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Title: REALIZATION OF A CUSTOM DESIGNED FPGA BASED EMBEDDED CONTROLLER.

Abstract

As part of the Low Level RF (LLRF) upgrade project at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Collider-Accelerator Department (BNL C-AD), we have recently developed and tested a prototype high performance embedded controller. This controller is a custom designed PMC module employing a Xilinx V4FX60 FPGA with a PowerPC405 embedded processor, and a wide variety of on board peripherals (DDR2 SDRAM, FLASH, Ethernet, PCI, multi-gigabit serial transceivers, etc.). The controller is capable of running either an embedded version of LINUX or VxWorks, the standard operating system for RHIC front end computers (FECs). We have successfully demonstrated functionality of this controller as a standard RHIC FEC and tested all on board peripherals. We now have the ability to develop complex, custom digital controllers within the framework of the standard RHIC control system infrastructure. This paper will describe various aspects of this development effort, including the basic hardware, functional capabilities, the development environment, kernel and system integration, and plans for further development.

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Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Doe - Office Of Science
OSTI Identifier:
920312
Report Number(s):
BNL-78037-2007-CP
R&D Project: 18034; KB0202011; TRN: US0805652
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC02-98CH10886
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: ICALEPCS 2007; KNOXVILLE, TN; 20071015 through 20071019
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; BNL; COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS; DESIGN; BROOKHAVEN RHIC; PERFORMANCE

Citation Formats

SEVERINO, F, HARVEY, M, HAYES, T, HOFF, L, ODDO, P, and SMITH, K S. REALIZATION OF A CUSTOM DESIGNED FPGA BASED EMBEDDED CONTROLLER.. United States: N. p., 2007. Web.
SEVERINO, F, HARVEY, M, HAYES, T, HOFF, L, ODDO, P, & SMITH, K S. REALIZATION OF A CUSTOM DESIGNED FPGA BASED EMBEDDED CONTROLLER.. United States.
SEVERINO, F, HARVEY, M, HAYES, T, HOFF, L, ODDO, P, and SMITH, K S. 2007. "REALIZATION OF A CUSTOM DESIGNED FPGA BASED EMBEDDED CONTROLLER.". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/920312.
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title = {REALIZATION OF A CUSTOM DESIGNED FPGA BASED EMBEDDED CONTROLLER.},
author = {SEVERINO, F and HARVEY, M and HAYES, T and HOFF, L and ODDO, P and SMITH, K S},
abstractNote = {As part of the Low Level RF (LLRF) upgrade project at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Collider-Accelerator Department (BNL C-AD), we have recently developed and tested a prototype high performance embedded controller. This controller is a custom designed PMC module employing a Xilinx V4FX60 FPGA with a PowerPC405 embedded processor, and a wide variety of on board peripherals (DDR2 SDRAM, FLASH, Ethernet, PCI, multi-gigabit serial transceivers, etc.). The controller is capable of running either an embedded version of LINUX or VxWorks, the standard operating system for RHIC front end computers (FECs). We have successfully demonstrated functionality of this controller as a standard RHIC FEC and tested all on board peripherals. We now have the ability to develop complex, custom digital controllers within the framework of the standard RHIC control system infrastructure. This paper will describe various aspects of this development effort, including the basic hardware, functional capabilities, the development environment, kernel and system integration, and plans for further development.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Mon Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
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