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# The IDROGEN data acquisition system

Daniel Charlet, Antoine Back, Sid Ali Cherrati, Chafik Cheikali, Cédric Esnault, B. Genolini, Michel Lours, Paul-Éric Pottie, Gaetan Seuillot, Christelle Soulet, et al.

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Daniel Charlet, Antoine Back, Sid Ali Cherrati, Chafik Cheikali, Cédric Esnault, et al. The IDROGEN data acquisition system. AG du GDR DI2I, Jun 2025, Lyon, France. hal-05120726

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# The IDROGEN data acquisition system

## Versatile data acquisition and picosecond synchronization

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Daniel Charlet¹ (daniel.charlet@ijclab.in2p3.fr), Antoine Back¹, Chafik Cheikali¹, Sid Ali Cherrati¹, Cédric Esnault¹, Bernard Genolini¹, Michel Lours², Paul-Eric Pottie², Gaetan Seuillot¹, Christelle Soulet¹, Monique Taurigna¹, Mathias Vecchio¹, Cédric Viou³

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TERRE &
UNIVERS

NUCLÉAIRE
& PARTICULES

1

UC Lab
Irène Joliot-Curie

2

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Observatoire
de Paris

PSL

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3

Radio
Station de
astronomie
de Nançay

## The IDROGEN motherboard

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## Versatility

### Extensions boards (FMC)

- Signal digitization (250 MSPS to 1 GSPS)

- Frequency analysis

- Arbitrary frequency generation

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## Automatic setup

With embedded microcontroller

## Software layers

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## Performance

### Picosecond synchronization,
1-ps RMS jitter

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From the TIMED R&T + CERN's and GSI's White Rabbit upgrade

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## 20-Gb/s data transfer

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From the DAQGEN R&T and the PCIe40 R&T (GBT protocol by CPPM)

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IpBus 1G & 10G porting on Arria 10, from LPSC

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## Applications

### Accelerators

ATF @ KEK: frequency generation

ADC board under evaluation at KEK

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KEK

### CERN DRD7

White Rabbit porting on Agilex

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### Spectroscopy

Low dead time, online calculation, sub-ns pulse timestamp by interpolation

### Radioastronomy

PAON-4: ADC + FFT

CTA: evaluation of 1-GSPS ADC

IDROGEN on NenuFAR

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### European time-frequency network

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IDROGEN system as clock generator