Title :
A home-made low-cost intelligent counter
Author :
Jiang, Shiang-Huei ; Shyu, Jeng-I ; Gung, Hsi-Shien ; Hong, Ming-Chi ; Chen, Chien-Rong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Nucl. Eng., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
A versatile low-cost intelligent counter based on the Z80 CPU, 32K RAM, and 74HCT 590 counters has been constructed with five dependent counter channels and a count capacity of up to 65536 for nuclear radiation measurement. The counter can be operated either stand alone from a built-in keyboard for automatic recycling counting or on line with a computer for remote control. The intelligent counter was successfully used in building radon monitoring where the full scope of functions and the convenience of the intelligent counter have been adequately demonstrated.<>
Keywords :
alpha-particle detection and measurement; computerised instrumentation; nuclear electronics; radiation monitoring; semiconductor counters; 32K RAM; 74HCT 590 counters; Rn monitoring; Z80 CPU; alpha monitoring; automatic recycling counting; home-made low-cost intelligent counter; nuclear radiation measurement; remote control; Automatic control; Buildings; Counting circuits; Intelligent control; Intelligent structures; Keyboards; Nuclear measurements; Radiation detectors; Read-write memory; Recycling;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0513-2
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1991.258827
