A VME-Macintosh data acquisition system with ECL readout

Conference · Mon Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1994 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:6865043

Anzalone, A; Manno, C M.I.; Ferrera, F; Barbagallo, G; Cali, C ^[1]; Yingmei, G ^[2]; Giustolisi, F ^[3]

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1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Catania (Italy). Lab. Nazionali del Sud
2. Academia Sinica, Shanghai (China). Inst. of Nuclear Research
3. Univ. di Catania (Italy). Dipt. di Fisica

A new Data Acquisition System has been developed at LNS to match the experimental request of handling hundreds of parameters and spectra with an input event frequency of a few kHz. Both the traditional CAMAC and a new faster ECL readout dataways are supported. To enhance the system flexibility three different kinds of CAMAC ADCs can be used (GAN'ELEC QDC1612F, FERA 4300B, SILENA ADC4418/V.) Two HSM8170 interfaces are adopted between the ECLbus and the VMEbus as ECL-VME buffers. An EXB-8200 tape unit is connected to the system for off-line processing data storage.

• OSTI ID: 6865043
• Report Number(s): CONF-930640--
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 41:1Pt1; ISSN 0018-9499; ISSN IETNAE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

440100* -- Radiation Instrumentation
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
DESIGN
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT INTERFACES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
RADIATION DETECTORS
READOUT SYSTEMS