An FPGA-based readout module for the DAQ subsystem of the DSSC detector at the European XFEL

The DSSC collaboration is developing an instrument to detect synchrotron X-rays (E > 0.5 keV) at the European XFEL. The DEPFET-based sensors with integrated signal compression will be read out by 16 ASICs per sensor module. During the XFEL bursts (600 µs), data are acquired at a rate of up to 4.5MHz, and subsequently read out during the 99.4 ms long burst gaps.