Real-time data processes in a balloon-borne apparatus

Author

Imori, M. ; Anraku, K. ; Inaba, S. ; Ueda, I. ; Saeki, T. ; Haga, T. ; Tsunoda, T. ; Nozaki, M. ; Yamagami, T. ; Yoshida, T. ; Yoshimura, K.

fYear

1991

fDate

2-9 Nov. 1991

Firstpage

1178

Abstract

In a balloon-borne experiment, signals from detectors are processed in a balloon-borne apparatus so as to comply with data bandwidth of a storage device installed in the apparatus. The process begins at front-end processors receiving signals from detectors and proceeds under successive stages by dedicated processors. Event data are finally fed to a computer bank for post trigger selection where the events are further selected before being written into the storage device. The computer bank is made of transputer modules. The transputers are widely employed and some processors are implemented by the transputers. How the processors are integrated is described together with function and implementation of the individual processors.<>

Keywords

CAMAC; aerospace instrumentation; computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; microcomputer applications; signal processing equipment; balloon-borne apparatus; computer bank; data bandwidth; dedicated processors; front-end processors; post trigger selection; real time data processing; storage device; transputer modules; Bandwidth; Detectors; Energy storage; Event detection; Laboratories; Logic devices; Registers; Satellite ground stations; Signal detection; Signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1991.259109

Filename

259109