Clemêncio, FilomenaBlanco, A.Carolino, N.Loureiro, C.2022-04-052022-04-052018-08-02Clemêncio, F., Blanco, A., Carolino, N., & Loureiro, C. (2018). The trigger system of a large area RPC TOF-tracker muon telescope. Journal of Instrumentation, 13(08), T08001-T08001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/08/t08001http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/20334The TOF-tracker concept, the simultaneous measurement of accurate time and bi dimensional space coordinates in a single gaseous detector, has been previously demonstrated based on Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) technology. Recently, a larger area, 1550 × 1250 mm2 , RPC detector has been built. Signals are induced on metallic strips located in each side of the RPC active volume and coupled to both charge-sensitive and timing circuits, that can be used to generate a coincidence trigger. In this work, the architecture and performance of the trigger system of the detector is reported. The system is based on off-the-shelf inexpensive modules and in a custom program written in VHDL running in a Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA. It is fast, fully parameterized and supports several trigger strategies, allowing at the same time the collection of data referring to the operating condition of the detector, relevant for tests and detector maintenance.engControl and monitor systems onlineTrigger algorithmsTrigger concepts and systems (hardware and software)Instrumentation and methods for time-of-flight (TOF) spectroscopyjournal article10.1088/1748-0221/13/08/T080011748-0221