S-LINK General Information

Publications

• "S-LINK: A Prototype of the ATLAS Read-out Link", H.C. van der Bij et al. (Postscript 1.5 MByte)
 
Describes the applications in the ATLAS experiment, with examples of the read-out drivers, read-out buffers, the dataformat etc.
(Presented at the Fourth Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments, Rome, 21-25 September 1998)
• "S-LINK, a Data Link Interface Specification for the LHC Era", H.C. van der Bij et al. (Postscript 314 KByte)

Describes the S-LINK project (specification, products & applications) in a concise manner with an updated focus on finished and future developments.
(Presented at the IEEE Xth IEEE Real Time Conference 97, Beaune - France, September 22-26,1997, published in the Proceedings of the Beaune 97 Xth IEEE Real Time Conference)
• "S-LINK, a Data Link Interface Specification for the LHC Era", H.C. van der Bij et al. (Postscript 310 KByte)

Describes the S-LINK project (specification, products & applications) in a concise manner.
(Presented at the 1996 Nuclear Science Symposium, Anaheim, CA, USA, November 3-9, 1996, published in the IEEE-TNS Conference Issue 1996)
• "An Application of S-LINK, a Data Link Interface Specification, in the ATLAS Readout System", R.A. McLaren et. al (Postscript 220 KByte)

This paper describes the S-LINK interface specification, the use of the S-LINK in ATLAS, the physical links being designed, and the test equipment that has been developed.
(Presented at the second International Data Acquisition Workshop (DAQ96) on Networked Data Acquisition systems, RCNP Osaka, JAPAN, 13-15 November, 1996)

Slideshows

• S-LINK: A Prototype of the ATLAS Read-out Link (Presented at LEB98, October 1998 - Erik van der Bij)
• S-LINK Test Tools (August 1998 - Erik van der Bij)
• The very first S-LINK slides (March 1996 - Robert McLaren)

Ordering and Engineering information

• Ordering information for commercially available S-LINK devices
• S-LINK equipment available from the CERN stores.
• CERN Electronic Data Management System - S-LINK Project

Other project information

• Overview
• Project
• Team
• Glossary
• Frequently Asked Questions (part of the S-LINK Implementation Guide)
• S-LINK Gallery - photos of all cards

CERN - S-LINK
Erik van der Bij, Stefan Haas - 30 July 2003