Personal Computer Programs for the Control of Subnanosecond Transient Digitizers with Applications for Device Damage Testing

Abstract

Electronic or electromagnetic events with subnanosecond rise times can be recorded by two transient digitizers controlled by a personal computer through the General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB). The subnanosecond capability is dependent on the digitizer configuration, specifically the vertical amplifier plug-in for the digitizer. The programs described in this manual, which were written as part of the Harry Diamond Laboratories EMP (Hardening) Technology Program, make direct provisions for device damage testing. While this testing requires slower rise-time plug-ins, the programs can be used for digitizers in the faster rise-time configuration. These programs are easily modified for other applications. In addition to controlling and operating the digitizers, the programs provide for the presentation, storage, retrieval, and recordkeeping of the data files. The digitizers are not applicable to when data records longer than 10 ms are required. Keywords: Menu, Data collection.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA221458

Entities

People

  • James J. Loftus

Organizations

  • Harry Diamond Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Amplifiers
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Processing
  • Engineering
  • Hard Copy
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Language
  • Operating Systems
  • Personal Computers
  • Processing Equipment
  • Pulse Generators
  • Systems Engineering
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems