Title :
Anatomy of a control system; a system designer´s view [Advanced Light Source]
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA, USA
Abstract :
The Advanced Light Source (ALS) control system is quite unconventional in its design and implementation. This paper will discuss the system design considerations, the actual implementation, hardware and software costs, and the measured performance across all layers of the system
Keywords :
computerised control; electron accelerators; physical instrumentation control; physics computing; storage rings; ALS control system; Advanced Light Source; electron storage ring; hardware costs; software costs; system design considerations; Anatomy; Control systems; Costs; Cyclotrons; Hardware; Laboratories; Light sources; Lighting control; Manufacturing; Microcomputers;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1203-1
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1993.309139
