Pixie Acquisition and Analysis Software Suite (PAASS)

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Introduction

Our goals are to create a

1. A modern scientific software package.
2. Acquisition and analysis test coverage to ensure accurate results.
3. Provide an extensible framework to run experiments.

Software updates focus on

1. Testing components
2. Performance enhancements
3. Documentation
4. UX

I made the decision not to focus on analysis of a single data set. I want to provide a software package that users can extend beyond a single experiment.

The software provides acquisition and analytis frameworks for the XIA, LLC DGF Pixie-16 modules. We write data in PLD or LDF formats. The software can interface with PACMAN for run control. This provides a stable and well debugged DAQ system. For an overview of the main components you can read here

Dependencies

For all components

• ncurses
• gcc v4.4.6+
• cmake v2.8.8+
• ROOT
  • gsl v2.x

Acquisition

• PLX
• XIA API

Licensing and Copyright

Copyright (c) 2009 - 2017, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees All rights reserved.

This code was developed as part of the research efforts of the Experimental Nuclear Physics Group for use with the Pixie-16 electronics. The work was supported by the following grants:

DE-FG52-08NA28552

provided by the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.

The work is licensed under the GNU GPLv3.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

• Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
• Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
• Neither the name of University of Tennessee nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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