Title :
A New CAMAC Data Acquisition Interface
Author :
Nordmann, Claude ; Reichart, Werner
Author_Institution :
Department of Physics University of Fribourg CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
Abstract :
This article reviews the different types of pulse height analysers and presents their main advantages and disadvantages. The new Camac module offers a solution for hardware problems related with interfacing ADC´s to most of the mini-computers. It regulates and derandomises the data flow to the processor, provides a hand-shaking mode between ADC and Central Processor, undertakes a maximum of interface tasks, facilitates the introduction of routing bits and allows the correlation of a number of converters. The design, construction and advantages of this instrument are described and illustrated by examples.
Keywords :
CAMAC; Data acquisition; Data processing; Hardware; Histograms; Instruments; Memory; Physics; Pulse measurements; Time measurement;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1978.4329490