User End:

GUI

Flow Chart GUI Controller

 In order to get an X-ray, the user has to go through the following steps:

1. Open Visual Studio (version 2019).
2. Open the “X-Ray Source GUI” (.sln) (mentioned below).
3. Run the code (Press “Start” in the taskbar).
4. Go to “Connect to Arduino”
5. Press the “Connect” button in the red box.
6. Turn on the vacuum pump manually
7. Go to “Filament”, and press the “CMD OFF” button to turn on the filament.
8. Go to “High Voltage”, and press the “CMD OFF” button to turn on the high voltage power.
9. Go to the diagram to monitor the incoming data from the photodiode sensor

NOTE: when you pressed any button, the button color should change from “RED” to “green”, which indicates that the device had changed its status.

Plant End:

Anode

Arduino

• Power circuit breaker: Turns on/off all the system (220V)
• Vacuum Pump switch: Turns on/off the vacuum pump
• Controller: The controller used is Arduino UNO. A USB 2.0 Cable type B is used to connect the X-ray plant and the control station. It is used to control the relay box according to the operator’s command (from the user-end GUI) and send back the data coming from photodiodes (sensors).
• Relay kit: Controlled contacts (2 channels).

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