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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">mrisel</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Magnetic Resonance in Solids</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Magnetic Resonance in Solids</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2072-5981</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Kazan Federal University</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26907/mrsej-25310</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">mrisel-296</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>NMR experiment control system with an interval programmable generator</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Alexandrov</surname><given-names>A. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Kazan 420008</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">aaleksan@kpfu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Melnikova</surname><given-names>D. L.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Kazan 420008</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Ivanov</surname><given-names>D. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Kazan 420008</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Skirda</surname><given-names>V. D.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Kazan 420008</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>Kazan Federal University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>12</day><month>01</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>27</volume><issue>3</issue><elocation-id>25310 (13 pp.)</elocation-id><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Alexandrov A.S., Melnikova D.L., Ivanov D.S., Skirda V.D., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Alexandrov A.S., Melnikova D.L., Ivanov D.S., Skirda V.D.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Alexandrov A.S., Melnikova D.L., Ivanov D.S., Skirda V.D.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.mrsej.ru/jour/article/view/296">https://www.mrsej.ru/jour/article/view/296</self-uri><abstract><p>Exceptionally high demands on the time control accuracy and the experiment flexibility are imposed by modern nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A critical component of NMR equipment is a specialized device responsible for synchronizing and controlling all nodes and devices during the experiment. In this paper, a device control system with interval programmable generator (programmator) of arbitrary pulse sequences implemented on programmable logic integrated circuits (FPGAs) is proposed. The designed system architecture provides simultaneous control of up to 245 external devices in mode both asynchronous and synchronous with the pulse sequence via special instruction words. A universal instruction format used for both internal and external devices provides a simple way to connect any new external device to the control system. The internal instructions set, which includes intervals, nested loops and macros allow to develop and implement the highest complexity pulse sequences in NMR experiments. The duration of the interval set by a single instruction can take values from 20 ns to 0.334 seconds. For any fragments of the pulse sequence, it is possible to form cycles with up to 216 repetitions, including nested (cycle within cycle) cycles with a nest depth of 16. Thus, usage a memory for only 2048 instruction words allows to reach the total duration of the generated sequence 1080 s (with a 20 ns resolution).</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>nuclear magnetic resonance</kwd><kwd>pulse sequences</kwd><kwd>programmator</kwd><kwd>synchronization</kwd><kwd>programmable logic integrated circuits</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This work was funded by the subsidy allocated to Kazan Federal University for the state assignment in the sphere of scientific activities number FZSM-2023-0016.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">PulseBlaster - Programmable Pulse and Delay Generator PCIe Board SP46, Owner’s Manual, SpinCore Technologies Inc., Gainesville, FL 32653, USA (2025).</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">PulseBlaster - Programmable Pulse and Delay Generator PCIe Board SP46, Owner’s Manual, SpinCore Technologies Inc., Gainesville, FL 32653, USA (2025).</mixed-citation></citation-alternatives></ref><ref id="cit2"><label>2</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Takeda K., Rev. of Sci. 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