Title :
A Mini-Computer Data Acquisition Station
Author :
Bennett, F.K. ; Mayercak, J.J. ; Schweitzer, S.
Author_Institution :
Plasma Physics Laboratory Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey
Abstract :
A PDP-8/I mini-computer has been used as a satellite data-acquisition station in conjunction with a larger, central IBM-1800 computer. An analog data interface to the PDP-8/I permits bipolar analog data to 10-bit accuracy to be collected at the rate of one analog sample every 1.5 ¿s.
Keywords :
Analog-digital conversion; Circuits; Computer architecture; Data acquisition; Laboratories; Memory architecture; Physics computing; Plasma applications; Satellites; Switches;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1971.4326328
