  This paper presents the design and implementation of the front-end
electronics and the data acquisition (DAQ) system for readout of multi-wire
drift chambers (MWDC). Apart of the conventional drift time measurement the
system delivers the hit position along the wire utilizing the charge division
technique. The system consists of preamplifiers, and analog and digital boards
sending data to a back-end computer via an Ethernet interface. The data logging
software formats the received data and enables an easy access to the data
analysis software. The use of specially designed preamplifiers and peak
detectors allows the charge-division readout of the low resistance signal wire.
The implication of the charge-division circuitry onto the drift time
measurement was studied and the overall performance of the electronic system
was evaluated in dedicated off-line tests.
