VME multiprocessor system for plasma control at the JT-60 Upgrade

Author

Kimura, T. ; Kurihara, K. ; Takahashi, M. ; Kawamata, Y. ; Akasaka, H. ; Matsukawa, M.

Author_Institution

JAERI, Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

36

Issue

5

fYear

1989

fDate

10/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1554

Lastpage

1558

Abstract

The design and preliminary tests of a VME multiprocessor system for the JT-60 Upgrade plasma control are reported. The design of the system, which utilizes three MC88100-based reduced-instruction-set computers (RISCs) and VME buses, was stimulated by requirements for faster and more accurate computation for the plasma position and shape control. The present control system and its modification and characteristics are described, and the configuration of the VME multiprocessor system is examined. The results of a test of the capability of the VME system to transfer data through the CAMAC system are reported

Keywords

CAMAC; Tokamak devices; fission reactor instrumentation; multiprocessing systems; nuclear engineering computing; plasma confinement; reduced instruction set computing; CAMAC; JT-60 Upgrade plasma control; MC88100-based reduced-instruction-set computers; VME buses; VME multiprocessor system; plasma position; shape control; Centralized control; Coils; Control systems; Magnetic confinement; Multiprocessing systems; Plasma confinement; Plasma properties; Plasma stability; System testing; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.41100

Filename

41100