Development of a time-variable nuclear pulser for half life measurements

In this work a time-variable pulser system with an exponentially-decaying pulse frequency is presented, which was developed using the low-cost, open-source Arduino microcontroler plataform. In this system, the microcontroller produces a TTL signal in the selected rate and a pulse shaper board adjust...

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Main Authors: Zahn, Guilherme S., Domienikan, Claudio, Carvalhaes, Roberto P. M., Genezini, Frederico A.
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AMPLIFIERS
COMPUTER CODES
HALF-LIFE
INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
NUCLEAR DECAY
POTENTIOMETERS
PULSE SHAPERS
PULSES
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
TIME DEPENDENCE
TRANSISTORS
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COMPUTER CODES
HALF-LIFE
INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
NUCLEAR DECAY
POTENTIOMETERS
PULSE SHAPERS
PULSES
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
TIME DEPENDENCE
TRANSISTORS
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