New high-performance computer interfaces to CAMAC

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

OSTI ID:5506651

Cleary, R T

A family of CAMAC-based interface products has been developed that supports high data throughput while providing the flexibility to meet the particular application. These new products fall into three basic categories: enhancements to the CAMAC Serial Highway, new CAMAC crate controllers, and software drivers. The Serial Highway enhancements provide at least a five-fold improvement in effective throughput and rival the Parallel Branch Highway in that regard. A new crate controller with a ribbon-cable bus interface uses balanced-line transmission and supports a bus length to 500 feet. List processing is provided as a hardware option for the Serial Highway Driver and is supported by a list sequencer module, an auxiliary crate controller, as well as software device drivers. This paper describes these new products, details their performance, and recommends trade-offs for their application. Benchmark comparisons indicate the extremely high data throughput that has been obtained. With certain configuration, Serial Highway throughput approaching three megabytes per second can be achieved.

• Research Organization: KineticSystems Corp., 11 Maryknoll Drive, Lockport, IL 60441
• OSTI ID: 5506651
• 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

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990220* -- Computers
Computerized Models
& Computer Programs-- (1987-1989)
BENCHMARKS
CAMAC SYSTEM
COMMUNICATIONS
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DATA TRANSMISSION
DATA-FLOW PROCESSING
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
EQUIPMENT INTERFACES
PERFORMANCE
PROGRAMMING