• E.D. van Garderen, G. LeBlanc, A. C. Starritt, K. Zingre, M.L.M. ten Have
  ASCo, Clayton, Victoria

The Australian Synchrotron (AS) timing system is based on a hybrid design: an Event Generator-Event Receiver (EVG-EVR) system creates the injection trigger and various clocks, while a network of digital delay generators adjusts pulse delays and widths. This architecture, combined with a storage ring fill pattern monitor, allows the targeting of injection into specific buckets in the storage ring. Nevertheless, more demanding needs from the machine and the beamlines require an upgrade of the system. Delay generators will be removed and replaced by EVRs. This will allow fixed or variable frequency clocks to be made available to beamlines or to trigger diagnostic hardware, orbit interlock distribution, etc., while reducing jitters to below 100 ps. This paper presents the architecture of the new timing system at AS and emphasizes its benefits for diagnostic tools.