The data acquisition system of the Eindhoven scanning proton microprobe

Author

Verseijden, W. ; Kemper, A.H. ; Mutsaers, P.H.A. ; de Voigt, M.J.A.

Author_Institution

Cyclotron Lab., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

41

Issue

1

fYear

1994

fDate

2/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

97

Lastpage

101

Abstract

The new scanning microprobe has been in operation for two years. Real-time data acquisition takes place on a front-end system. The measured data is transported via Ethernet to a workstation for on-line monitoring, analysis and storage. Hardware for control of the scan magnet and the quadrupoles and a multichannel analyzer have been developed. Data acquisition software for on-line monitoring and simultaneous display of multiple spectra with user selectable parameters has been written. The user interface is based on the X11-Window system. A relational database gives the user a flexible way to specify all parameters for the experiment. A faster datalink and a faster workstation will be realized this year

Keywords

data acquisition; distributed databases; ion microprobe analysis; particle accelerator accessories; physics computing; pulse height analysers; real-time systems; relational databases; Eindhoven scanning proton microprobe; Ethernet; X11-Window system; control hardware; data acquisition software; data acquisition system; front-end system; multichannel analyzer; multiple spectra; quadrupoles; real-time data acquisition; relational database; scan magnet; user selectable parameters; workstation on-line monitoring; Condition monitoring; Data acquisition; Displays; Ethernet networks; Hardware; Magnetic analysis; Protons; Real time systems; User interfaces; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.281466

Filename

281466