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A PC‐based integrating data acquisition system
Author(s) -
Sägesser Martin,
Friedli Felix,
Schlunegger Urs Peter
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
rapid communications in mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.528
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1097-0231
pISSN - 0951-4198
DOI - 10.1002/rcm.1290080920
Subject(s) - data acquisition , ibm pc compatible , pascal (unit) , computer hardware , assembly language , software , chemistry , detector , ibm , spectrometer , plug in , data processing , computer science , programming language , operating system , telecommunications , materials science , physics , quantum mechanics , nanotechnology
A data acquisition system for mass spectrometers has been developed based on an IBM PC plug‐in board equipped with a TMS320C25 processor. The processing unit, programmed in Assembler language, acquires analog signals from the detector of a mass spectrometer and converts it into an array of digital data. The communication software, written in Pascal language, controls the processor, handles the spectra and stores the data. The system requirements and its properties are discussed and some applications are shown.