FASTBUS standard routines implementation for Fermilab embedded processor boards

Author

Votava, M. ; Kent, S. ; Oleynik, G. ; Pordes, R. ; Pangburn, J. ; Patrick, J. ; Heyes, G. ; Watson, W.A., III

Author_Institution

Dept. of Online Support, Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA

Volume

41

Issue

1

fYear

1994

fDate

2/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

165

Lastpage

168

Abstract

In collaboration with CEBAF, Fermilab has produced a new C implementation of the IEEE FASTBUS standard routines. This implementation runs under the VxWorks operating system and has been ported to the PC-4 revision of the FASTBUS smart crate controller and the FASTBUS readout controller. Both of these boards are used in fixed target and collider HEP experiments. Features of this implementation include: optional generation of high-speed in-line code, built-in RPC (remote produced call) support, and a tool command language command line interpreter interface. We describe this software with recent extensions to support RPC

Keywords

C listings; data acquisition; nuclear electronics; physics computing; software portability; system buses; C implementation; FASTBUS readout controller; FASTBUS smart crate controller; FASTBUS standard routines; Fermilab embedded processor boards; PC-4 revision; VxWorks operating system; high energy physics experiments; high-speed in-line code; remote produced call support; Collaboration; Command languages; Control systems; Data acquisition; Detectors; Embedded computing; Fastbus; Laboratories; Operating systems; Power capacitors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.281481

Filename

281481