Parallel processing and real-time data acquisition

Author

Taylor, Scott ; Taylor, Rodney

Author_Institution

Douglas Eng., Santa Monica, CA, USA

Volume

37

Issue

2

fYear

1990

fDate

4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

355

Lastpage

360

Abstract

A detailed description of a low-cost, very-high-performance data-acquisition front-end processor is given. The front-end processor, called the transputer foundation module, is built around the Inmos transputer, an ideally suited real-time parallel processor. Special-purpose digital signal processing hardware is combined with the transputer foundation module to form a high-power, flexible data acquisition and processing system. The transputer foundation module can concurrently perform data acquisition, reduction, and high-speed transfer. One such system is capable of acquiring data at burst rates of 40 MB/s and performing 2000 and 1024-point complex FFTs (fast Fourier transforms) per second

Keywords

data acquisition; fast Fourier transforms; nuclear electronics; parallel processing; physics computing; Inmos transputer; burst rates; digital signal processing hardware; front-end processor; high-speed transfer; parallel processing; real-time data acquisition; real-time parallel processor; reduction; transputer foundation module; CAMAC; Coprocessors; Data acquisition; Data analysis; Data systems; Digital signal processing; Hardware; Millimeter wave radar; Parallel processing; Process control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.106644

Filename

106644