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 of multi-channel data acquisition system based on LabVIEW and NI PXI-5105

A data acquisition system based on LabVIEW and NI PXI-5105 is presented for multi-channel data acquisition. It can realize the functions of parameter setting, data acquisition and storage, waveform display and data analysis using LabVIEW and NI-SCOPE device driver. The advantages of the system are that the setting is convenient, the operation is easy, the interface is friendly and the functions are practical. The experiment results show that the system has good stability and high reliability and is a powerful tool for multi-channel data acquisition.

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.

Development of a Data Acquisition System to Optimizing the Agricultural Tractor Performance

A novel data acquisition system was successfully integrated on-board the Massey Ferguson 3,000 series agricultural tractors for measuring tractor-implement performance. A commercial load cell was incorporated into the existing system for the needed tractor-implement performance, measurements. This system is capable of measuring, displaying and recording, in real-time, the tractor＇s theoretical travel speed, the actual travel speed, the engine speed, the fuel consumption rate, and the drawbar pull. Static calibration tests on various associated sensors for the required measurements show excellent linearity with correlation coefficients that are close to 1. The developed system was extensively and successfully field demonstrated for tractor-implement performance with offset disc harrows on dry, undisturbed loamy soils. Under these conditions, a ratio of tractor power to implement width is suggested. The data also show the existence of a linear relationship between fuel consumption per hectare and specific draught, for the 4 to 9 kN m^-1 range, which suggests the possibility of extending the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers model of draught prediction to forecast fuel consumption. The configuration of the tractor-harrow combination, based on the measurement of the draught required under operational conditions, provides the manufacturers with a reliable indication of the recommended power required for each harrow model. With this type of information farmers can make decisions regarding selection of a suitable tractor-implement combination for their farms. As a consequence, there is improved tractor-harrow productivity and field efficiency.

On-Board Data Acquisition System for Automatic Shift System of Vehicle

Data acquisition, analysis and calibrating system affiliated with the vehicle is developed for the research on the automatic shift system (ASS). Considering the vehicle’s hard environment such as vibration, high and low temperature, electromagnetic disturbance and so on, the most suitable project is selected. PC104 transfers data with ECU by serial communication and a solid state disk is used as a FLASH ROM. Some techniques including frequency division of data is adopted in the software design in order to ensure the sampling frequency. The analysis and debug software is also contrived according to the characteristic of the ASS. The system plays an important role in the development of the ASS because of the good reliability and practicability in the application.

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.

Design and Implementation of Data Acquisition System based on Linux Platform

This paper introduces the hardware structure and software design of data acquisition system based on embedded Linux. In order to improve the real-time response performance and the ability of multi task for system, using ARM9 microprocessor technology in hardware, and transplant the Linux operating system, and the system reliability and scalability can be improved. The design makes full use of the characteristics of embedded Linux. The system software module have data acquisition module, data processing module, data communication module and data diagnostic module. The embedded Linux operating system is transplant into data acquisition system, that can accelerate the development of the system and convenient to future expansion functions, improve the observation data timeliness and accuracy, and can realize automation observation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Development of an Ethernet-based data acquisition system of resistance spot welding for white-body assembly

The resistance spot welding plays an important role in automotive industry. The electrical parameters （power supply voltage, welding current, SCR firing angle and current flow angle） of welding process can reflect the quality of joint and the status of welding equipment, many data acquisition devices designed to collect those parameters have been discussed in many papers, but there is such a deficiency that one computer can only link with an acquisition device. At automobile assembly field, there are hundreds of welding machines working at the same time, so the existing device can not be satisfied with manufacturing demand. To solve the problem, the double-MCU data acquisition device based on Ethernet is discussed in this paper, the data acquisition devices can altogether link with a computer using a HUB, the effective value or the instantaneous value of electrical parameters can be transmitted to the computer over UDP/IP. All the data are read through Ethernet port of a computer using a LabView application, which can process, store and present all data to the user. Finally the experiments prove that the designed Ethernet-based data acquisition system is suitable for practical application.

Development of Multilevel Meteorological Data Acquisition System for Radiation Emergency Decision Support

This paper describes a development of multilevel meteorological data acquisition system implemented at Kalpakkam coastal site for atmospheric dispersion and model validation studies. Meteorological data are one of the most important inputs into any air dispersion model. As a part of atmospheric dispersion modeling studies and developing a methodology to forecast the site-specific dispersion characteristics, the real time monitoring of meteorological parameters assumes significance. This is achieved by erecting met towers instrumented at multilevel and single level at different locations with sensors for measuring various meteorological parameters. Real-world data logging applications involve not only just acquiring and recording signals, but also combination of offline analysis, display, report generation and data sharing. This paper covers development of low cost compact MMDAS （modular meteorological data acquisition system）, its performance evaluation, field deployment test and data comparison analysis with fast response and high accuracy internationally acclaimed sonic anemometer. The system is based on embedded modules from Advantech and is designed to acquire analogue and digital signals from a multilevel instrumented met tower. The collected data are transferred from remote base station to central server for storage and further processing using wireless interface. MMDAS has many advantages like cost effectiveness, less complex signal conditioning electronics and easy maintenance. This system has good application during radiation emergency as well as site specific meteorological data collection and model validation studies.

Research on a High-Precision Delay Circuit in Data Acquisition Systems

This paper presents a novel precision delay circuit design for high-speed data acquisition systems. Many studies have suggested that various advanced electronic measurement apparatuses require that the delay circuit should have a high precision and a short delay interval. Practically, however, such measurement apparatuses are low in preci- sion and long in delay interval at present. The structure and function of a data acquisition system is introduced first; then the principle of ramp-based precision delay circuits and the digitally programmable delay generator is studied and the precision delay circuit is designed. The authors also demonstrated 8-bit programmable delay circuits with a timing pre- cision of 10 ps. Therefore the programmable precision delay circuit here presented has a higher precision, shorter inter- val and more detectable function than any other precision delay circuit.

Low-Cost Data Acquisition Systems for Photovoltaic System Monitoring and Usage Statistics

This paper presents the design of a low-cost DAS （data acquisition system） for monitoring a PV （photovoltaic） system＇s electrical quantities, battery temperatures, and state of charge of the battery. The electrical quantities are the voltages and currents of the solar panels, the battery, and the system loads. The system uses an Atmega328p microcontroller to acquire data from the PV system＇s charge controller. It also records individual load information using current sensing resistors along with a voltage amplification circuit and an analog to digital converter. The system is used in conjunction with a wall power DAS for the recording of regional power outages. Both DASs record data in microSD cards. The data have been successfully acquired from both systems and have been used to monitor the status of the PV system and the local power grid. As more data are gathered, it can be used for the maintenance and improvement of the PV system through analysis of the PV system＇s parameters and usage statistics.