Digital signal acquisition system for complex nuclear reaction experiments

A digital data-acquisition system based on XIA LLC products was used in a complex nuclear reaction experiment using radioactive ion beams.A flexible trigger system based on a field-programmable gate array(FPGA)parametrization was developed to adapt to different experimental sizes.A user-friendly interface was implemented,which allows converting script language expressions into FPGA internal control parameters.The proposed digital system can be combined with a conventional analog data acquisition system to provide more flexibility.The performance of the combined system was veri-fied using experimental data.

Control and data acquisition system for collinear laser spectroscopy experiments

A control and data acquisition system was implemented for the recently developed collinear laser spectroscopy setup.This system is dedicated to data recording,storage,processing,monitoring of the beam intensity and energy,and visualization of various spectra.In comparison to the conventional resonance nuclear reaction system,the key technique is the precise synchronization of the detected counts with the actual scanning voltage(or probing laser frequency).The functions of the system were tested by measuring the hyperfine structure spectra of stable calcium(e.g.,^(40)Ca^(+))and radioactive potassium(e.g.,^(38)K)in the bunched and continuous modes,respectively.This system will be routinely applied and further improved in subsequent laser spectroscopy experiments on unstable isotopes at the Beijing Radioactive Ion-beam Facility(BRIF).

Design and implementation of 1 GHz high speed data acquisition system

With the development of current electronic technology, numerous high-speed data acquisition systems provide a variety of potential benefits. This article describes a high-speed data acquisition system which consists of ECL logic and TTL logic devices, samples and stores data with a 1 GHz clock. This system is accomplished easily and works stably. A performance test of this system has been undertaken and the results show that the effective number of bits （ENOB） is more than 6.5 bits.

Performance of digital data acquisition system in gamma-ray spectroscopy

A newly developed digital data acquisition system,which is based on the digital pulse processor Pixie-16 modules by XIA LLC,was tested with the c-ray detector array of the China Institute of Atomic Energy using the cray source and in-beam c-rays.A comparison between this digital data acquisition system and the conventional analog data acquisition system was made.At a low count rate,both systems exhibit good and comparable energy resolutions.At a high count rate above 8.8 k/s,while the energy resolution obtained by the analog system deteriorates significantly,the energy resolution obtained by the digital system is nearly unchanged.Meanwhile,experimental data with higher statistics can be collected by the digital system.The advantage of this digital system over the conventional analog system can be ascribed to its excellent capability of handling pile-up pulses at higher count rates,and the fact that it has nearly no dead time in data transmission and conversion.

Design and Implementation of a High-Speed Multi-Channel Data Acquisition System

A data acquisition system （DAS） to implement high-speed, real-time and multi-channel data acquisition and store is presented. The control of the system is implemented by the combination of complex programable logic device （CPLD） and digital signal processing （DSP）, the bulk buffer of the system is implemented by the combination of CPLD, DSP, and synchronous dynamic random access memory （SDRAM）, and the data transfer is implemented by the combination of DSP, first in first out （FIFO）, universal serial bus （USB） and USB hub. The system could not only work independently in single-channel mode, but also implement high-speed real-time multi-channel data acquisition system （MCDAS） by the combination of multiple single-channels. The sampling rate and data storage capacity of each channel could reach up to 100 million sampiing per second and 256 MB respectively.

A Review of Data Acquisition System based on LabVIEW

With the continuous development and expansion of automotive industry, car safety problems are widely concerned by most of us. In order to make it easier to adjust car′s real-time body posture, it is necessary to design a real-time data acquisition system, thus reducing the number of casualties in normal driving. A brief account of the development status of data acquisition system at home and abroad, and the concept, principle,function of virtual instrument platform are given. The advantages and disadvantages of the data acquisitionsystem, based on LabVIEW in different methods of data acquisition, are analyzed and compared, and put forward some improvements and optimization, so the real-time data acquisition system can meet the requirement of adjusting the state of the vehicle, improving real-time of data acquisition and processing. Finally, it indicates the development direction and prospect of data acquisition system based on LabVIEW.

