XIA DXP Digital Signal Processing Systems
Mark Rivers
This document is under construction, and will be completed soon.
Contents
Overview
The DXP is a Digital Signal Processor based multichannel analyzer from X-ray
Instrumentation Associates. It is a single-width CAMAC module with up to 4
input channels. Each channel contains the equivalent electronics of the
shaping amplifier, ADC and MCA of a
conventional pulse-height analysis system.
The Saturn model has the same functionality, but is packaged as a standalone
box, and is interfaced with an Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) interface.
Support for the DXP modules under EPICS is provided in the following manner:
- Device support for the MCA record. This permits each channel of the DXP to
be connected to an MCA record identically with other supported MCA hardware,
including the Canberra AIM.
- A new DXP record. This record is used to set all of the many software
selectable parameters for the DXP, including shaping times, pileup rejection
criteria, etc.
Suggestions and comments to:
Mark Rivers : (rivers@cars.uchicago.edu)
Last modified: January 27, 2004