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An Hardware Emulator for the ATLAS Phase-II L0MDT Trigger System

27 May 2026, 19:09
1m
500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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Poster Algorithm implementation in HDL and HLS Poster Session and Welcome Reception

Speaker

Marcel Marques Boonen (Max Planck Society (DE))

Description

The L0MDT muon track finder algorithm will be implemented on the MDT Trigger Processor (MDTTP) ATCA board, featuring an AMD xcvu13p FPGA. To validate this, we propose using a 2020 demonstrator board (equipped with two AMD XCZU11EG FPGAs and three DDR4 modules) to emulate data flow.The demonstrator will simulate incoming signals from L0Muon systems (Front-End and Sector Logic) and internal MDTTP macroblocks. ATLAS Monte-Carlo or experimental data can be stored in the DDR4 memories and streamed at each clock cycle to mimic high-speed detector signals. This data is transferred via optical transceivers to the MDTTP board. As a primary use case, we present the validation of the transverse momentum ($p_T$) calculation block. We compare two approaches: a traditional empirical formula and a novel machine-learning algorithm implemented via hls4ml. This setup ensures the hardware can handle the rigorous demands of the ATLAS trigger system.

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Authors

ATLAS TDAQ collaboration Marcel Marques Boonen (Max Planck Society (DE))

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