Requirements (1)

Draft requirements document...still to be completed.

• Standalone Tests/Diagnostics
• Data Acquisition
  • Test Beam Activities
  • Final DAQ in Atlas
• Calibration
• Online Monitoring
• Control
• Offline...

Tests and Diagnostics

• Detailed checks of single VME boards
• GUI to access all bits of registers/memories
• Flexibility for hardware development
• Prepackaged acceptance tests

Data Acquisition

• Many final requirements ought to be satisfied by the DAQ group
• Also need suitable environment for prototype tests (high on functionality, may be low performance)
• Infrastructure for initial implementation of final calibration, monitoring
• ``ROD crate'' DAQ?
• Still many questions to be resolved