Using FPGAs with Embedded Processors for Complete Hardware and Software Systems
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) with embedded processors allow the instrumentation designer to field a system that tightly couples high speed (>500MHz) digital logic to a Control Systems-friendly software platform (i.e. Linux, VxWorks, EPICs). This technology merges CPU and I/O functions onto a single board allowing greater flexibility in physical form factor, power requirements, and data management. Without being constrained by a bus standard, hardware and software can join in a malleable design template. LBNL is currently using this technique to design a control system module for ALS booster top off operation and has completed designs for PEP-II transverse feedback electronics and ALS bunch cleaning. This presentation will include a hands-on demonstration of an FPGA evaluation board running a simplified example of a control system interface.
- OSTI ID:
- 20894914
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 868; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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