Title :
Control system for a low energy particle detector
Author :
Sanchez, S. ; Meziat, D. ; Carbajo, M. ; Medina, J. ; Bronchalo, E. ; Rodriguez-Pacheco, J. ; del Peral, L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Autom., Univ. de Alcala, Spain
Abstract :
In this paper we describe the hardware and software employed to control a solid state telescope particle detector, part of the Russian PHOTON satellite, which is planned to be launched in 1999. The development of this kind of instruments has several restrictions due to the special working environment conditions. The solution proposed is based on two hardware modules (analog and digital) and on a control software. There are also shown some of the results obtained on a calibration carried out in the GANIL particle accelerator
Keywords :
aerospace instrumentation; computerised instrumentation; particle detectors; GANIL particle accelerator; PHOTON satellite; calibration test; control system; low energy particle detector; microprocessor applications; particle detector; real time system; solar energetic particles; space physics; Calibration; Control systems; Hardware; Instruments; Linear particle accelerator; Optical control; Radiation detectors; Satellites; Solid state circuits; Telescopes;
Conference_Titel :
Euromicro Conference, 1998. Proceedings. 24th
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8646-4
DOI :
10.1109/EURMIC.1998.711803
