A New CAMAC Data Acquisition Interface

This article reviews the different types of pulse height analysers and presents their main advantages and disadvantages. The new Camac module offers a solution for hardware problems related with interfacing ADC's to most of the mini-computers. It regulates and derandomises the data flow to the processor, provides a hand-shaking mode between ADC and Central Processor, undertakes a maximum of interface tasks, facilitates the introduction of routing bits and allows the correlation of a number of converters. The design, construction and advantages of this instrument are described and illustrated by examples.