IBIC2012 - List of Authors (Jackson, S.)

Paper	Title	Page
TUPA09	System Architecture for Measuring and Monitoring Beam Losses in the Injector Complex at CERN	347
	C. Zamantzas, M. Alsdorf, B. Dehning, S. Jackson, M. Kwiatkowski, W. Viganò CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The strategy for beam setup and machine protection of the accelerators at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) is mainly based on its Beam Loss Monitoring (BLM) systems. For their upgrade to higher beam energies and intensities, a new BLM system is under development with the aim of providing faster measurement updates with higher dynamic range and the ability to accept more types of detectors as input compared to its predecessors. In this paper, the architecture of the complete system is explored giving an insight to the design choices made to provide a highly reconfigurable system that is able to fulfil the different requirements of each accelerator using reprogrammable devices.

TUPA30	Development of a Beam Loss Measurement System with Gigabit Ethernet Readout at CERN	414
	M. Kwiatkowski, M. Alsdorf, E. Angelogiannopoulos, B. Dehning, S. Jackson, W. Viganò, C. Zamantzas CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The aim of the BLM Dual Polarity card under development at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) is to measure and digitise with high precision the current produced by several types of beam loss detectors. In its default configuration, it is expected to provide data to the processing electronics through two point-to-point connections with bidirectional multi-gigabit optical links. For the development phases as well as later serving as a stand-alone measurement system, its reconfigurable FPGA device is exploited to provide a soft-core CPU with a custom made server. This server, running on the CPU, will expose through the Gigabit Ethernet connection and the TCP/IP protocol different types of data in the network. In this paper the development of the system and of the communication protocol is explored as well as the accompanying client application that is realised with the purpose of commanding, collecting storing and viewing the different types of data.

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System Architecture for Measuring and Monitoring Beam Losses in the Injector Complex at CERN

347

C. Zamantzas, M. Alsdorf, B. Dehning, S. Jackson, M. Kwiatkowski, W. Viganò
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The strategy for beam setup and machine protection of the accelerators at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) is mainly based on its Beam Loss Monitoring (BLM) systems. For their upgrade to higher beam energies and intensities, a new BLM system is under development with the aim of providing faster measurement updates with higher dynamic range and the ability to accept more types of detectors as input compared to its predecessors. In this paper, the architecture of the complete system is explored giving an insight to the design choices made to provide a highly reconfigurable system that is able to fulfil the different requirements of each accelerator using reprogrammable devices.

TUPA30

Development of a Beam Loss Measurement System with Gigabit Ethernet Readout at CERN

414

M. Kwiatkowski, M. Alsdorf, E. Angelogiannopoulos, B. Dehning, S. Jackson, W. Viganò, C. Zamantzas
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The aim of the BLM Dual Polarity card under development at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) is to measure and digitise with high precision the current produced by several types of beam loss detectors. In its default configuration, it is expected to provide data to the processing electronics through two point-to-point connections with bidirectional multi-gigabit optical links. For the development phases as well as later serving as a stand-alone measurement system, its reconfigurable FPGA device is exploited to provide a soft-core CPU with a custom made server. This server, running on the CPU, will expose through the Gigabit Ethernet connection and the TCP/IP protocol different types of data in the network. In this paper the development of the system and of the communication protocol is explored as well as the accompanying client application that is realised with the purpose of commanding, collecting storing and viewing the different types of data.