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Real time Data acquisition platform: computer software and FPGA firmware source codes

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Author(s)

Sergey V. Polyakov

Abstract

We present an inexpensive and simple data acquisition platform for Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) designed to acquire and characterize fast digital or analog electrical signal real time for processing on a generic personal computer. While the instrument was designed for electrical outputs of single-photon detectors and is suited for high photon counting rates, it can also be used for characterization of similar digital electrical signals from other sources and for analog signals as well.
Citation
NIST webpage photoncount or other relevant

Keywords

field programmable gate array, real-time data acquisition platform, quantum measurement, FPGA, USB2, source code, random data characterization

Citation

Polyakov, S. (2008), Real time Data acquisition platform: computer software and FPGA firmware source codes, NIST webpage photoncount or other relevant, [online], http://www.nist.gov (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created December 5, 2008, Updated February 19, 2017