Time Measurement

Standard Time-to-Digital-Converters (TDC)

SC-TDC-1000/02 D

– 1 GPX chipset
– 2 stops, 1 start (NIM, diff. PECL optional)
– 2 BNC I/O control terminals for synchronization
– 27.4/41.1 ps time bin in R/G mode
– 40 MHz internal readout rate, data transfer rate up to 35MB/s
– DLL compatible with Windows XP®, Windows Vista® and Windows 7® 32 bit operating systems, plugin for LabVIEW™ available

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SC-TDC-1000/04 D

– 2 GPX chipsets
– 4 stops, 1 start (NIM, diff. PECL optional)
– 2 BNC I/O control terminals for synchronization
– 27.4/41.1 ps time bin in R/G mode
– 80 MHz internal readout rate, data transfer rate up to 35MB/s
– DLL compatible with Windows XP®, Windows Vista® and Windows 7® 32 bit operating systems, plugin for LabVIEW™ available

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SC-TDC-1000/08 S

– 1 GPX chipset
– 8 stops (LVTTL), 1 start (LVTTL)
– 2 BNC I/O control terminals for synchronization
– 82.2 ps time bin in I mode
– 40 MHz internal readout rate, data transfer rate up to 35MB/s
– DLL compatible with Windows XP®, Windows Vista® and Windows 7® 32 bit operating systems, plugin for LabVIEW™ available

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SC-TDC-1000/16 S

– 2 GPX chipsets
– 16 stops (LVTTL), 1 start (LVTTL)
– 2 BNC I/O control terminals for synchronization
– 82.2 ps time bin in I mode
– 80 MHz internal readout rate, data transferrate up to 35MB/s
– DLL compatible with Windows XP®, Windows Vista® and Windows 7® 32 bit operating systems, plugin for LabVIEW™ available

Additional Information (PDF)

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Multichannel TDC optimized for multihit-measurements

SC-TDC-1000/16 D Fourfold Quad Channel USB2.0-TDC

– 4 SC-TDC-1000/04 D units in one device with independent TDC / FPGA units
– digital TDC bin size of 27.4 ps
– event memory space for up to 30 million events (128 MByte memory)
– permanent event streaming of 8 million counts per second (optional FPGA-assisted data compression possible)
– improved burst length capabilities for long pulse durations in the ms-range (currently achieved: 30 Mcps for 30 ms burst length)

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NIM Electronics

Wide Range, Single and Multihit Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC)

– NIM, LVPECL (low voltage PECL) or LVTTL (low voltage TTL) inputs
– 8 stop channels at a time bin resolution of 82 ps, measurement range 0 ns - 10.6 µs in start-stop operation (double TDC option: 16 stop channels, 1 or 2 start channels)
– 2 stop channels at a time bin resolution of 27 ps, measurement range 0 ns - 40 µs in start-stop operation (double TDC option: 4 stop channels, common start input)
– measurement range extendable on request
– min. time between start and stop 0 ns, pulse pair resolution 5.5 ns, min. 32 hits / channel
– multi-hit capability extendable by FPGA options (e.g. hit tagging, see PLU-option)
– no minimum time limit for hits at different channels
– transfer rate up to 8 million results per second via USB 2.0 readout (interface available for Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, Windows® Vista and Windows® 7 32 bit operating systems)
– LabVIEW™ VI interface
– DLL for user programming

 Available option:
PLU-Option (FPGA preconditioning feature), enables extended functionality, e.g.:

– 40 MHz / 80 MHz data acquisition rate
– additional I/O lines for streaming of logical states or internal counters
– I²C-interface options
– flexible time gating
– data preconditioning
– data stream compression
– arithmetic functions

Additional Information (PDF)

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Labview™ is a trademark of National Instruments. Neither Surface Concept GmbH, nor any software programs or other goods or services offered by Surface Concept GmbH, are affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by National Instruments.

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