BARC/PUB/2023/0332

 
 

Development of FPGA-based standalone, portable TDCR system

 
     
 
Author(s)

Sharma, M. K.; Agarwal, S.; Kulkarni, M. S.; Baraiya, S. V.; Kulkarni, D. B.
(BARC)

Source

Journal of Instrumentation (JINST), 2023. Vol. 18: Article no. P05016

ABSTRACT

standalone, lightweight, portable, FPGA-based triple to double coincidence ratio (TDCR) system is developed. The optical chamber of the system is fabricated in a dual, coaxial cylindrical geometry, with the inner cylinder made up of Teon and the outer one of aluminium. Three square PMTs, each having an active cathode area of 2.3 cm x 2.3 cm, are housed in the optical chamber. The variation in detection eciency to identify the optimum kB (ionization  quenching parameter) value is achieved by changing the vial position vertically with respect to the centre line of the PMTs. The coincidence analyzer implemented in a eld programmable gate array (FPGA) transfers the pulse counts and associated parameters in real time to a Raspberry Pi single board computer (SBC). The TDCR algorithm to compute the eciency is implemented in the SBC. In addition, the SBC is interfaced with a local 7″ touchscreen to provide an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) for operating the standalone instrument. The system performance is validated with 3H and 14C radionuclide standards.

 
 
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