A CHATTERJEE, SUSHIL KAMERKAR, A K JETHRA, S PADMINI, M P DIWAKAR, S S PANDE and M D GHODGAONKAR

Nuclear Physics Division and Electronics Division,   Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay,

Mumbai 400 085, India

Abstract.

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

Keywords:  Data acquisition; multi-detector arrays; CAMAC.

Pacs Nos.  29.50.+v; 07.05.Hd; 07.05.Wr