Title :
Automated thermoluminescence measurement using microcontroller
Author :
Neelamegam, P. ; Arumugam, Saravanakumar
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Pushpam Coll., Tamilnadu
Abstract :
A dedicated real time microcontroller thermoluminescence measurement setup has been developed to measure light intensity and temperature and to control linear heating for conducting investigations on thermoluminescent materials such as alkali halides with and without doping of impurities. This instrument system permits recording of glow curve data and enables microcontroller processing of such data to evaluate glow peak temperature and activation energy. A simple and powerful 8051 microcontroller board has been developed and, along with the necessary software for this purpose, is explained fully
Keywords :
alkali metal halides; automatic test software; microcontrollers; optical variables measurement; physical instrumentation control; spectroscopy computing; temperature control; temperature measurement; thermoluminescence; 30 to 310 C; activation energy; alkali halides; automated thermoluminescence measurement; dedicated real time microcontroller; doping of impurities; glow curve data; glow peak temperature; light intensity measurement; linear heating control; microcontroller processing; microcontroller software; temperature measurement; thermoluminescent materials; EPROM; Educational institutions; Heating; Instruments; Lighting control; Microcontrollers; Physics; Solid state circuits; Temperature control; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1997. IMTC/97. Proceedings. Sensing, Processing, Networking., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3747-6
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.1997.610258
