Computer Automated Measurement and Control

<h2 id="backplane-physical-characteristics">Backplane physical characteristics</h2>
<p>The physical connector on the back of a CAMAC module is a card-edge connector, with a receiving socket on the backplane.  Because there are no alignment pins on the socket or connector, there is the possibility of connector misalignment upon module insertion. Therefore, CAMAC modules may NOT be <a href="/facts/Hot_swap/Jn56Jw3h">hot-swapped</a>. Many devices are connected to it.
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<h2 id="backplane-electrical-characteristics">Backplane electrical characteristics</h2>
<p>CAMAC shares low-voltage DC power with <a href="/facts/Nuclear_Instrumentation_Module/h0QB3muP">NIM</a> crates.  The crate supplies +6 V, −6 V, +12 V, −12 V, +24 V, and −24 V to all modules.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Data_acquisition/W7d5DrPl">Data acquisition</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/LEMO/s2S7rc2a">LEMO</a> connector standard</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nuclear_Instrumentation_Module/h0QB3muP">NIM</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/VMEbus/wbApkELJ">VMEbus</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/FASTBUS/fKS1pmpp">FASTBUS</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

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<ul><li><a href="http://fcomp.ist.utl.pt/LRC.web/docs/Intro.Camac.pdf">An Introduction to CAMAC</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161031212142/http://fcomp.ist.utl.pt/LRC.web/docs/Intro.Camac.pdf">Archived</a> 2016-10-31 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www-ese.fnal.gov/eseproj/BTeV/BTeV_Russia/default.html">Images of CAMAC modules</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110430153723/http://www-ese.fnal.gov/eseproj/BTeV/BTeV_Russia/default.html">Archived</a> 2011-04-30 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060107210630/http://www.ifh.de/~ole/camac/">CAMAC on Linux</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"The ESONE committee". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2009.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174104/http://esone.web.cern.ch/ESONE/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174104/http://esone.web.cern.ch/ESONE/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>ESONE letter[permanent dead link‍] <a href="http://www.cern.ch/ESONE/hibernation.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cern.ch/ESONE/hibernation.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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