  We present the design and first test results of a new FADC-based data
acquisition (DAQ) system for the Grande array of the KASCADE-Grande experiment.
The original KASCADE experiment at the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany,
has been extended by 37 detector stations of the former EAS-TOP experiment
(Grande array)to provide sensitivity to energies of primary particles from the
cosmos of up to $10^{18}$ eV. The new FADC-based DAQ system will improve the
quality of the data taken by the Grande array by digitizing the scintillator
signals with a 250 MHz sampling rate. events per second.
  Two Grande stations have been equipped with the FADC-based data acquisition
system and first data are shown.
