FASEA: a FPGA acquisition system and software event analysis for liquid scintillation counting

Steele, T; Mo, L; Bignell, LJ; Smith, M; Alexiev, D

FASEA: a FPGA acquisition system and software event analysis for liquid scintillation counting

Date

2009-10-11

Authors

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The FASEA (FPGA based Acquisition and Software Event Analysis) system has been developed to replace the MAC3 for coincidence pulse processing. The system uses a National Instruments Virtex 5 FPGA card (PXI-7842R) for data acquisition and a purpose developed data analysis software for data analysis. Initial comparisons to the MAC3 unit are included based on measurements of 89Sr and 3H, confirming that the system is able to accurately emulate the behaviour of the MAC3 unit. © 2009, Elsevier Ltd.

Keywords

Scintillation counters, Coincidence methods, Data analysis, Data acquisition systems, Liquid scintillation detectors, Activity levels

Citation

Steele, T., Mo, L., Bignell, L., Smith, M., & Alexiev, D. (2009). FASEA: a FPGA acquisition system and software event analysis for liquid scintillation counting. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 609(2-3), 217-220. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2009.07.045