LabVIEW Interface with Tango Control System for a Multi-Technique X-Ray Spectrometry IAEA Beamline End-Station at Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste

M. BOGOVAC; A. MIGLIORI; J. OSAN; PAWEL WROBEL; JUAN JOSÉ LEANI; M. CZYZYCKI; A. KARYDAS; H. SGHAIER; R. PADILLA-ALVAREZ; R. KAISER

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH A - ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPAMENT

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2016 vol. 833 p. 105 - 109

0168-9002

A newsynchrotronbeamlineend-stationformultipurposeX-rayspectrometryapplicationshasbeenrecentlycommissionedanditiscurrentlyaccessiblebyend-usersattheXRFbeamlineofElettraSin-crotroneTrieste.Theend-stationconsistsofanultra-highvacuumchamberthatincludesasmainin-strument aseven-axismotorizedmanipulatorforsampleanddetectorspositioning,differentkindsofX-raydetectorsandopticalcameras.Thebeamlineend-stationallowsperformingmeasurementsindifferent X-rayspectrometrytechniquessuchasMicroscopicX-RayFluorescenceanalysis(mXRF), TotalReflection X-RayFluorescenceanalysis(TXRF),GrazingIncidence/ExitX-RayFluorescenceanalysis(GI-XRF/GE-XRF), X-RayReflectometry(XRR),andX-RayAbsorptionSpectroscopy(XAS).ALabVIEWGra-phical UserInterface(GUI)boundwithTangocontrolsystemconsistedofmanycustommadesoftwaremodules isutilizedasauser-friendlytoolforcontroloftheentireend-stationhardwarecomponents.Thepresent workdescribesthisadvancedTangoandLabVIEWsoftwareplatformthatutilizesinanoptimalsynergistic mannerthemeritsandfunctionalityofthesewell-establishedprogrammingandequipmentcontrol tools.