Design and Development of Ionization Chamber for Detection of X-Ray Beam AT INDUS-2 RRCAT

The goal of this paper was to design and develop a Microcontroller based data acquisition unit for detection of X-ray flux through Ionization chamber that will remotely control and monitor the ultra-low current signal detection analog module precisely. This application will be useful to measure the intensity of x-ray flux through the ionization chamber in a beam line of synchrotron radiation source which is mounted in INDUS-2. The beam line area is highly restricted because of hazardous radiation, so through this application remote interfacing provides for the ultra-low current signal detection card that can be controlled by personal computer. To design a perfect embedded system there are many issues like designing a proper PCB, to achieve the specified resolution of the ADC used in chip, code developed using any compiler should be within the limit of the memory of the microcontroller system and integrity of the devices used in the circuit. Initially explore and gain the knowledge of embedded systems by doing a small project and writing the code for the same, and gain a knowledge how the system works. Programming has done in assembly language 8051, for schematic design PCB design tool ORCAD (VERSION 9.0) use.