A FULLY PROGRAMMABLE VME BASED, ARBITRARY WAVE-FORM GENERATOR, WITH 1MSPS, 64 KWORDS MEMORY, 8 INDEPENDENT CHANNELS

Authors
BATISTA AJN RODRIGUES AMP SIMOES JB CORREIA CMBA SOUSA J VARANDAS CAF
Citation
Ajn. Batista et al., A FULLY PROGRAMMABLE VME BASED, ARBITRARY WAVE-FORM GENERATOR, WITH 1MSPS, 64 KWORDS MEMORY, 8 INDEPENDENT CHANNELS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 370(2-3), 1996, pp. 484-489
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
370
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
484 - 489
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1996)370:2-3<484:AFPVBA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
This paper describes a fully programmable, VME based, eight channel, a rbitrary waveform generator, specially adequate for the control of ope ration of high temporal resolution diagnostics of nuclear physics expe riments. Each channel is built around an 1 Mega-sample-per-second, 12 bit, digital-to-analog converter and it is provided with 8 kWords of F IFO memory allowing operation in a free running mode. The main operati onal features of this module are described. Methods for assessing its performance are discussed and the test results are presented. Applicat ion of this multiple waveform generator on the operation of two diagno stics of the tokamak ISTTOK is referred.