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Title: Introduction to FASTBUS

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6380500

FASTBUS is a standardized modular 32-bit data-bus system for performing data acquisition, data processing, and control in high energy physics and other applications. It has been developed by the Fast System Design Group of the U.S. NIM Committee. Presented here is an overview of the FASTBUS hardware specification, the operation of the FASTBUS protocol, the implications that the use of FASTBUS has for software systems, and some of the computer to FASTBUS interfaces developed to date.

Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
6380500
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-3008; CONF-821201-13; ON: DE83007017
Resource Relation:
Conference: Fall DECUS US Symposium, Anaheim, CA, USA, 6 Dec 1982; Other Information: 1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English