Data acquisition and processing system for the HT-6M tokamak fusion experiment

Conference · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5383610

Shu, Y T; Liu, G C; Pang, J Q; Chen, Y H; Jiang, H Y

This paper describes a high-speed data acquisition and processing system which has been successfully operated on the HT-6M tokamak fusion experimental device. The system collects, archives and analyzes up to 512 kilobytes of data from each shot of the experiment. A shot lasts 50-150 milliseconds and occurs every 5-10 minutes. The system consists of two PDP-11/24 computer systems. One PDP-11/24 is used for real-time data taking and on-line data analysis. It is based upon five CAMAC crates organized into a parallel branch. Another PDP-11/24 is used for off-line data processing. Both data acquisition software RSX-DAS and data processing software RSX-DAP have modular, multi-tasking and concurrent processing features.

• Research Organization: Institute of Plasma Physics, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 26, Hefei
• OSTI ID: 5383610
• Report Number(s): CONF-870552-
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Vol. NS-34:4; Conference: 5. conference on real-time computer applications in nuclear, particle, and plasma physics, San Francisco, CA, USA, 12 May 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
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