Title :
Configurable Digital Emulation of Radiation Sources
Author :
Abbiati, Roberto ; Scarpaci, Sebastiano ; Geraci, Angelo ; Ripamonti, Giancarlo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Politecnico di Milano
fDate :
Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006
Abstract :
A compact setup for generation of pulses emulating radiation sources events is presented. The core of the system is constituted by a digital configurable device (e.g. a field programmable gate array - FPGA) that guarantees adaptability to different simulated sources and operative conditions without hardware changes but only updating the firmware. The emulator has been prototyped and tested.
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; nuclear electronics; pulse generators; FPGA; configurable digital emulator; digital configurable device; field programmable gate array; pulse generation; radiation source event emulation; radiation sources; Emulation; Field programmable gate arrays; Instruments; Microprogramming; Preamplifiers; Pulse generation; Signal generators; Spectroscopy; Statistical distributions; Testing; Digital processing; FPGA; Radiation sources; Simulation;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0560-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356005
