PAN‐DA: An integrated distributed data acquisition sytem

PAN‐DA is the overall name given to the new generation data acquisition system being developed for experiments at Fermilab by the Data Acquisition Support Department. This system has been designed to allow easy support for new specific modules and processors, flexible migration to new front end readout controllers and event builders, new event filter processor boards and data acquisition buses, and integration of heterogeneous backend online computer systems for data acquisition control and monitoring.