Title :
Neutral Particle Beam Distributed Data Acquisition System
Author :
Daly, R.T. ; Kraimer, M.R. ; Novick, A.H.
Author_Institution :
Argonne National Laboratory 9700 S. Cass Avenue Argonne, IL 60439 (312) 972-6966
Abstract :
A distributed data acquisition system has been designed to support experiments at the Argonne Neutral Particle Beam Accelerator. The system uses a host VAXstation II/GPX computer acting as an experimenter´s station linked via Ethernet with multiple MicroVAX IIs and rtVAXs dedicated to acquiring data and controlling hardware at remote sites. This paper describes the hardware design of the system, the applications support software on the host and target computers, and the real-time performance.
Keywords :
Computer interfaces; Control systems; Data acquisition; Ethernet networks; Hardware; Instruments; Laboratories; Particle beam measurements; Particle beams; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1987.4334743
