Real-time control system for NMR spectrometer

A real-time control system for use with an NMR spectrometer having means for controlling the generation and phase of RF pulses and other functions in response to function control signals, said control system comprising:

• a control section having means for storing timing data and event codes and a plurality of controlled sections having means for storing event data;
• said control section having means for successively producing synchronizing signals according to said stored timing data and successively outputting event code data previously stored in the control section and which outputs event codes prior to the generation of each synchronizing signal;
• an event bus including a single synchronizing control line for transmitting the synchronizing signals to each controlled section simultaneously and an event code bus for transmitting the event codes placed thereon by said control section to each controlled section simultaneously;
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• said controlled sections connected with the event bus, the event data being stored in association with event codes, each controlled section accepting each event code placed on the event code bus and reading the event data from the storage means thereof according to the event codes sent through the event code bus to all controlled sections to generate function control signals for the control of the NMR spectrometer according to the event data read from the storage means of each controlled section at the timing determined by the synchronizing signals.