Development of multi-channel gated integrator and PXI-DAQ system for nuclear detector arrays

A multi-channel gated integrator and PXI based data acquisition system have been developed for nuclear detector arrays with hundreds of detector units. The multi-channel gated integrator can be controlled by a programmable Cl controller. The PXI-DAQ system consists of NI PXI-1033 chassis with several PXI-DAQ cards. The system software has a user-friendly GUI which is written in C language using LabWindows/CVI under Windows XP operating system. The performance of the PXI-DAQ system is very reliable and capable of handling event rate up to 40 kHz. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

ITER fast plan system controlle prototype based on PXI platform

Presentación de una ponencia invitada en el 4th Annual Pan-European Big Physics Symposium

ITER Fast Plant System Controller Prototype Based on Commercial PXI Platform

The ITER CODAC design identifies slow and fast plant system controllers (PSC). The gast OSCs are based on embedded technologies, permit sampling rates greater than 1 KHz, meet stringent real-time requirements, and will be devoted to data acquisition tasks and control purposes. CIEMAT and UPM have implemented a prototype of a fast PSC based on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies with PXI hardware and software based on EPICS

New control architecturebased on PXI for a 3-finger haptic device applied to virtual manipulation

To perform advanced manipulation of remote environments such as grasping, more than one finger is required implying higher requirements for the control architecture. This paper presents the design and control of a modular 3-finger haptic device that can be used to interact with virtual scenarios or to teleoperate dexterous remote hands. In a modular haptic device, each module allows the interaction with a scenario by using a single finger; hence, multi-finger interaction can be achieved by adding more modules. Control requirements for a multifinger haptic device are analyzed and new hardware/software architecture for these kinds of devices is proposed. The software architecture described in this paper is distributed and the different modules communicate to allow the remote manipulation. Moreover, an application in which this haptic device is used to interact with a virtual scenario is shown.

多路谱仪放大器输出信号的读出与数据采集

A read-out and data acquisition system for the outputs of multi-channel spectroscopy amplifiers is introduced briefly in this paper.The 16-channel gating integrator/multiplexer developed by us and PXI-DAQ card are used to construct this system.A virtual instrument system for displaying,indicating,measuring and recording of output waveform is accomplished by integrating the PC,hardware,software together flexibly based on the Lab Windows/CVI platform in our read-out and data acquisition system.In this system,...中文文摘：简要介绍一个针对多路谱仪放大器的读出与数据采集方法与系统。该系统基于16通道门积分/选通输出电路和通用PXI-DAQ卡构建。利用Lab Windows/CVI平台构建虚拟仪器,灵活地将计算机、硬件、软件结合起来,设计了一个读出与数据采集系统。在该系统中,一个ADC通道可以面对16个谱仪放大器的输出,有效地提高了系统的集成度,降低了数据采集系统的成本。该设计为利用通用型谱仪放大器构建数百参数的信号读出与数据采集系统提供了一种新的方法。通过实验验证,证明该系统具有智能化、可靠性高、实时性强、成本低等优点。

64通道100ps时间-数字变换模块的研制

兰州重离子加速器冷却储存环外靶实验终端的多丝漂移室通过测量带电粒子的漂移时间得到径迹信息。本文介绍的64通道高精度时间-数字变换模块,采用高密度的连接器和多通道的时间-数字变换芯片HPTDC,模块的数据通过PXI总线传输到计算机,时间精度可达100ps。

CSR外靶实验终端大型探测器读出电子学研制

兰州重离子加速器-冷却储存环外靶实验终端大型探测器中子墙和TOF墙分别共有504个和360个通道用于测量中子和带电粒子的飞行时间,需要高精度时间测量的读出电子学系统。研制的8通道读出电子学模块采用了前沿定时的时间测量方法、基于TOT技术的电荷测量方法和PXI总线平台,电子学测试结果显示时间测量精度好于25ps。