Study on the Data Acquisition System for the pH Sensor

This study reveals the successful design of the data acquisition system for pH sensors.The data acquisition system includes an instrumentation amplifier,a low pass filter and a calculation program.The instrumentation amplifier used as the readout circuit has many advantages,including high input impedance,high gain,low output impedance,high CMRR and high bandwidth.The low pass filter is employed to cancel the circuit noise.The calculation program uses the two-point calibration method to calculate the sample concentration.Furthermore,this study employs Boolean function to cancel error signals.As indicated by experimental results,the readout circuit obtains the sensing signal and the calculation program calculates the pH value.Hence,this study successfully fabricates an effective data acquisition system for pH sensors.

Recent Development of Data Acquisition System on HL-2A

This paper introduced recent development of data acquisition system(DAS) on the HL-2A tokamak. The existing DAS has to be remodeled because of the evident improvement on HL-2A itself and the increasing amount of corresponding experimental data. First, the experimental network on HL-2A Tokamak as a communication center is described in detail. Secondly, 'The File's Format & Criterion of Experimental Data on HL-2A Tokamak' as the core of the new software is also presented. Thirdly, not only a multi-screen image display system on HL-2A is discussed, but also the build-up of a new display wall system is dealt with. Finally, on the graphical WINDOWS platform and on the basis of the new Data File's Format & Criterion, the new software on HL-2A is described, including a new multi-layer database management program, a real-time processing program, a common interactive analytic processing program and a data post-processing program, which is now under development.

Development of a Low-Cost Data Acquisition System for Biodigester

The objective of this work is to develop a low-cost data acquisition system, which aims to optimize the anaerobic biodigestion process in an Indian model biodigester prototype, by monitoring the main parameters of the process. In this development, we decided to create a system from scratch, including the entire measure-process-show procedure using hardware tools and free software as means of reducing costs. This platform must be capable of obtaining analog data from the sensors arranged in the biodigester in long periods for the creation of more accurate reports. The system must be able to send this information to a Web server, so these values can be continuously tracked anywhere with access to the internet. The monitoring must be done in a hybrid application for An-droid, iOS and web browser.

Power Control and Data Acquisition System for High Power Microwave Test Bench

The 6 MW/4.6 GHz lower hybrid current drive （LHCD） system will be set up on the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak （EAST） for achieving a steady-state op- eration. The high power and continuous wave （CW） mode microwave test bench operating at 250 kW/4.6 GHz has already been finished, which can be used to simulate different kinds of high power microwave environments to test microwave components and units for the new LHCD sys- tem. The power control and data acquisition system on the test bench composed of power control, high reflected power protection and data acquisition function is described here in detail. Long- term operation of the test bench showed that the power control and data acquisition system is very stable and reliable.

On the Study of Multi-Gas Data Acquisition System Based on PCI1711 Card

A data acquisition system for testing gas sensor array response to multi-gas is presented.The testing system is based on the character of the gas response of metal oxide semiconductor gas sensor array.The data acquisition is realized automatically through the real time controlling of the data acquisition card PCI1711.This system is highly attractive for electronic nose,which is a powerful tool for the discrimination of gases.

Data Acquisition System for Electron Energy Loss Coincident Spectrometers

A Data Acquisition System （DAQ） for electron energy loss coincident spectrometers （EELCS） has been developed. The system is composed of a Multiplex Time-Digital Converter （TDC） that measures the flying time of positive and negative ions and a one-dimension positionsensitive detector that records the energy loss of scattering electrons. The experimental data are buffered in a first-in-first-out（FIFO） memory module, then transferred from the FIFO memory to PC by the USB interface. The DAQ system can record the flying time of several ions in one collision, and allows of different data collection modes. The system has been demonstrated at the Electron Energy Loss Coincident Spectrometers at the Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Physics, USTC. A detail description of the whole system is given and experimental results shown.

A Probe into Reform of Rural Homestead Acquisition System

Using the methods of literature research,normative analysis,and empirical analysis,this study is intended to analyze the acquisition system of homestead in rural area of China.By adopting questionnaire survey and face-to-face interview,this study explores the problems of current homestead acquisition system and the dilemma of homestead management.The results indicate that homestead acquisition reform is the key aspect to the homestead management system reform.A new homestead acquisition system,which includes primitive acquisition,inheritance acquisition,and supporting system,is suggested in this study.The findings of this study will provide important policy implications for rural homestead system reform.The new homestead acquisition system could guarantee the farmers'property right and help improve social justice and rational utilization of nature resources.

