Hardware
2.2 General Hardware Description
The MCA527 is an autonomous module. The device has its own battery and provides
power supply to radiation detectors. Together with a computer and a detector the MCA527
forms a gamma spectroscopy system. The spectra are collected in the memory of the
MCA527 and periodically transferred via a communication interface to the computer. The
computer is used to setup the MCA527, to display and process the measurement results,
and to store the data. The design concept of the MCA527 also supports a multi-channel
scaler mode.
For operation the MCA527 itself has only a power switch and three LED indicators on the
front panel. Figure 1 shows the MCA527 front and rear panel with all connectors, control
elements and indicators.
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Figure 1: MCA527 connectors and control elements
