Brookhaven fastbus/unibus interface
A typical high energy physics experiment requires both a high speed data acquisition and processing system, for data collection and reduction; and a general purpose computer to handle further reduction, bookkeeping and mass storage. Broad differences in architecture, format or technology, will often exist between these two systems, and interface design can become a formidable task. The PDP-11 series minicomputer is widely used in physics research, and the Brookhaven FASTBUS is the only standard high speed data acquisition system which is fully implemented in a current high energy physics experiment. This paper will describe the design and operation of an interface between these two systems. The major issues are elucidated by a preliminary discussion on the basic principles of Bus Systems, and their application to Brookhaven FASTBUS and UNIBUS.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA); Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 5913962
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-33165; CONF-830576-7; ON: DE83014434; TRN: 83-019304
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Real-time computer applications in nuclear and particle physics conference, Berkeley, CA, USA, 16 May 1983
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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