2-9 Data Acquisition System for Schottky Resonator at CSRe

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2016-01-11
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Tomeettherequirementoflong-timeacquisitionwithoutinterruptionsfortheplannednucleardecayexperimentsatCSRe,anewdataacquisitionsystemhasbeensuccessfullydevelopedin2016.DuringthebeamtimeinDec.2016,ournewsystemhasbeenrunningstablywithoutanyproblemsandcontinuouslyacquiringhundredsofdatawithoutanybreaks.Thewholesystemisbasedonaspectrumanalyzer(R&SFSVR7)andanIQrecorder(R&SIQR100).BothofthemareconnectedtoaserverviaEthernet.Thespectrumanalyzeracquiresthetime-domaininformationinthefrequencyrangeofinterestfromtheSchottkyresonator.TheIQrecordercollectstheinformationfromtheanalyzerandpacksitintodata.Oncethedatahavebeenentirelytransferredtotheserver,itwillimmediatelyberemovedfromIQrecorder.Thehigh-volumesolid-statedrive(1TB)ofIQrecorderallowsforavirtuallyunlimitedsizeofacquiredlestobestoredinpractice.Besides,inordertobypasstheunreliabletriggersystemofIQrecorder,webuiltanindependenttriggersystemwithamicrocontroller(ArduinoYun)totranslatetheTTLsignaltonetworkcommands.