A new concept in data acquisition electronics, control, and monitoring for the next generation of nuclear gamma ray spectrometer

Author

Ender, Ch. ; Beck, F.A. ; Ring, Ch ; Wendling, L. ; Richard, A. ; Aleonard, M.M. ; Lazarus, I. ; Pucknell, V. ; Cresswell, J.R. ; Nolan, P.J. ; Holm, A. ; Kluge, H. ; Maier, K.H. ; Ziem, P. ; Gast, W. ; Kossionides, S.

Author_Institution

Heidelberg Univ., West Germany

Volume

37

Issue

2

fYear

1990

fDate

4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

326

Lastpage

330

Abstract

A new data acquisition system designed for a future high-resolution gamma-ray detector array-the Euroball-is described. It will use newly designed high-resolution electronics together with the VXIbus system as the instrumentation bus. The planned electronics and the general structure of the data acquisition system are described in detail. For control and setup of the data acquisition system, Ethernet based communication is planned. The other elements involved in a data acquisition system (readout, graphics, sorting, storage, etc.) are being planned using international standards and a European agreed solution wherever possible. Depending on the possible integration density and the number of channels, the whole system will consist of 10 to 16 VXI crates containing the digitizing electronics and several VME crates for event filter CPUs and data storage control

Keywords

data acquisition; gamma-ray detection and measurement; nuclear electronics; physics computing; Euroball; VME crates; VXI crates; VXIbus system; data acquisition; data storage control; digitizing electronics; event filter CPUs; graphics; high-resolution gamma-ray detector array; instrumentation bus; integration density; readout; sorting; storage; Communication system control; Control systems; Data acquisition; Ethernet networks; Filters; Gamma ray detectors; Graphics; Instruments; Sensor arrays; Sorting;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.106639

Filename

106639