基于数字锁相环的踢轨电源触发系统的设计

为了实现CSR踢轨电源的精确触发设计了基于数字锁相环的触发系统,数字锁相环的硬件由自主设计的高频鉴相器和NI公司的PXI插件PXI-6653和PXI-6280实现,并应用虚拟仪器Lab-VIEW构建软件,实现了对加速器高频频率的快速锁定并且相位可调,满足踢轨电源对触发系统的要求。

电容式束流位置探测器在HIRFL-CSR电子冷却实验中的应用

高效率的电子冷却过程，要求电子束与离子束相互平行，要求电子束与离子束同轴。为了同时测量电子束与离子束的相对位置和夹角，考虑了容式、感式、条带型束流位置探针特点以及电子冷却段实际情况，在HIRFL-CSR电子冷却装置上建立了以容性圆筒形极板为感应电极、NI公司PXI-5105高精度数字化仪为数据采集设备、PET公司P/N AM-4A-000110-11030N型宽带放大器为信号处理电路的束流位置测量系统。通过测量束流通过探针时在极板上产生的脉冲信号，对其进行傅立叶变换得到频谱信号，分析四个不同电极上的频谱信号强度获取束流的位置信息。同时，为了调整电子束与离子束的相对位置和夹角，建立了一套以ADLINK公司的PCI-9113和PCI-6216数据卡为主，针对电子冷却装置中各螺线管电源、静电偏转板电源、校正线圈电源的控制系统，完成了校正线圈、静电偏转板以及螺线管对电子束位置的偏移、扫描，实现了电子束的位置、角度调整。 通过使用位置测量系统、电子束位置调整系统获得了校正线圈、螺线管、静电偏转板对电子束的位置偏移能力以及电子束的流强、电流密度分布、径向尺寸、绝热展开因子对束流位置的影响。在冷却累积过程中进行了改变电子束与离子束相对位置、夹角的实验，观察到了冷却力和离子束流强随相对位置、夹角的变化趋势，进而优化相对位置和夹角，实现高冷却效率。 根据实验数据分析了位置测量系统的系统误差来源和精度，提出了今后提高束流位置测量系统、调整系统稳定性、精确性而需要进行的工作；在此基础上使用测量系统、调整系统进行了电子束、离子束相对位置和角度对冷却效果的影响等电子冷却相关实验工作

Adapting remote labs to learning scenarios: case studies using VISIR and RemotElectLab

Remote laboratories are an emergent technological and pedagogical tool at all education levels, and their widespread use is an important part of their own improvement and evolution. This paper describes several issues encountered on laboratorial classes, on higher education courses, when using remote laboratories based on PXI systems, either using the VISIR system or an alternate in-house solution. Three main issues are presented and explained, all reported by teachers, that gave support to students' use of remote laboratories. The first issue deals with the need to allow students to select the actual place where an ammeter is to be inserted on electric circuits, even incorrectly, therefore emulating real-world difficulties. The second one deals with problems with timing when several measurements are required at short intervals, as in the discharge cycle of a capacitor. In addition, the last issue deals with the use of a multimeter in dc mode when reading ac values, a use that collides with the lab settings. All scenarios are presented and discussed, including the solution found for each case. The conclusion derived from the described work is that the remote laboratories area is an expanding field, where practical use leads to improvement and evolution of the available solutions, requiring a strict cooperation and information-sharing between all actors, i.e., developers, teachers, and students.

Using remote labs to serve different teacher's needs a case study with VISIR and RemotElectLab

Remote Laboratories are an emergent technological and pedagogical tool at all education levels, and their widespread use is an important part of their own improvement and evolution. This paper describes several issues encountered on laboratorial classes, on higher education courses, when using remote laboratories based on PXI systems, either using the VISIR system or an alternate in-house solution. Three main issues are presented and explained, all reported by teachers that gave support to students use of remote laboratories. The first issue deals with the need to allow students to select the actual place where an ammeter is to be inserted on electric circuits, even incorrectly, therefore emulating real world difficulties. The second one deals with problems with timing when several measurements are required at short intervals, as in the discharge cycle of a capacitor. And the last issue deals with the use of a multimeter in DC mode when reading AC values, a use that collides with the lab settings. All scenarios are presented and discussed including the solution found for each case. The conclusion derived from the described work is that the remote laboratories area is an expanding field, where practical use leads to improvement and evolution of the available solutions, requiring a strict cooperation and information sharing between all actors, i.e. developers, teachers and students.

