Real-time software for the COMPASS tokamak plasma control

0349317 - ÚFP 2011 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Valcárcel, D.F. - Duarte, A.S. - Neto, A. - Carvalho, I.S. - Carvalho, B.B. - Fernandes, H. - Sousa, J. - Sartori, F. - Janky, Filip - Cahyna, Pavel - Hron, Martin - Pánek, Radomír
Real-time software for the COMPASS tokamak plasma control.
Fusion Engineering and Design. Roč. 85, 3-4 (2010), s. 470-473. ISSN 0920-3796. E-ISSN 1873-7196.
[IAEA Technical Meeting on Control, Data Acquisition and Remote Participation for Fusion Research/7th./. Aix – en – Provence, 15.06.2009-19.06.2009]
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z20430508
Keywords : Real-time * ATCA * Data acquisition * Plasma control software
Subject RIV: BL - Plasma and Gas Discharge Physics
Impact factor: 1.143, year: 2010
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To meet the necessary operation parameters for the COMPASS tokamak, its real-time system for data processing and control, must be designed for both flexibility and performance, allowing the easy integration of code from several developers and to guarantee desired time cycle. For this purpose an Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture based real-time system has been deployed with a solution built on a multi-core x86 processor. It makes use of two software components: the BaseLib2 and the MARTe (Multithreaded Application Real-Time executor) real-time frameworks. MARTe configuration and data storage are accomplished through a Java hardware client that connects to the FireSignal control and data acquisition software. This article details the implementation of the real-time system for the COMPASS tokamak, in particular the organization of the control code, the design and implementation of the communications with the actuators and how MARTe integrates with the FireSignal software.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0189587