Vacuum control system for the Los Alamos Low Energy Demonstration Accelerator proton injector

Author

Dalesio, Leo R. ; Kerstiens, Debora M. ; Richards, Mitchell C. ; Salazar, Gilber A. ; Sherman, Joseph D. ; Warren, David S. ; Zaugg, Thomas

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

655

Abstract

A vacuum control system has been developed for use on the Los Alamos National Laboratory continuous wave (cw) Low Energy Demonstration Accelerator (LEDA) proton injector. This paper summarizes hardware and software implementation to satisfy the following design criteria: (1) performs as a standalone system-no direct access to CPU/memory components by computer control hardware during normal operations, (2) has local (chassis) and remote control (EPICS & LabVIEW) capabilities, (3) is electrically isolated and filtered from electrical transients created from injector high voltage spark-downs to ground, and (4) incorporates fast protect and fail safe components

Keywords

accelerator control systems; computerised control; linear accelerators; particle beam injection; proton accelerators; telecontrol; vacuum control; EPICS; LEDA; LabVIEW; Low Energy Demonstration Accelerator; computer control; electrical transients; fail safe; high voltage spark-downs; proton injector; remote control; software; standalone system; vacuum control system; Control systems; Elementary particle vacuum; Hardware; High performance computing; Laboratories; Proton accelerators; Software performance; Software safety; Vacuum systems; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999

Conference_Location

New York, NY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5573-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1999.795311

Filename

795311