Design and fabrication of the Control Board for the muon counters of the AMIGA Project

A. ALMELA, D.ALONSO, G.DE LA VEGA, A. FUSTER, M.HAMPEL, A. LUCERO, A. SEDOSKI, F. SUAREZ, M. PLATINO, M. VIDELA, AND O.WAINBERG.

Malargüe, Mendoza

Otro; Internal technical notes (GAP Notes); 2012

Pierre Auger Observatory

This GAP is focused on the design of an embedded system for providing control and communication interface to the muon counters modules from the AMIGA Project. The design, implementation and performance verification is realized by ITeDA (Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas). The embedded system provides high efficiency in data transfer, controlled and continuous operation, and environmental variables monitoring. Furthermore it has the capability of carrying out remotely commanded operations, aiming to calibration and diagnosis. The most important characteristics are its flexibility, the low power consumption and high reliability.