Design and Construction of a Multi-Channel Analyzer (MCA) with Communication Capability Through USB
A PC-Based gamma-ray spectrometer has been developed with communication capability through the USB port. A 12-bit pipelined Analog-To-Digital Converter (ADC) associated with a FPGA operating at 12MHz is employed for pulse height analysis from a built-in pulse amplifier. Data Acquisition via USB port...
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| author | P Horriyat Pajooh Y Vosoughi S. R Hadian Amraei |
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| description | A PC-Based gamma-ray spectrometer has been developed with communication capability through the USB port. A 12-bit pipelined Analog-To-Digital Converter (ADC) associated with a FPGA operating at 12MHz is employed for pulse height analysis from a built-in pulse amplifier. Data Acquisition via USB port is programmed in the FPGA. The USB transfer rate was 921600 bits per second. The software implemented in the Lab-View software environment for saving, analyzing and displaying data on PC in the energy range of 4096 channels was used. The overall system performance was tested using a Na(Tl) crystal coupled PMT scintillation detector, and gamma standard radioactive sources of Cs-137 and Co-60. The integral nonlinearity of ±0.45% was obtained by an experiment. Both low cost and compact size of the system as a result of design specification were also verified. A 7.6% energy resolution was adopted for Cs-137 out of 662keV. During the same experiment, values of 6.64% and 6.16% were determined with Co-60 source (in 1.17MeV and 1.32MeV energies). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dec730d27d2045049c575d740c930ac62023-05-02T10:31:57ZfasNuclear Science and Technology Research Instituteمجله علوم و فنون هسته‌ای1735-18712676-58612014-02-013448293325Design and Construction of a Multi-Channel Analyzer (MCA) with Communication Capability Through USBP Horriyat Pajooh0Y Vosoughi1S. R Hadian Amraei2پژوهشکده‌ی علوم هسته‌ای، پژوهشگاه علوم و فنون هسته‌ای، سازمان انرژی اتمی ایران، صندوق پستی: 3486-11365، تهران ایرانپژوهشکده‌ی علوم هسته‌ای، پژوهشگاه علوم و فنون هسته‌ای، سازمان انرژی اتمی ایران، صندوق پستی: 3486-11365، تهران ایرانپژوهشکده‌ی علوم هسته‌ای، پژوهشگاه علوم و فنون هسته‌ای، سازمان انرژی اتمی ایران، صندوق پستی: 3486-11365، تهران ایرانA PC-Based gamma-ray spectrometer has been developed with communication capability through the USB port. A 12-bit pipelined Analog-To-Digital Converter (ADC) associated with a FPGA operating at 12MHz is employed for pulse height analysis from a built-in pulse amplifier. Data Acquisition via USB port is programmed in the FPGA. The USB transfer rate was 921600 bits per second. The software implemented in the Lab-View software environment for saving, analyzing and displaying data on PC in the energy range of 4096 channels was used. The overall system performance was tested using a Na(Tl) crystal coupled PMT scintillation detector, and gamma standard radioactive sources of Cs-137 and Co-60. The integral nonlinearity of ±0.45% was obtained by an experiment. Both low cost and compact size of the system as a result of design specification were also verified. A 7.6% energy resolution was adopted for Cs-137 out of 662keV. During the same experiment, values of 6.64% and 6.16% were determined with Co-60 source (in 1.17MeV and 1.32MeV energies).https://jonsat.nstri.ir/article_325_759d477db6e16d21c383efb9a72351ab.pdfmulti channel analyzer (mca)usb portfpgaanalog-to-digital converter (adc) |
| spellingShingle | P Horriyat Pajooh Y Vosoughi S. R Hadian Amraei Design and Construction of a Multi-Channel Analyzer (MCA) with Communication Capability Through USB مجله علوم و فنون هسته‌ای multi channel analyzer (mca) usb port fpga analog-to-digital converter (adc) |
| title | Design and Construction of a Multi-Channel Analyzer (MCA) with Communication Capability Through USB |
| title_full | Design and Construction of a Multi-Channel Analyzer (MCA) with Communication Capability Through USB |
| title_fullStr | Design and Construction of a Multi-Channel Analyzer (MCA) with Communication Capability Through USB |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and Construction of a Multi-Channel Analyzer (MCA) with Communication Capability Through USB |
| title_short | Design and Construction of a Multi-Channel Analyzer (MCA) with Communication Capability Through USB |
| title_sort | design and construction of a multi channel analyzer mca with communication capability through usb |
| topic | multi channel analyzer (mca) usb port fpga analog-to-digital converter (adc) |
| url | https://jonsat.nstri.ir/article_325_759d477db6e16d21c383efb9a72351ab.pdf |
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