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MCA-Base family; left to right: OEM, USB, Ethernet
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- Plug onto PMT
- Many PMT pinouts supported
- Control PMT high voltage
- Measure pulse energy, arrival time, triggering, and perform pulse shape analysis
- Three variants: OEM, USB, Ethernet
- OEM: Most compact, 14 GPIO
- USB: IP67 watertight connectors, 6 GPIO
- Ethernet base has open-source server running on ARM-9 processor
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MCA-Base with IP67 USB and GPIO connectors
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- MCA-Base USB: MCA-base with IP67 connectors
- Functions: Energy histograms (4Kx32), Oscilloscope, List mode, Pulse shape analysis
- 256-byte to 128 kByte NVRAM
- Data aqcuisition between units can be synchronized.
- USB powered and controlled; 0.14A to 0.30A
- 6 GPIO for synchronization or external ounters and triggers
- Open-source API
- Fast: Up to 13 million counts per second
- Firmware can be updated at user site.
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OEM version with USB and 14 GPIO
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MCA-Base: Single-channel MCA and DAQ and integrated PMT high voltage
- Functions: Energy histograms (4Kx32), Oscilloscope, List mode, Pulse shape analysis
- USB-controlled and powered
- Optional external 3.6V to 5.5 Vpower supply
- Low power: down to 0.50 W w/ HV=1000V
- 128 kByte non-volatile memory
- Communicate via SPI, USB, 8-bit parallel
- 14 programmable GPIO
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MCA-ENET: Plug-on MCA / high-voltage module with Ethernet server.
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MCA-Base Enet: Single-channel MCA and DAQ with built-in Ethernet server
- Functions: Energy histograms (4Kx32), Oscilloscope, List mode, Pulse shape analysis
- Controlled via Ethernet
- Powered via Ethernet POE 802.3af
or auxiliary power 5V - 24V DC
- Autonomous data acquisition, local data analysis
- 150 MHz ARM-9 processor
- 8MB SRAM, 4MByte Flash
- Open-source server code
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