Realizzazione di un sistema di controllo e acquisizione per una sala prova motori

L’obiettivo che ci poniamo è la realizzazione di un layout di un sistema di controllo e acquisizione per sale prove motore nell’hangar dell’università. In queste sale sono attualmente implementati i software LabView e Las-TestIT, per questo motivo il materiale utilizzato sarà National Instruments.

ITER fast plant system controller prototype based on PXIe platform

The ITER CODAC design identifies slow and fast plant system controllers (PSC). The gast OSCs are based on embedded technologies, permit sampling rates greater than 1 KHz, meet stringent real-time requirements, and will be devoted to data acquisition tasks and control purposes. CIEMAT and UPM have implemented a prototype of a fast PSC based on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies with PXI hardware and software based on EPICS

Hardware timestamping for image acquisition system based on FlexRIO and IEEE 1588 v2 Standard

Current fusion devices consist of multiple diagnostics and hundreds or even thousands of signals. This situation forces on multiple occasions to use distributed data acquisition systems as the best approach. In this type of distributed systems, one of the most important issues is the synchronization between signals, so that it is possible to have a temporal correlation as accurate as possible between the acquired samples of all channels. In last decades, many fusion devices use different types of video cameras to provide inside views of the vessel during operations and to monitor plasma behavior. The synchronization between each video frame and the rest of the different signals acquired from any other diagnostics is essential in order to know correctly the plasma evolution, since it is possible to analyze jointly all the information having accurate knowledge of their temporal correlation. The developed system described in this paper allows timestamping image frames in a real-time acquisition and processing system using 1588 clock distribution. The system has been implemented using FPGA based devices together with a 1588 synchronized timing card (see Fig.1). The solution is based on a previous system [1] that allows image acquisition and real-time image processing based on PXIe technology. This architecture is fully compatible with the ITER Fast Controllers [2] and offers integration with EPICS to control and monitor the entire system. However, this set-up is not able to timestamp the frames acquired since the frame grabber module does not present any type of timing input (IRIG-B, GPS, PTP). To solve this lack, an IEEE1588 PXI timing device its used to provide an accurate way to synchronize distributed data acquisition systems using the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) IEEE 1588 2008 standard. This local timing device can be connected to a master clock device for global synchronization. The timing device has a buffer timestamp for each PXI trigger line and requires tha- a software application assigns each frame the corresponding timestamp. The previous action is critical and cannot be achieved if the frame rate is high. To solve this problem, it has been designed a solution that distributes the clock from the IEEE 1588 timing card to all FlexRIO devices [3]. This solution uses two PXI trigger lines that provide the capacity to assign timestamps to every frame acquired and register events by hardware in a deterministic way. The system provides a solution for timestamping frames to synchronize them with the rest of the different signals.

Data Protection and Packet Mode in the Distributed Information Measurement and Control System for Research in Physics

The present paper is devoted to creation of cryptographic data security and realization of the packet mode in the distributed information measurement and control system that implements methods of optical spectroscopy for plasma physics research and atomic collisions. This system gives a remote access to information and instrument resources within the Intranet/Internet networks. The system provides remote access to information and hardware resources for the natural sciences within the Intranet/Internet networks. The access to physical equipment is realized through the standard interface servers (PXI, CАМАC, and GPIB), the server providing access to Ethernet devices, and the communication server, which integrates the equipment servers into a uniform information system. The system is used to make research task in optical spectroscopy, as well as to support the process of education at the Department of Physics and Engineering of Petrozavodsk State University.