Experiences with Starburst front-end data preprocessing at LBL's superHILAC and 88-inch cyclotron

Conference · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5495717

Rathbun, W; Leres, R; Belshe, R A

A Starburst processor, comprising a single-width CAMAC auxiliary crate controller with an on-board PDP 11/73 microcomputer and memory-mapped CAMAC interface, has been in service at the Laboratory for two years. It was originally implemented to allow zero-suppressed CAMAC data acquisition, but its versatility has led to the development of a front-end data acquisition language which can be used to significantly reduce acquisition deadtime and the volume of data recorded. Starburst has been implemented as a slave to the existing ModComp data acquisition computers, and has also been linked to a Micro VAX II computer through a standard parallel interface. Data format, system performance, and the data acquisition language and structure are discussed.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Lawrence Berkeley Lab., Berkeley, CA 94720
• OSTI ID: 5495717
• Report Number(s): CONF-870552-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States) Journal Volume: NS-34:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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