Event Formation Unit

The Event Formation Unit (EFU) [1] is the main component for the ESS [2] data path. It receives timestamped digitised readouts from neutron detectors, converts them into ESS neutron events ({time, pixel} tuples) and streams these to Apache Kafka [3] .

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High level architecture view of the EFU.

Note

If you consider using this project you should be aware that the code is subject to change without notice and that backwards compatibility is not guaranteed.

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