Key Features - Pyramid D100 User Manual

PSI System Controls and Diagnostics

6.2 Key Features

DC-coupled, wide-band analog signal stages.
Fast ADC for direct digitization of detector signal.
FPGA-based digital signal processing of detector signal.
On-board real-time pulse-height analysis / histogram generation.
On-board real-time pulse shape analysis for pile-up detection and invalid pulse rejection.
Pulse-pair resolution for sodium iodide detectors down to 500 nsec with individual pulse energy
spectrometry, or down to 50 nsec for counting.
Real-time data stream output via dedicated fiber-optic channel for region of interest counts.
Bi-directional fiber-optic communications channel for all control and sensing.
Built-in control for photomultiplier HV supply.
Built-in temperature sensing for detector stabilization.
Built-in control for LED test pulser.
Fast fiber-optic serial interfaces built-in. Selectable baud rates.
Can be operated in a fiber-optic serial communication loop with up to fourteen other devices.
100BaseT Ethernet available through the A300 and A500 interfaces.
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