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View SchemaData acquisition from high-rate detectors at MAX IV
| Authors | Paul Bell, Michele Cascella, Felix Engelmann, Thomas Eriksson, Aleko Lilius, Zdenek Matej, Jeremy Metz, Andrii Salnikov, Clemens Weninger, Meghdad Yazdi |
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| ArXiv ID | 2601.05901vv1 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05901 |
| License | http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ |
Abstract
At MAX IV pixelated area detectors are operated at high frame rates to take advantage of the X-ray beam properties available from the fourth generation synchrotron in scattering, diffraction and imaging applications. A variety of photon counting and charge integrating detectors and sCMOS cameras have been integrated into a common data acquisition (DAQ) system in which data are streamed to a central Kubernetes cluster, mounting an IBM Storage Scale (GPFS) file system. The DAQ system provides live feedback from the detectors/cameras and extends to enable on-the-fly data processing. Control system integration via Tango provides a standardised single interface for controlling all DAQ components. Starting from an overview of the detector types in use, we describe the design and implementation of the MAX~IV detector-DAQ system and report a quantitative study of its performance in terms of data throughput and detector operating rates.
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