Modern control techniques for accelerators
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Source
- Conference: 10. international conference on cyclotrons and their applications, East Lansing, MI, USA, 30 Apr 1984
- Subject
- 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS ACCELERATORS
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
ARCHITECTURE
COMPUTER NETWORKS
CONTROL SYSTEMS 430100* -- Particle Accelerators-- Design, Development, & Operation
- Language
- English
Beginning in the mid to late sixties, most new accelerators were designed to include computer based control systems. Although each installation differed in detail, the technology of the sixties and early to mid seventies dictated an architecture that was essentially the same for the control systems of that era. A mini-computer was connected to the hardware and to a console. Two developments have changed the architecture of modern systems: (a) the microprocessor and (b) local area networks. This paper discusses these two developments and demonstrates their impact on control system design and implementation by way of describing a possible architecture for any size of accelerator. Both hardware and software aspects are included.