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USER MANUAL
HRM-TDC
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events in their respective time bins. Each start event will reset the timer and a new set of stop events will be added
to the existing array of time bins. This process will result in a histogram being built up of all the events following the
start. This is particularly useful for plotting pulse shapes, decay curves etc.
“FIFO – TCSPC with MACRO time” (FIFO Single-stop)
When this page is launched the top half will display a graph page. Left click on this graph to reveal the configuration
settings. The size of the configuration and graph area can be adjusted by dragging the partition to suite.
This page is a graphical demonstration of the TCSPC with MACRO time feature of the HRM-TDC module. The HRM-
TDC allows the user to carry out TCSPC and save time tags. These time tags consist of the TCSPC measurement
plus a MACRO time defining at what time during the experiment the measurement was made. For normal operation,
this feature would use data streaming that would allow the user to continually record time-tags indefinitely to a PC
file. This mode of the SIE records for a given period or until the HRM-TDC memory is full.
Programmable Clock Output
The Programmable Clock Output is made available for all modes and is used to set the frequency and duty cycle of
the internal programmable clock. This clock is available at an SMA output for test purposes. This clock is provided
mainly for testing and diagnostics. The clock will exhibit a level of jitter that would not be suitable for accurate
measurements as part of an experiment.
Recording Length
The recording length should be set to the desired period over which the TCSPC measurements are to be taken.
Note that the processing will stop prematurely if the Maximum Event Count is reached.
Maximum Event Count
This defines the maximum number of events to be stored before recording stops. This value is used to ensure the
storage data size does not exceed the capacity of the system.
External Clock Period
This should be set to the period of the external LASER clock.
Reverse Plot
Due to the method of TCSPC measurement, where the start and stop events are reversed, it is sometimes useful to
plot the curves with the TIME axis reversed. Selecting this option will reverse the time axis for the plot.
Macro and Micro Time Configuration Selection
These fields allow the user to select the number of MACRO and MICRO bits and resolution to appear in the 32-bit
time tag word. As bit counts and resolution are changed the resulting roll over times and resolution values will be
automatically displayed in the boxes to the right hand side. If the user attempts to input an illegal value the relevant
text boxes will turn red.