GBS Elektronik MCA-527 - Manual (Page 6)

MCA527
1 Introduction
The MCA527 is a battery powered high performance 16K multi-channel analyzer /
multi-channel scaler module. High voltage supply for detector and preamplifier power
supply are integrated as well as an internal coarse amplifier, an analog-digital converter
and digital signal processing. Together with a small detector it forms a pocket -size gamma
spectroscopy system and timer / counter, which is well suited to the demands of field
measurements for international safeguards, environmental monitoring, nuclear waste
treatment facilities, radioactive transport control and similar applications.
Furthermore, the MCA527 supports a vast number of different detectors and its 16k
resolution is adequate to support high resolution gamma spectrometry with HPGe
detectors.
The Mini MCA software allows to operate the device as a general purpose multi-channel
analyzer (e. g. with WinSPEC) and multi-channel scaler analyzer (e. g. WinMCS).
Additional user programs which support safeguards specific applications as U235
enrichment verification, spectral radiation survey meter mode supporting active length
determination are available. See chapter 6 for more information.
The appendixes
1 contain descriptions for users who want to develop own software for the
MCA527.
The MCA527 firmware can be updated by the user himself. New firmware versions and
the program for this can be downloaded from our web pages.
The MCA527 is also available as downgraded version MCA527L. Everything not essential
for medium and low resolution detectors is omitted here. Restrictions for MCA527L are
mentioned in the text of this manual where applicable.
For applications where MCA functionality must be embedded into customer devices or
systems, different OEM versions of the MCA527 are available. This simple PCB boards
are software compatible with the standard version but limited in performance and
functionality.
1 The appendixes relevant for developers are only available in the full version of this manual.
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