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Report on a field-portable VME-based distributed data acquisition system

Journal Article · · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/23.486019· OSTI ID:212116
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  1. Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

A development effort was started two years ago to develop a portable data acquisition system which could be used for performing arms control verification and environmental monitoring measurements with complex multi-detector systems in the field. A field portable data acquisition system has been developed around a VMEbus based micro-processor and standard TCP/IP network protocols. The hardware consists of a compact VME crate and a single CAMAC crate containing the signal processing electronics. The component processes of the data acquisition system transfer control and event data over a set of TCP/IP socket connections. The use of network sockets for the interprocess communications allows the data acquisition system to be operated transparently on one workstation or on a number of workstations distributed around a local network.

DOE Contract Number:
AC07-94ID13223
OSTI ID:
212116
Report Number(s):
CONF-950534--
Journal Information:
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Journal Issue: 1Pt1 Vol. 43; ISSN IETNAE; ISSN 0018-9499
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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