Daughter boards

CARAS

CARAS is the first daughter card developed for the FASTER project. The QDC-TDC, RF and ADC modules have been developed for this card. You can easily change the function by reprogramming the FPGA on the mother card.

Key Features

  • VITA57 format
  • 2 channels = 2 FADC (500MHz, 12 Bits)
  • ±1.15V dynamic range (50Ω or 10kΩ) (switch selection)
S1 S2   INPUT IMPEDANCE  
  ON     ON    50 Ω
OFF OFF  10 kΩ
  • Input Offset ajustable by software between -1.1V and 1.1V
  • Noise: 1.1lsbrms ≈ 600μVrms
  • Bandwidth = 100 MHz