Charles,
Thank. At this point I don't have many specific applications. I collect elements and minerals and it was be nice to analyze them for purity. I also have some artistic/archeological materials that would be nice to analyze - pigments, glass, etc. I imagine the SiPIN would be fine for that.?
I don't really care about the Fast in FastSDD as I don't have an sources that would produce enough cps to mater. The SDD seems appealing for several reasons:?
- It gets you a little closer to 1keV which means some sensitivity to the lower-Z materials
- It gives you more resolution for a given sized sensor.?
Given the two currently available options on eBay are a 25mm FastSDD and a 25mm SiPIN the SDD seems the better choice. If it was 25mm SDD vs 6mm SiPIN I think those are comparable. I realize that the DP5X is a stripped down board. It doesn't have a ethernet port and it doesn't have the DAC that gives you a signal output that you could view on an oscilloscope. I don't know how important those features are. The prices of the two are different, but within enough of a ballpark that both are worth considering.
I guess I have three concrete questions:
- How much do you lose with with older electronics? Perhaps it's hard to get the FW6 upgrade?
- How often does these things come up for sale that it's work waiting for the right setup?
- Charles, you mention that you wouldn't go with the SDD, even if price wasn't an issue. Why is that? Is there a downside to the SDD?
Many thanks,
Soren
