Intelligent CAMAC crate controller with CC-A2 functionality and VICbus interface

Conference · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:6722210

Erven, W; Holzer, J; Kopp, H; Loevenich, H W; Meiling, W; Zwoll, K ^[1]; Bovier, J; Re, G; Worm, F ^[2]

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1. Forschungszentrum Julich Zentrallabor fur Elektronik (Germany)
2. Creative Electronic Systems, Geneva (Switzerland)

This paper reports that for nuclear physics experiments at the Julich Cooler Synchrotron COSY a data acquisition system is under development. With this background, and in order to enhance existing CAMAC systems, an intelligent CAMAC crate controller with CC-A2 functionality was developed. The main enhancement is the replacement of the Branch Highway with a new standard of inter-crate connection: the VICbus. The other highlights are: optional use of a Motorola 68030 microprocessor as CAMAC list-processor and optimization of CAMAC blocktransfers, optional Ethernet or Cheapernet connection. This controller is commercially available from CES, Geneva and called VCC 2117.

• OSTI ID: 6722210
• Report Number(s): CONF-911106--
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 39:4; ISSN 0018-9499; ISSN IETNAE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

440103* -- Radiation Instrumentation-- Nuclear Spectroscopic Instrumentation
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990200 -- Mathematics & Computers
ACCELERATORS
CAMAC SYSTEM
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
OPTIMIZATION
PHYSICS
SYNCHROTRONS