Dual Microprocessor Based Control and Data Acquisition System for Triple Axis Neutron Spectrometer

摘要

A microprocessor-based control and data acquisition system is designed and built for neutron spectrometers. This system makes use of two microprocessors SC/MP and MM 57109 and serves as a general purpose control system for a variety of on-line control applications and data acquisition. The system under description is dedicated to control a triple axis neutron spectrometer and makes use of resident programmes to run the spectrometer in constant Q or E modes to aid in coherent neutron inelastic scattering experiments. System hardware and software are briefly discussed. The basic system is capable of being adopted for other instruments like a powder diffractometer with capability for profile analysis, single crystal diffractometers etc. after some suitable modification in software. Data can be processed to some extent, if need be. (Atomindex citation 13:654291)