A readout system for high-speed CCD cameras based on Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture

This paper describes the performance of a scalable readout system for high-speed CCD sensors based on the Advanced Telecommunication Computing Architecture specification. The paper reports the readout system performance tested with a IMPixel Frame Store CCD sensor for soft X-ray applications at synchrotron light sources. This camera is capable of producing image data at over 400 MB/s which must be processed in real-time and stored to disk. The high-level hardware architecture, signal processing data flow, and network protocol optimization are also be presented.