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New programming methods have been used for building a virtual Mössbauer spectrometer. Data acquisition is realized via the PIGGY 32/154/320 microcontroller. This microcontroller is connected with a computer by RS232 interface. The software communicates with the spectrometer module and provides an intelligent graphical user interface for the control of the spectrometer and for the presentation of the measured results. Mössbauer spectra of 256, 512, 1024, 2048 channels can be accumulated in constant acceleration or constant velocity modes. Pulse height spectra can be collected in an energy window scanning mode. The velocity range is ±100 mm/s and the non-linearity of the velocity scale is lower than 0.1%, the maximum input count rate is 10 MHz and the channel capacity is 232-1 counts.
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Mashlan, M., Jancik, D., Zak, D., Dufka, F., Snasel, V., Kholmetskii, A.L. (1999). The Mössbauer Spectrometer as a Virtual Instrument. In: Miglierini, M., Petridis, D. (eds) Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Materials Science. NATO Science Series, vol 66. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4548-0_37
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