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Brookhaven fastbus/unibus interface

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OSTI ID:5913962
A typical high energy physics experiment requires both a high speed data acquisition and processing system, for data collection and reduction; and a general purpose computer to handle further reduction, bookkeeping and mass storage. Broad differences in architecture, format or technology, will often exist between these two systems, and interface design can become a formidable task. The PDP-11 series minicomputer is widely used in physics research, and the Brookhaven FASTBUS is the only standard high speed data acquisition system which is fully implemented in a current high energy physics experiment. This paper will describe the design and operation of an interface between these two systems. The major issues are elucidated by a preliminary discussion on the basic principles of Bus Systems, and their application to Brookhaven FASTBUS and UNIBUS.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA); Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
5913962
Report Number(s):
BNL-33165; CONF-830576-7; ON: DE83014434
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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