DXP Mercury - Digital X-Ray Spectrometer with Mapping Features

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DXP Mercury Software

XIA offers both host software and driver support for the DXP Mercury:

ProSpect is a full featured Windows application, available to all Saturn users (pictured below).
The Handel/Xerxes driver libraries are available to users who wish to use their own software to acquire data. The goal is to provide an interface to the DXP hardware in spectroscopic units (eV, microseconds, etc...) while still allowing for safe, direct-access to the DSP.

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The Mercury Download page contains links to Datasheets, Manuals, Application Notes and Articles, as well as downloadable software and firmware updates.

DXP Mercury

Benchtop DXP channel with mapping functions, USB 2.0 interface and custom outputs.

DXP Mercury Downloads

Datasheets, Manuals, Application Notes and Articles, as well as downloadable software and firmware.

DXP Mercury-OEM

Mercury printed circuit-board for OEM integration.

DXP-XMAP

Four DXP channels with mapping functions on a single-width PXI card

ProSpect - Windows Configuration and Data Acquisition Software

Get the latest Mercury Prospect release
Prospect releases are now accessible via the XIA Wiki Release page.

Get the latest Mercury Handel driver release
Handel releases are now accessible via the XIA Wiki Release page.

Configuration

Energy and trigger filter settings
Detector/preamplifier settings
Dynamic range/system gain control
MCA format (number of bins, bin granularity...etc.)

Data Acquisition

Preset-real-time run, preset-live-time run, preset counts or infinite run
Specify run time in various units
Live update of run statistics

Analysis and Statistics

Output statistics: ICR, OCR, realtime and livetime
Gaussian fits to MCA spectrum
Export spectra for additional analysis

Diagnostics

Digital oscilloscope
FFT analysis of input signals
Baseline histogram and history displays

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DXP Driver Libraries: Handel

Handel is a high-level device driver that provides an interface to the DXP hardware in spectroscopic units (eV, microseconds, etc...) while still allowing for safe, direct-access to the DSP. Additionally, Handel only requires a single configuration file in order to start the system. The trade-off for this ease of use is an increase in size. At a minimum, Handel requires 5 libraries to operate with a single product, while Xerxes only requires 3. For more information, please consult the Handel API or contact us at .

Get the latest Mercury Handel driver release
Handel releases are now accessible via the XIA Wiki Release page.

Handel Specification
(PDF format, 192KB, updated 7/1/2002)
Specification for the Handel hardware description layer for XIA digital pulse processors

Handel SCA application note
(PDF format, 132KB, 12/18/2003)
Describes for Handel users how SCAs are implemented in the DXP, and is provided with sample code (ZIP archive, 2KB, 12/18/2003) to help getting started using SCAs. SCAs are only supported Handel release 0.4.1 and firmware release 1.08 and later. Please first download and install the latest firmware release appropriate to your DXP product and detector/preamplifier.

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