Advantages of a modular design approach for radiological instrumentation

Author

Bryan, W.L. ; Maddox, S.R. ; Ericson, M.N. ; Britton, C.L. ; Emery, M.S. ; Alley, G.T.

Author_Institution

Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA

Volume

37

Issue

2

fYear

1990

fDate

4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

873

Lastpage

877

Abstract

The application of a modular design approach to the development and implementation of radiological instrumentation provides significant improvements over conventional instrument design in terms of capability, maintainability, and overall system costs. Two implementations utilizing this approach are discussed: a multifunction survey meter system developed for the US Navy RADIAC (radiation detection, indication and computation) program, and a stationary workplace monitoring system under development for use at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. By designing modular, functionally partitioned hardware and software subsystems incorporating standard interfaces, it is possible to generate whole families of instrumentation systems in a building block fashion

Keywords

nuclear electronics; radiation monitoring; radioactivity measuring apparatus; modular design approach; multifunction survey meter system; partitioned hardware; radiological instrumentation; software subsystems; workplace monitoring system; Calibration; Costs; Displays; Instruments; Laboratories; Microcontrollers; Military computing; Pollution measurement; Probes; Radiation detectors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.106729

Filename

106729