HPTDC8-PCI

Time-to-digital converter

The HPTDC was a breakthrough in TDC technology, with unprecedented flexibility.

This time interval analyzer has facilitated astonishing results in atomic physics over the last 15 years. Over the years it has been applied as an OEM product in many time of flight mass spectrometers in high volume. Today it should only be used as a time interval meter if a PCI bus is absolutely required. For new projects, we recommend the xHPTDC8 instead.

Applications:

low energy nuclear physics

LENP in nuclear astrophysics (NAP), cosmology and astronomy

While many aspects of nuclear physics are considered well understood after almost 100 years of research, several challenging questions are still open and under investigation. Our TDCs are used in gas detectors for nuclear physics experiments helping to understand the microcosm of the nucleus.

HPTDC8-PCI

Data

Optimized for

ADC channels

TDC channels

Gating channels

Connectors

Sample rate single channel

Sample rate multi channel

Resolution

Maximum bandwidth

TDC bin size

TDC double pulse resolution

Multihit

Dead time between groups

TDC readout rate

ADC readout rate

Range

Common start/stop

Number of boards that can be synced

Readout bus

Time base

On-board calibration data storage

Adjustable trigger windows

Overlapping events possible

Easy to use Windows C API

In-system firmware update

Linux support available

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HPTDC8-PCI

- Data

Optimized for

none - this product is obsolete

8 @25 ps

13 CMOS @12.8 ns

10 x LEMO 00, 1x 26 pin ribbon

25 ps

<5 ns typical

unlimited

none

4 MHits/s

419 µs with trigger logic 2 h untriggered (extendable)

yes / yes

PCI, 5 V, 32 bit, 33 MHz, bus master

1 ppm on board or external 78.125 MHz clock

TDC channels @ bin size

Additional inputs

Connectors

Bin size

Double pulse resolution

Multihit

Dead time between groups

Readout rate

Range

Common start/stop

Number of boards that can be synced

Readout interface

Time base

Linux support available

low cost

Ndigo Crates

Our Ndigo Crates allow for using up to 8 PCIe-boards with a conventional PC. The external chassis is connected employing a PCIe2 x16-interface.

Analog to Digital Converters

Connection to host

Bandwidth to host

Performace relative to
10 Gbps Thunderbolt link

PCIe2 16x slots with 8 lanes

PCIe2 16x slots with 4 lanes

PCI slots 5 V, 32 bit, 33 MHz

PCI slots 3 V, 32 bit, 66 MHz

Cable and link boards

Crate5

Crate3

Crate

PCIe3 x16

8 GByte/s

16x

included

PCIe3 x16

8 GByte/s

16x

included

PCIe2 x16

8 GByte/s

included