THE RABBITSYSTEM: LOW COST,HIGH RELIABILITYFRONT END ELECTRONICS FEATURING16 BIT DYNAMICRANGE

A new crate-basedfrontend systemhas been built whichfeatureslow cost, compact packaging,commandcapability,16 bit dynamic range digitization,and a high degree of redundancy.The cratecan contain a variety of instrumentation modules,and is designedto be situatedcloseto thedetector. The system is suitable for readoutof a largenumberof channels via parallel multiprocessor data acquisition.