XIA DXP-4 Device Device Support for the MCA Record

Mark Rivers

This document is under construction, and will be completed soon.


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Overview

The DXP-4 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. Support for the DXP-4 under EPICS is provided in the following manner:

  1. Device support for the MCA record. This permits each channel of the DXP-4 to be connected to an MCA record identically with other supported MCA hardware, including the Canberra AIM.

  2. 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: November 23, 1997