This paper presents CMOS integrated electrical over stress (EOS) protection circuit for USB2 transceiver. A unique full speed SE0 state in USB2 standard protocol produces overshoot and undershoots in presence of on board choke. The purpose of choke is to minimize EMI for USB2 differential signalling. This works fine as long as data signalling is differential. In the presence of SE0 state, singl...

Since deliverable 4.1 we have begun to assemble the actual VAMPIRE AR kit based on the experience we gained from the assembly of our prototype platform described in deliverable 4.1 1. The VAMPIRE tracking subsystem consists of a Advantech PCM 9577 board with PIII (see table 1 for more details) providing an onboard USB2 interface required for our custom CMOS camera 2, two webcams, an Xsens inert...

The architecture of a data acquisition system utilizing the processing capability of a DSP chip has existed for many years. The ability to do this in a local loop in real time is available today with chips such as the Texas Instruments’1 floating-point TMS320C6713. The advantages of such an approach for real-time processing are many. But also of great interest is the ability for users to stream...

Instrumentation based on the PC architecture has been fielded at many accelerator sites. The wide variety, high performance, and reasonable cost of both commercial hardware and software make this platform an attractive choice for instrumentation. Current efforts on the SNS accelerator include beam position monitors, wire scanners, and beam current monitors. The design issues related to PCI inte...