Title :
A CAMAC-VME-Macintosh data acquisition system for nuclear experiments
Author :
Anzalone, A. ; Giustolisi, F.
Author_Institution :
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucl., Lab. Nazionale del Sud, Catania, Italy
fDate :
10/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A multiprocessor system for data acquisition and analysis in low-energy nuclear physics has been realized. The system is built around CAMAC, the VMEbus, and the Macintosh PC. Multiprocessor software has been developed, using RTF, MACsys, and CERN cross-software. The execution of several programs that run on several VME CPUs and on an external PC is coordinated by a mailbox protocol. No operating system is used on the VME CPUs. The hardware, software, and system performance are described
Keywords :
CAMAC; data acquisition; multiprocessing systems; nuclear electronics; physics computing; CAMAC; Macintosh PC; VME CPUs; VMEbus; data acquisition; low-energy nuclear physics; mailbox protocol; multiprocessor system; nuclear experiments; CAMAC; Data acquisition; Data analysis; Hardware; Multiprocessing systems; Nuclear physics; Operating systems; Protocols; Software performance; Software systems;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
