ISHN Ion Source Control System. First Steps Toward an EPICS Based ESS-Bilbao Accelerator Control System

Eguiraun, M.; Jugo, J.; Arredondo, I.; Campo, M. del; Feuchtwanger, J.; Etxebarria, V.; Bermejo, Francisco Javier

doi:10.1109/tns.2013.2245345

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“…If the improvement requires new data types or new functionalities, new records should be added corresponding with the new functionalities, following the rules of the first stage. This approach for the integration of fast controllers into EPICS has been successfully applied to the control system of the ISHN ion source [19].…”

Section: A Proposed Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A similar path is followed in ISIS [24], where the hardware deployed using LabVIEW is used mainly for beam diagnostics and it is not integrated in the main control system. On the contrary, in ESS Bilbao the use of LabVIEW is more extensive, including the development of the control systems for several subsystems of the accelerator, [19]. In any case, the reliability related issues are not fully tested.…”

Section: Reliability Of Cots Control Systems For Particle Accelermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The main objective of this work is the description of an architecture appropriate for the integration of NI PXI/PXIe platforms in EPICS networks, extending and complementing the results presented in [19]. The use of this hardware is oriented to the implementation of the so called fast controllers, [20], which in the current case are based on the use of FPGA cards and real time controllers.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The graphical design tool Lab-VIEW is used as the development tool for the development of the control application. This architecture has been successfully applied in a real system, specifically in the control system for the ISHN ion source developed in ESS Bilbao, [19] as well as in [21].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Design and Performance Analysis of a Nonstandard EPICS Fast Controller

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IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.

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Abstract-The large scientific projects present new technological challenges, such as the distributed control over a communication network. In particular, the middleware EPICS is the most extended communication standard in particle accelerators. The integration of modern control architectures in these EPICS networks is becoming common, as for example for the PXI/PXIe and xTCA hardware alternatives. In this work, a different integration procedure for PXIe real time controllers from National Instruments is proposed, using LabVIEW as the design tool. This methodology is considered and its performance is analyzed by means of a set of laboratory experiments. This control architecture is proposed for achieving the implementation requirements of the fast controllers, which need an important amount of computational power and signal processing capability, with a tight real-time demand. The present work studies the advantages and drawbacks of this methodology and presents its comprehensive evaluation by means of a laboratory test bench, designed for the application of systematic tests. These tests compare the proposed fast controller performance with a similar system implemented using an standard EPICS IOC provided by the CODAC system.

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Section: A Proposed Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Reliability Of Cots Control Systems For Particle Accelermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Design and Performance Analysis of a Nonstandard EPICS Fast Controller

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IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.

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“…This is closely related to the EPICS implementation, for more information see [19]. The IN and HS Ethernet Managed IOs are not involved in the interlocking or safety itself, but in the crosstalking between devices.…”

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confidence: 99%

Adjustable ECR Ion Source Control System: Ion Source Hydrogen Positive Project

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et al. 2015

IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.

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ISHP (Ion Source Hydrogen Positive) project consists of a highly versatile ECR type ion source. It has been built for several purposes, on the one hand, to serve as a workbench to test accelerator related technologies and validate in-house made developments, at the first stages. On the other hand, to design an ion source valid as the first step in an actual LINAC. Since this paper is focused on the control system of ISHP, besides the ion source, all the hardware and its control architecture is presented. Nowadays the ion source is able to generate a pulse of positive ions of Hydrogen from s to a few range with a repetition rate ranging from to with a maximum of of current. Furthermore, the first experiments with White Rabbit (WR) synchronization system are presented.

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