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@inproceedings{isherwood:ecris2020-mozzo06, author = {B.C. Isherwood and G. Machicoane}, title = {{Microcontrollers as Gate and Delay Generators for Time Resolved Measurements}}, booktitle = {Proc. ECRIS'20}, % booktitle = {Proc. 24th International Workshop on ECR Ion Sources (ECRIS'20)}, pages = {57--59}, eid = {MOZZO06}, language = {english}, keywords = {plasma, electron, ECR, ion-source, cyclotron}, venue = {East Lansing, MI, USA}, series = {International Workshop on ECR Ion Sources}, number = {24}, publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland}, month = {07}, year = {2022}, issn = {2222-5692}, isbn = {978-3-95450-226-4}, doi = {10.18429/JACoW-ECRIS2020-MOZZO06}, url = {https://jacow.org/ecris2020/papers/mozzo06.pdf}, abstract = {{The diffusion of electrons from ECRIS plasmas results in the emission of bremsstrahlung distributions from the plasma chamber. ECRIS bremsstrahlung measurements that are both time- and energy-resolved are often challenging to perform due to the 10’s; 100’s ms timescale that the plasma evolves over. However, the advancement of low-cost microcontrollers over the last decade makes timing and gating photon spectrometers easier. We present a proof of principle measurement which uses an Arduino microcontroller as a gate-and-delay generator for a High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detector. An example plot of the time-resolved bremsstrahlung spectrum, triggered by beam current variation induced by kinetic instabilities, is shown.}}, }