HCAL readout is upgraded from old VME to new uTCA standard

DESY contributes to the upgrade of the Frond-End-Control system with firmware and software development, maintenance and test of the boards, and actively supports the current transition of HF, and the transition of HE in 2017/18

DESY operates two fully-equipped test stands

Publication:
F. Costanza et al.:The next generation Front-End-Controller for the Phase-I Upgrade of the CMS Hadron Calorimeters, JINST_093P_1116 [TWEPP2016]