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Redondo, L.M.

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FR5REP011	Using LabVIEW to Improve the Operation of a Particle Accelerator	4800
	J.G. Lopes, F.A. Alegria IST, Lisboa L.M. Redondo ISEL, Lisboa
	The Ion Beam Laboratory of the Technological Nuclear Institute (ITN) in Lisbon has a particle accelerator based on the Van de Graaff machine which is used for research in the area of material characterization. The Van de Graaff particle accelerator* in the ITN is an horizontal electrostatic accelerator capable of producing Helium and Hydrogen ion beams with energies up to 3 MeV. The developed system comprises the accelerator turn-on and turn-off procedures during a normal run, which includes the set of terminal voltage, ion source, beam focusing and control of ion beam current and energy during operation. In addition, the computer monitors the vacuum and is able to make a detail register of the most important events during a normal run, allowing the use of the machine by less qualified technicians in safe conditions. The data acquisition system consists in PC, a data acquisition I/O board compose by with two multifunction input/output boards from National Instruments and five electronic modules. The computer control system uses a LabVIEW synoptic for interaction with the operator and an I/O board that interfaces the computer and the accelerator system. *Rosenblatt, J. “Particle Acceleration”. London, Methuen and Co LTD., 1968.

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FR5REP011

Using LabVIEW to Improve the Operation of a Particle Accelerator

4800

J.G. Lopes, F.A. Alegria
IST, Lisboa
L.M. Redondo
ISEL, Lisboa

The Ion Beam Laboratory of the Technological Nuclear Institute (ITN) in Lisbon has a particle accelerator based on the Van de Graaff machine which is used for research in the area of material characterization. The Van de Graaff particle accelerator* in the ITN is an horizontal electrostatic accelerator capable of producing Helium and Hydrogen ion beams with energies up to 3 MeV. The developed system comprises the accelerator turn-on and turn-off procedures during a normal run, which includes the set of terminal voltage, ion source, beam focusing and control of ion beam current and energy during operation. In addition, the computer monitors the vacuum and is able to make a detail register of the most important events during a normal run, allowing the use of the machine by less qualified technicians in safe conditions. The data acquisition system consists in PC, a data acquisition I/O board compose by with two multifunction input/output boards from National Instruments and five electronic modules. The computer control system uses a LabVIEW synoptic for interaction with the operator and an I/O board that interfaces the computer and the accelerator system.

*Rosenblatt, J. “Particle Acceleration”. London, Methuen and Co LTD., 1968.