signals, facilitating the implementation of complex functionalities such as signal digitization, complex trigger logic, pulse height analysis with MCA capabilities, time tagging, and pulse shape discrimination.
The SCI-Compiler software provides an intuitive graphical interface for firmware development, enabling users to program the FPGA without deep knowledge of hardware description languages. Additionally, a free and open-source demo readout software is available to manage standard pulse height analysis firmware, implementing energy measurements using a trapezoidal filter.
