Title :
CAMAC: A Review and Status Report
Author_Institution :
National Bureau of Standards Washington, D. C.
Abstract :
CAMAC is a modular instrumentation system for transmission of digital data between instruments and between instruments and computers and computer peripherals. The system is described in a general way and the history of the CAMAC development, its expanding utilization in various fields and its current status are discussed. This is an introductory paper delivered at the 1972 Nuclear Science Symposium and is followed by papers that discuss CAMAC in greater detail.
Keywords :
Assembly systems; CAMAC; Cables; Computer peripherals; History; Instruments; NIST; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Power supplies; Road transportation;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1973.4326962
