• DocumentCode
    802421
  • 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
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1971
  • Firstpage
    113
  • Lastpage
    117
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1971.4326328
  • Filename
    4326328