A Programmable Control Unit for a Balloon-Borne Mass Spectrometer Based on Intel 8085A Microprocessor,

Abstract

A programmable control unit (PCU) for a balloon-borne quadrupole mass spectrometer is described. The PCU controls the input parameters to the quadrupole mass filter, and the data acquisition from the electron multiplier. An overview of the principles underlying quadrupole mass spectrometer systems is briefly discussed. Design of the PCU is based on Intel's high-performance 8-bit microprocessor, the 8085A and its support chips. Both hardware and software designs with the theory of operation are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 07, 1979
Accession Number
ADA106398

Entities

People

  • Vassilios C. Gerousis

Organizations

  • Northeastern University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Access Time
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Buffer Storage
  • Circuit Analysis
  • Clocks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Delay
  • Floating Point Operations
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Memory Devices
  • Nand Gates
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Time Intervals

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems