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TechnoAP APV82516 Instruction Manual

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Digital Pulse Processor
APV82516
Instruction Manual
Version 1.0.0
2022, December
TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
Add: 2976-15 Mawatari, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, Postcode: 312-0012
TEL: +81-29-350-8011
FAX: +81-29-352-9013
URL: http://www.techno-ap.com
e-mail: info@techno-ap.com

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  • Page 1 Digital Pulse Processor APV82516 Instruction Manual Version 1.0.0 2022, December TechnoAP Co., Ltd. Add: 2976-15 Mawatari, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, Postcode: 312-0012 TEL: +81-29-350-8011 FAX: +81-29-352-9013 URL: http://www.techno-ap.com e-mail: info@techno-ap.com...

  • Page 2: Safety Precautions / Disclaimer

    APV2516 Instruction Manual Safety Precautions / Disclaimer Thank you very much for purchasing the digitizer APV82516 (hereinafter "This board") of TechnoAP Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "We"). Please read this "Safety Precautions / Disclaimer" before using this device, be sure to observe the contents, and use it correctly.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    End of measurement ................................34 ７． Quit ............................................... 35 ８． File ..............................................36 ８．１． Histogram data file ..................................36 ８．２． List data file ......................................38 ８．３． List-wave and list pile-up wave data file * Option ................. 39 TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 4 APV2516 Instruction Manual ９． Troubleshooting ......................................40 ９．１． Connection error occurs ............................... 40 ９．２． Command error occurs ................................40 ９．３． Histogram is not displayed ..............................41 ９．４． Change IP address ..................................41 TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 5: Overview

    １． Overview １．１． Overview TechnoAP's DPP (Digital Pulse Processor) product APV82516 (hereafter referred to as "this device") is a waveform analysis board equipped with 16 channels of high-speed, high-resolution ADC (1GHz, 14bit). In addition to 1GHz real-time analysis by FPGA, high-speed processing without dead time by signal processing is realized with high time resolution and high throughput.

  • Page 6: Features

    "this application"). This application runs on Windows. Since communication with DPP is only via TCP/IP or UDP network communication, no special libraries are required, and the application can be used in environments other than Windows. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 7: Specifications

    300 (W) x 56 (H) x 335 (D) mm （１０） Weight ・VME type (VME6U) Approx. 430g ・Unit type Approix. 3100g （１１） PC environment ・OS Windows 7 or later, 32bit or 64bit or later ・Network interface ・Screen resolution Full HD (1920 × 1080)recommendec TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 8: Appearance

    （９） SYNC O LEMO 00.250 compatible connector for external clear signal output. If you use multiple modules, need to connect to sync-I of other module. （１０） RJ45 connector for Ethernet cable. 1000Base-T. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 9: Setup

    （３） Start button - TechnoAP - Execute APP82516. To uninstall, go to Add or Remove Programs and select APV82516 to remove it. ４．２． Connection Connect this device and PC with an Ethernet cable; use a crossover cable depending on the PC. When using a hub, use a switching hub.

  • Page 10: Setup Of The Network

    Figure 2 Confirm communication connection, execute ping command （４） Launch this application. Search for APV82516 from the shortcut icon APV82516 on the desktop or the Windows button and launch it. (If an error message is displayed when this application is launched, stating that the connection with this device has failed, please refer to the troubleshooting described below.

  • Page 11: Application Window

    Edit - IP configuration Change the IP address of this device Config Set all items to this device Clear Initialize histogram data in this device Start Start measurement to this device Stop Stop measurement to this device TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 12 List data analysis applications. real time Real time (actual measurement time) of valid first CH. file size(byte) Displays the size of the list data file being saved. Displays the size in SI notation (0.789M, 10.100M, 1.230G, etc.). TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 13: Config Tab

    Constant Fraction Timing is realized by digital signal processing using FPGA ｆ × Delay The digital signal processing algorithm we have developed uses a polynomial approximation based on the least-squares method from sampled waveform data TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 14 Furthermore, by using FPGAs to perform pipelined calculations, a series of calculations is performed very quickly, with a calculation time of approximately 100 ns or less, resulting in low dead time and high throughput. × Time pickoff CFD waveform TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 15 Input signals a and b are delayed by the CFD delay described below. Let g be the waveform obtained by adding c and e above, and let h be the waveform obtained by adding d and f above Figure 6 Thinking of Constant Fraction Disicriminator Timing TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 16 Sets the CFD delay time; set from 4ns to 16ns in 1ns increments Raw waveform CFD walk Sets the threshold value to be time-stamped. The unit is in digits, and the value is set near the 0 crossing position while watching the CFD waveform in wave mode. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 17 ULD. The setting range is from 0 to 8191. QDC ULD (digit) Sets the ULD (Upper Level Discriminator) of the QDC. The unit is digits. Set to a value greater than the LLD. The setting range is from 0 to 8191. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 18 This is the end position of the target range of the total waveform integration value TOTAL. Set the range to be integrated from the total start cnt mentioned above. The setting range is from 1 to 16383 (16383ns = 16383 x 1ns). TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 19 Select the reduction factor for the RISE, FALL, and TOTAL values of the list data from 1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/64, 1/128, 1/256, and 1/512. If the integral value exceeds 65535, set a larger reduction factor. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 20 Waveform data is inserted in the list data and output in case of pile-up. * Option list-coinc-wave The coincidence list data and waveform data are output together. (The coincidence is valid only for CH1 and CH2. * Option measurement time Specify the measurement time. The maximum is 8760 hours. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 21: List-Pile Ups * Option

