Title :
Distributed control and DA for Atlas
Author :
Scudder, D.W. ; Hosack, K.W. ; Thompson, M.C. ; Wysocki, F.J. ; Sanchez, P.G.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
The control system for the Atlas pulsed power generator being built at Los Alamos National Laboratory will utilize a significant level of distributed control. Other principal design characteristics include noise immunity, modularity and use of commercial products wherever possible. The data acquisition system is tightly coordinated with the control system. Both share a common database server and a fiber-optic Ethernet communications backbone.
Keywords :
data acquisition; distributed control; optical fibre LAN; pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; Atlas pulsed power generator; Los Alamos National Laboratory; common database server; data acquisition system; distributed control; fiber-optic Ethernet communications backbone; modularity; noise immunity; Communication system control; Control systems; Data acquisition; Databases; Distributed control; Distributed power generation; Laboratories; Optical fiber communication; Power generation; Pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 1999. Digest of Technical Papers. 12th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5498-2
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.1999.823682
