A CAMAC system controlled by an IBM AT computer for time-resolved spectroscopy
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Source
- Conference: 5. conference on real-time computer applications in nuclear, particle, and plasma physics, San Francisco, CA, USA, 12 May 1987
- Subject
- 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION CAMAC SYSTEM
EQUIPMENT INTERFACES
IBM COMPUTERS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
FORTRAN
ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS
PERSONAL COMPUTERS
SPECTROSCOPY
TIME RESOLUTION
COMPUTERS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DIGITAL COMPUTERS
ON-LINE SYSTEMS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
RESOLUTION
TIMING PROPERTIES 990220* -- Computers, Computerized Models, & Computer Programs-- (1987-1989)
440300 -- Miscellaneous Instruments-- (-1989)
- Language
- English
An IBM AT computer interfaced to a small CAMAC system offers considerable power without the complexity and expense of a large general-purpose system. Our system for time-resolved spectroscopy features menu-driven FORTRAN-based software; high-resolution and high-speed (8K channels, 5-..mu..s fixed dead time) ADCs; segmentable histogram memories (24-bit counts) with large memory space for many histogram segments; independently variable separate histogram dwell times; remote control via a CAMAC serial highway; and ground isolation between the data acquisition equipment and control computer by means of fiber optics.