A dual-parameter multichannel analyzer using a personal computer

Author

Akimoto, Tadashi ; Murai, Ikuo ; Chaki, Sagar ; Ogawa, Yuichi ; Shoji, Isao

Author_Institution

Dept. of Nucl. Eng., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan

Volume

36

Issue

3

fYear

1989

fDate

6/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1354

Lastpage

1358

Abstract

The design of a practical system for measuring two-parameter signals is reported. To obtain constantly changing energy spectral of nuclear reactor assemblies due to repeated insertion of pulsed neutron sources, the simultaneous acquisition of time and energy data is needed. A computer-based dual-parameter multichannel pulse-height analyzer was developed. The analyzer uses a personal computer, two analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), and a parallel interface board for handling these signals. The system is simple to operate, and because the memory size and coincidence resolution time can be changed by software operations, it is highly flexible

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; neutron flux; nuclear engineering computing; ADC; analog-to-digital converters; coincidence resolution time; computer-based dual-parameter multichannel pulse-height analyzer; energy spectral; nuclear reactor assemblies; parallel interface board; personal computer; pulsed neutron sources; simultaneous acquisition; two-parameter signals; Analog-digital conversion; Assembly; Data processing; Displays; Graphics; Microcomputers; Neutrons; Pulse measurements; Signal analysis; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.31096

Filename

31096