Accession Number:

ADA173903

Title:

An Automated System for the Control of, and Data Acquisition from Multiphoton Ionization and Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

ARMY BALLISTIC RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• DeWilde,Mark A.

Report Date:

1986-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

141.0

Abstract:

An automated system for data acquisition and control via IEEE-488 interface to a general purpose laboratory computer is described. samples of data taken with the system on a multiphoton ionization spectroscopy experiment are shown, and all necessary additional control systems described. The IEEE-488 control system developed for this work represents a superior interface for the Dec PDP-11 computer than that available from the manufacturer. The software packages presented can be easily altered to support a wide range of IEEE-488 bus controllable devices.

Descriptors:

• *CONTROL SYSTEMS
• *INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• *SPECTROSCOPY
• *COMPUTERS
• *DATA ACQUISITION
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• FLUORESCENCE
• INTERFACES

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software
• Computer Hardware
• Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE