A remote control system for FPGA-embedded modules in radiation environments

Author

Hasuko, K. ; Fukunaga, C. ; Ichimiya, R. ; Ikeno, M. ; Ishida, Y. ; Kano, H. ; Kurashige, H. ; Mizouchi, K. ; Nakamura, Y. ; Sakamoto, H. ; Sasaki, O. ; Tanaka, K.

Author_Institution

Int. Center for Elementary Particle Phys. (ICEPP), Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

49

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

501

Lastpage

506

Abstract

A remote control system has been developed for versa module Eurocard (VME) modules located in a radiation environment. Two new VME modules-the remote controller (RC) and local interface modules-are introduced to mediate between the local host and remote slave modules. These two modules are connected with optical links and the local host can master the remote VME bus to access the slave modules through these intermediate modules. This control system can perform watchdog for field programmable gate array (FPGA)-embedded modules whose configuration data are susceptible to single event upsets (SEUs). The architectural study and first prototyping of this system are discussed

Keywords

data acquisition; embedded systems; field programmable gate arrays; high energy physics instrumentation computing; optical communication equipment; optical links; particle calorimetry; physical instrumentation control; position sensitive particle detectors; system buses; telecontrol; ATLAS detector; FPGA-embedded modules; LHC; Large Hadron Collider; SEU; VME; VME bus; configuration data; field programmable gate array; local host modules; local interface modules; optical links; radiation environments; remote control system; remote slave modules; single event upsets; versa module Eurocard modules; Control systems; Costs; Detectors; Field programmable gate arrays; Large Hadron Collider; Mesons; Physics; Prototypes; Single event transient; Single event upset;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2002.1003787

Filename

1003787