Development and Integration of a Data Acquisition System for SST-1 Phase-1 Plasma Diagnostics

Long pulse （of the order of 1000 s or more） SST-1 tokamak experiments demand a data acquisition system that is capable of acquiring data from various diagnostics channels without losing useful data （and hence physics information） while avoiding unnecessary generation of a large volume data. SST-1 Phase-1 tokamak operation has been envisaged with data acquisition of several essential diagnostics channels. These channels demand data acquisition at a sampling rate ranging from 1 kilo samples per second （KSPS） to 1 mega samples per second （MSPS）. Considering the technical characteristics and requirements of the diagnostics, a data acquisition system based on PXI and CAMAC has been developed for SST-1 plasma diagnostics. Both these data acquisition systems are scalable. Present data acquisition needs involving slow plasma diagnostics are catered by the PXI based data acquisition system. On the other hand, CAMAC data acquisition hardware meets all requirements of the SST-1 Phase-1 fast plasma diagnostics channels. A graphical user interface for both data acquisition systems （PXI and CAMAC） has been developed using LabVIEW application development software. The collected data on the local hard disk are directly streaming to the central server through a dedicated network for post-shot data analysis. This paper describes the development and integration of the data acquisition system for SST-1 Phase-1 plasma diagnostics. The integrated testing of the developed data acquisition system has been performed using SST-1 central control and diagnostics signal conditioning units. In the absence of plasma shots, the integrated testing of the data acquisition system for the initial diagnostics of SST-1 Phase-1 operation has been performed with simulated physical signals. The primary engineering objective of this integrated testing is to validate the performance of the developed data acquisition system under simulated conditions close to that of actual tokamak operation. The data acquisition is synchronized with a clock and trigger provided by the central timing system.

Intelligent Multilevel Knowledge Acquisition System for Product Design and Its Implementation

The characteristics of design process, design object and domain knowledge of complex product are analyzed. A kind of knowledge representation schema based on integrated generalized rule is stated. An AND-OR tree based model of concept for domain knowledge is set up. The strategy of multilevel domain knowledge acquisition based on the model is presented. The intelligent multilevel knowledge acquisition system (IMKAS) for product design is developed, and it is applied in the intelligent decision support system of concept design of complex product.

High-speed broadband data acquisition system based on FPGA

A field-programmable gate array(FPGA)based high-speed broadband data acquisition system is designed.The system has a dual channel simultaneous acquisition function.The maximum sampling rate is 500 MSa/s and bandwidth is200 MHz,which solves the large bandwidth,high-speed signal acquisition and processing problems.At present,the data acquisition system is successfully used in broadband receiver test systems.

A DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY

A single and dual parameter data acquisition, ion beam measurements and control system for accelerator mass spectrometry is described. The system hardware has been constructed with the advantage of the lower cost and higher reliability. It is provided with varieties of functions such as selecting acquisition mode carrying out the multiple display, analyzing data and especially viewing isometric spectrum at different directions. It can also be used for ordinary nuclear spectrum system.

Applied Research of the Inner Timer of General Microcomputer in High-Speed and Real-Time Data Acquisition System

The real-time data acquisition system controlled by microcomputer is applied widely. It is very important how to use the inner timer of microcomputer to realize accurate timing of sampling-interval in the application of data acquisition. This paper discusses in detail the procedure that we use the inner timer of microcomputer to realize real-time data acquisition with high timing-accuracy, and analyze the error of timing-accuracy. It also gives us a relevant routine programmed in assembly language.

Improvements of the Computerized Data Acquisition System for 25MWt Experimental Facility of Coal-fired MHD Generator

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Remote Control for the HT-7 Distributed Data Acquisition System

HT-7 is the first superconducting tokamak device for fusion research in China. Many experiments have been done in the machine since 1994, and lots of satisfactory results have been achieved in the fusion research field on HT-7 tokamak [1]. With the development of fusion research, remote control of experiment becomes more and more important to improve experimental efficiency and expand research results. This paper will describe a RCS (Remote Control System), the combined model of Browser/Server and Client/Server, based on Internet of HT-7 distributed data acquisition system (HT7DAS). By means of RCS, authorized users all over the world can control and configure HT7DAS remotely. The RCS is designed to improve the flexibility, opening, reliability and efficiency of HT7DAS. In the paper, the whole process of design along with implementation of the system and some key items are discussed in detail. The System has been successfully operated during HT-7 experiment in 2002 campaign period.