Data acquisition for experiments with multi-detector arrays

Experiments with multi-detector arrays have special requirements and place higher demands on computer data acquisition systems. In this contribution w e discuss data acquisition systems with special emphasis on multi-detector arrays and in particular we describe a new data acquisition system, AMPS wh ich we have developed recently which is in regular use in experiments at th e Pelletron Laboratory, Mumbai. This includes the in-house development of a dedicated crate controller, PC interface card and software.