CRI board for CBM experiment - preliminary studies

The Common Readout Interface (CRI) is an important component of the new architecture of readout and DAQ chain for CBM. The paper presents the results of preliminary analysis and experiments performed to assess the possibility to implement the CRI firmware in the selected prototyping hardware platform. It also reviews functionalities provided by the Zynq UltraScale+ platform regarding their usability for the creation of the PCIe-based data concentration system.