Journal of Nuclear Science, Engineering and Technology (JONSAT)
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Development of a graphical software package to analyze Alvand Tokamak experimental Data

Document Type : Scientific Note

Author

Y. Sadegh

Plasma and Nuclear Fusion Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, AEOI, P.O.Box: 14399-51113, Tehran - Iran

https://doi.org/10.24200/nst.2020.1135
Abstract
The data acquisition system of the Alvand tokamak is a very old system of 32 channels. The data capacity of each channel is 2 kilobytes, altogether 64 kilobytes, which store the experimental data of selected channels in binary format. The most important deficiency of this system is the use of the CGA graphic adapter resolution of  pixels of 4 bits in-depth. By considering the old graphical user interface, this deficiency has made displaying the experimental data in more detail impossible. Due to the old software used to display the experimental data, updating to an appropriate graphical environment, that can display the data on a typical modern computer at this laboratory, is necessary. For this purpose, a software package was developed to speed up the data analysis of experiments. The core of this package includes 400 lines and the graphical user interface consists of 3000 lines of Matlab code.

Highlights

1. M. Avakian, et al., Design and Construction of Alvand IIC Tokamak', First Conference in Plasma Physice and its Application, 1983 (in Persian).

 

2.  Documentation and technical maps of Alvand Tokamak.

 

3. Y. Sadeghi, et al., Scientific and technical report of the project titled ''Developing Software and Graphical User Interface for Alvand Tokamak Experimental Data'', (2014) (in Persian).

 

4. Graphics and GUIs with Matlab, 3rd Edition, by Chapman & Hall/CRC, (2003).

 

5. Tokamak Alvand Laboratory Data Entry and Archive.

Keywords

Data acquisition system
Alvand tokamak
Graphical user interface (GUI)
1. M. Avakian, et al., Design and Construction of Alvand IIC Tokamak', First Conference in Plasma Physice and its Application, 1983 (in Persian).
 
2.  Documentation and technical maps of Alvand Tokamak.
 
3. Y. Sadeghi, et al., Scientific and technical report of the project titled ''Developing Software and Graphical User Interface for Alvand Tokamak Experimental Data'', (2014) (in Persian).
 
4. Graphics and GUIs with Matlab, 3rd Edition, by Chapman & Hall/CRC, (2003).
 
5. Tokamak Alvand Laboratory Data Entry and Archive.

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