A Flexible Automated Waveform Recorder Data-Acquisition Program

Software has been developed to record signals in automated data-acquisition systems that support pulsed power accelerators at Sandia. The software achieves flexibility by being entirely table driven. Before each accelerator shot the program processes input files and then sets up and checks out all programmable hardware. After the shot, the program automatically reads each signal, corrects it, and stores it in a disc file. The software is currently running in three different facilities with up to 60 waveform recorder channels.