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This project concerns the development of the Common Readout Unit (CRU) user logic for the Muon Identifier (MID) of the ALICE detector. In light of the upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) resulting in increased data throughput the ALICE MID requires an upgrade of its Data Acquisition chain, most notably a move from the legacy triggered readout method to a continuous readout method. The data production in continuous readout mode is several orders of magnitude higher than that of triggered readout. As such, real-time data conditioning is required to meet storage constraints. The ALICE MID user logic will perform this function by extracting the data, reformatting, arranging and transmitting it in packets according to the requirements of the computing system. The user logic is a separate component that interfaces to the Core CRU firmware and is implemented in an FPGA using a hardware description language.
