Physics – Instrumentation and Detectors
Scientific paper
2003-11-17
Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
4 pages, 8 figures. Presented by H.G. Berns at IEEE-NSS 2003, Portland, OR, October, 2003. Submitted to Trans. IEEE
Scientific paper
10.1109/TNS.2004.829368
The QuarkNet DAQ card for school-network cosmic ray detectors provides a low-cost alternative to using standard particle and nuclear physics fast pulse electronics modules. Individual detector stations, each consisting of 4 scintillation counter modules, front-end electronics, and a GPS receiver, produce a stream of data in form of ASCII text strings in identifiable set of formats for different functions. The card includes a low-cost GPS receiver module, which permits timestamping event triggers to about 50 nanosecond accuracy in UTC between widely separated sites. The technique used for obtaining precise GPS time employs the 1PPS signal, which is not normally available to users of the commercial GPS module. We had the stock model slightly custom-modified to access this signal. The method for deriving time values was adapted from methods developed for the K2K long-baseline neutrino experiment. Performance of the low-cost GPS module used is compared to that of a more expensive unit with known quality.
Berns Hans-Gerd
Burnett Toby H.
Gran Richard
Jeffrey Wilkes R.
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