ISHN Ion Source Control System. First Steps Toward an EPICS Based ESS-Bilbao Accelerator Control System

Author

Eguiraun, M. ; Jugo, J. ; Arredondo, I. ; del Campo, M. ; Feuchtwanger, J. ; Etxebarria, V. ; Bermejo, F.J.

Author_Institution

ESS Bilbao Consortium, Leioa, Spain

Volume

60

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

41365

Firstpage

1280

Lastpage

1288

Abstract

ISHN (Ion Source Hydrogen Negative) consists of a Penning type ion source in operation at ESS-Bilbao facilities. From the control point of view, this source is representative of the first steps and decisions taken towards the general control architecture of the whole accelerator to be built. The ISHN main control system is based on a PXI architecture, under a real-time controller which is programmed using LabVIEW. This system, with additional elements, is connected to the general control system. The whole system is based on EPICS for the control network, and the modularization of the communication layers of the accelerator plays an important role in the proposed control architecture.

Keywords

Penning ion sources; accelerator control systems; beam handling equipment; high energy physics instrumentation computing; linear accelerators; EPICS based ESS-Bilbao accelerator control system; ISHN ion source control system; Ion Source Hydrogen Negative; LabVIEW; PXI architecture; Penning type ion source; communication layer modularisation; general control architecture; real time controller; Control systems; Hardware; Ion sources; Particle beams; Power supplies; Safety; Timing; Accelerator control systems; EPICS; ion source control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2013.2245345

Filename

6484206