Digital Radiation Measurement and Spectroscopy

NE/RHP 537, Spring 2010

Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics

Oregon State University

Instructor: Abi Farsoni

Office: E114, Radiation Center

Email: abi.farsoni@oregonstate.edu

Lecture: W 14.00-15:50; Radiation Center, RC-124C (tentative)

Lab: F 14:00- 16:50; Radiation Center, RC-126C/RC-124C (tentative)

TA: TBA

Syllabus

Course Schedule:

Week	Lecture#, Date	Topic	Datasheets/Links
1-	1. March 31	-Course Overview	Pulse processing and Analyses
	2. April 2	-An Introduction to Digital Spectroscopy -Application of Digital Filters in Radiation Detection	ADC: AD9230-250, VGA, AD8336, DAC, AD5624R, USB Processor: CY7C68013 FPGA in Wikipedia, Nyquist Frequency in Wikipedia
2-	3. April 7	Fundamentals of Digital Design	Digital Logic Tutorial
	4. April 9	Hardware Description Language (VHDL) I -Introduction
3-	5. April 14	Hardware Description Language (VHDL) II -Examples	Examples: Full Adder, 4Adder, Timer, Timer Simulation Traffic Signal, Traffic Signal Simulation
	6. April 16	Xilinx ISE WebPack Software -Simulation -Synthesis -Implementation	Download ISE WebPack ISE Quick Start Tutorial ISE in-Depth Tutorial Simulation and Synthesis Design Guide
4-	7. April 21	Lab Work 1: Traffic Signal Design
	8. April 23	Lab Work 1: Traffic Signal Design
5-	9. April 28	Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Ø Lab Work 1 Report Due	Spartan-3 Generation FPGA User Guide SPARTAN-3 FPGA Family, Complete Data Sheet Digital Clock Manager (DCM)
	10. April 30	Host Interface and DLL Functions	FrontPanel User Manual
6-	11. May 5	Digital MCA: -Filter Module -Histogram Module -MATLAB Program	Using Block Ram in SPARTAN-3 FIR Compiler V3.2 Block Memory Generator V2.7
	12. May 7	Lab Work 2: Filter Module, Design and Simulation	FIR Compiler V3.2 Timing Closure
7-	13. May 12	Lab Work 2: Filter Module, Design and Simulation
	14. May 14	Digital MCA: -Histogram Implementation -Energy Measurement Ø Lab Work 2 Report Due
8-	15. May 19	Lab Work 3: Histogram Module, Design and Simulation
	16. May 21	Lab Work 3: Histogram Module, Design and Simulation
9-	17. May 26	Lab Work 3: Histogram Module, Design and Simulation
	18. May 28	Lab Work 4: Digital MCA, FPGA Programming and Radiation Detection with Digital Processor Ø Lab Work 3 Report Due
10-	19. June 2	Lab Work 4: Digital MCA, FPGA Programming and Radiation Detection with Digital Processor
	20. June 4	Lab Work 4: Digital MCA, FPGA Programming and Radiation Detection with Digital Processor
Final	TBA	Final Exam Ø Lab Work 4 Report Due	MCA_HW4.zip MCA_MATLAB.m