The Control and Data Acquisition System of the Neutron Instrument BIODIFF

The Neutron instrument BIODIFF is a single crystal diffractometer for biological macromolecules that has been built in a cooperation of Forschungszentrum Juelich and the Technical University of Munich. It is located at the research reactor FRM-II in Garching, Germany, and is in its commissioning phase now. The control and data acquisition system of BIODIFF is based on the so-called "Juelich-Munich Standard", a set of standards and technologies commonly accepted at FRM-II, which is based on the TACO control system developed by the ESRF. In future, it is intended to introduce TANGO at the FRM-II. The Neutron Image Plate detector system of BIODIFF is already equipped with a TANGO subsystem that was integrated into the overall TACO instrument control system.