    Figure 11 pile up reject related setting (Only the upper 2 channels are displayed.) pile up reject Select the pile-up reject function Enabled. Removes event data calculated on waveforms containing pileups. Disabled. Outputs even event data calculated with waveforms containing pileups. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 22: Or Output * Optiong

    Figure 12 OR output related setting (Only the upper 2 channels are displayed.) OR eable OR output enable/disable setting from the AUX terminal on the front panel. OR length Sets the pulse width of the logic signal. The setting range is from 8ns to 1000ns. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 23: File Tab

    2010/09/01 12:00:00, the data saving will start with the file name C: ¥ Data ¥ histogram _201009 01_120000.csv histogram file save time(sec) Sets the time interval for continuous storage of histogram data. The unit is seconds. The setting range is from 5 to 3600 seconds TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 24 9999999, reset to 0 if the number exceeds 9999999. file name Displays the file name when the file is saved based on the list file path and list file number. list read byte(byte) Sets the size of the list data to be read out once. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 25: Wave Tab

    - (minus) for reduction. X axis calibration Select the unit for the X axis from bin or ns. Y axis calibration Select the unit for the Y-axis from bin or mV. * The mV display is for reference only. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 26 （5）Zoom out around the point Click on the center point to zoom out. （6）Zoom in around the point Click the center point to zoom in. Pern tool Allows you to grab the plot and move it around on the graph. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 27: Spectrum Tab

    Co-60 at 5717.9ch and 1332.5 keV of Co-60 at 6498.7ch, a is automatically calculated as 0.20397 and b as 6.958297 from the two- point calibration. manual Set the slope a, the intercept b, and the unit label of the linear function TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 28 Select the mapping for the Y axis of the graph. The Y-axis labels will change according to the settings. linear straight line logarithm smoothing Smoothing function to calculate half-widths when statistics are low. simple count view The counts displayed on the graph can be read simply. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 29: Measurement

    If a connection error occurs during this process, please refer to the troubleshooting described below. （２） Click on Menu Config to send all settings to this device. After execution, the histogram data in DPP will be initialized. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 30: Waveforme Confirmation

    Figure 18 Waveform Measurement Settings Open the wave tab, confirm the settings shown in the figure below, and then click the menu Clear → Start. You can see the waveform from the detector on the graph. Figure 19 Waveform Measurement Window TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 31 Check if the wave height is too large for saturation. If the wave height is too large, lower the amplitude of the input signal to the instrument by setting the ANALOG GAIN in the CH tab in the CONFIG tab to x1 or by lowering the applied high voltage power supply of the detector. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 32: Measurement Start

    The calculation results for each ROI are displayed in the ROI section. ・ Check CH1 in spectrum on/off, and the histogram is displayed in the spectrum tab. ６．１．６． End of measurement To end the measurement, click on the menu Stop. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 33: List Mode

    Check the graph in the spectrum tab to see if there is any abnormality in the shape of the spectrum, especially if excessive noise data is being acquired. ① ② Figure 23 Precautions before measurement in list mode TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 34: Setting

    Click the menu Config → Clear → Start. After execution, when an event is detected and list data is acquired, the file size (Byte) in the red frame in the figure below will increase. Figure 25 list data measurement and saving window ６．２．５． End of measurement To end the measurement, click on the menu Stop. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 35: Quit

    Click on the menu File - quit. After a confirmation dialog appears, click the quit button to exit this application and the screen will disappear. (The next time the application is launched, the settings at the time of quitting will be applied. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 36: File

    Timing type *Save to single below Measurement time MEMO memo ・Calculation part *Saved for each ROI below ROI_ch Input channel number that was the subject of the ROI ROI_start ROI start position (ch) ROI_end ROI end position (ch) TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 37 Half-width between ROIs FWTM Full width between ROIs ・Status part *Saved for each CH below outtput count Output count outtput rate Output count rate dead time Dead-time ratio ・Data part Histogram data per channel. Maximum 8192 points. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 38: List Data File

    CH. channel number. 4Bit. 0 for CH1, 15 for CH16. ・ Bit11 to Bit0 QDC (integral value). Unsigned 12-bit integer. The summed value of the waveforms between the set ranges from where the collected waveforms are filtered, and the threshold is exceeded. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

  • Page 39: ８．３． List-Wave And List Pile-Up Wave Data File * Option

    CH1 header 0x57415630 (=WAV0) CH2 header 0x57415631 (=WAV1) CH3 header 0x57415632 (=WAV2) CH4 header 0x57415633 (=WAV3) CH5 header 0x57415634 (=WAV4) ・ Waveform data wave data. 16bit per waveform. 16384digit offset. Waveform information for wave number is added. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 40 （９） Disable the wireless LAN function for laptops, etc. ９．２． Command error occurs The combination of firmware and application for this device may not match due to the presence or absence of options, etc. Please contact us for further information. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 41 Right-click on the X and Y axes of the graph to set auto scale. ９．４． Change IP address Refer to the attached "Instruction Manual: How to Change the IP Address of the APG5107-Equipped Product". (If you do not have the attached document, please contact us. TechnoAP Co., Ltd.
  • Page 42 APV2516 Instruction Manual TechnoAP Co., Ltd. Add: 2976-15 Mawatari, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, Postcode: 312-0012 TEL: +81-29-350-8011 FAX: +81-29-352-9013 URL: http://www.techno-ap.com e-mail: info@techno-ap.com TechnoAP Co., Ltd.

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