A PCIe DAQ board prototype for Pixel Detector in high energy physics

We present the design of the Pixel-ROD board, which is a PCIe data acquisition circuit designed to push data coming from custom links (like GBT) into the host computer memory. The board is designed in order to be flexible and highly-configurable, making it usable with different front end electronics devices via optical or electrical connections. The PCIe interface provides a high-bandwidth link towards the memory of a PC.