Data-acquisition method for multichannel systems

An economical method is described for data acquisition from multichannel systems such as multiwire chambers in which the channels are combined into a matrix via analog adders and analog to digital converters. An implementation for a 1024-channel system was considered. The number of channels interrogated was reduced to 127. Simulation shows that the input data may be recovered completely if not more than 10 channels have operated. Recovery performance is shown as a function of number of triggered channels in a 1024-channel systems for two groups and three groups where the numbers on the curves are the tolerances in comparing the signal amplitudes in matrix projections