Talk:Nuclear Instrumentation Module
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Acronym[edit]
As far as I know, "NIM" stands for "National Instrumentation Methods". See for example here: [1] --ulm (talk) 16:41, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
The acronym NIM is explained on page 1 (page 15 of the PDF) of the standard (http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/servlets/purl/7120327-MV8wop/7120327.pdf). The same document also contains a pin definition which does not mention +/- 3V as specified in the table on the TWiki page. This should be clarified. -- M. Joos / CERN--137.138.190.100 (talk) 09:15, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
References[edit]
Most of the references are not authoritative and are not referenced in the text. I am moving the following to "see also". I'm not sure they are worth mentioning there when we have the specification document in the references that clearly defines the intended specifications to international standards.Roggg (talk) 13:22, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
- AN INTRODUCTION TO NIM
- LeCroy 1985 Catalog
- Ortec - "NIM and CAMAC Standards for Modular Instrumentation"
- [2] Examples of NIM bins, crates and pulse generators.
- [3] College course example.
I'm going to suggest that in fact, that some of these are removed.
1st is irrelevant - we have more authoritative spec document referenced already. 2nd is irrelevant and not what it claims to be 3rd is broken 4th is an example - keep this, add one 5th is a broken link Roggg (talk) 13:34, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
Commonality of NIM Crates[edit]
I think it's a bit misleading to say that they are uncommon in particle physics today. I would say NEW and specifically LARGE systems built today in HEP won't use them. Plenty of prototype systems still do. I can think of 5 built in the last few years that do, for instance. If we are going to have unsited opinions in there, I'd rather they were at least the unsited ones I agree with. I'll try and change it to something more general, but if someone has some reasonable source on the subject we should site it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.91.65.29 (talk) 18:15, 16 January 2013 (UTC) Actually, sorry, you specify ADC modules. I do agree with that. It would still be nice to refer to a source if possible though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.91.65.29 (talk) 18:17, 16 January 2013 (UTC)