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4.4.2.DATA ACQUISITION
4.4.2.1.Computer Interface Cards
The computer running the system is a Pentium II machine (or better). The
combination A/D converter and Parallel Input Output (PIO) board is used for
interfacing the computer with the environmental sensors. The other computer
card is the Time Interval Analyzer (TIA). Inputs for the TIA are listed in the table
below.
TIME INTERVAL ANALYZER (TIA) INPUT SIGNALS
Name Type
Destination
Description
Channel A
BNC
Interferometer
Base “TTL”
FRINGES
Channel B
BNC
NOT USED
Trigger Arm
(EXT ARM)
BNC
Patch Panel
“trigger out”
External Trigger
External Clock
(EXT CLK)
BNC
Power Supply
“10 MHz”
External Clock
4.5. DROPPER CONTROLLER
The dropper controller is a flexible control circuit
(programmable servo
controller) that can direct the motor to servo the cart (and test mass) to a
specified height in the dropping chamber using a rotary shaft encoder, or to a
specific velocity, again using the shaft encoder. The controller can also direct the
motor to track the test mass during free-fall using the sphere detector system.
The dropper controller board uses an EPROM to allow control over the motor
drive signal sources (the shaft encoder and the sphere detector), as well as
programmable offsets (command voltages) for each servo mode. This EPROM
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