Debugging Software for Data Acquisition and Processing for a Neutron Detector with an Architecture of Two Circular-Buffers

M. A. Golubev; Голубев М. А.; A. O. Polyushkin; Полюшкин А. О.; V. A. Solovei; Соловей В. А.

doi:10.31857/S1028096023040076

Debugging Software for Data Acquisition and Processing for a Neutron Detector with an Architecture of Two Circular-Buffers

Authors: Golubev M.A.¹, Polyushkin A.O.¹, Solovei V.A.¹
Affiliations:
1. NRC “Kurchatov Institute” – PNPI
Issue: No 4 (2023)
Pages: 55-60
Section: Articles
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1028-0960/article/view/137738
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S1028096023040076
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/KBUZBR
ID: 137738

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Abstract

A technique for debugging the software of a data acquisition and processing device with a network interface for a 2D position-sensitive thermal neutron detector with a delay line readout is described. The original software transfers data through two ring buffers. Changes are proposed in the software code to check the possibility of ring buffer overflow. It is shown that there is no data loss in the ring buffers at input pulse frequencies up to 1 MHz. The corresponding registration dead time is on the order of 1 μs.

Keywords

neutron detector, delay line readout, field-programmable gate array, circular buffer, web interface, local area network, data processing, software, hardware, data transfer.

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