On-site developed components for control and data acquisition on next generation fusion devices

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the main requirements, principles and technical issues to be taken into account in the conceptual design of the control and data acquisition systems of new fusion experiments. The control and data acquisition system of a new generation fusion device should be conceived in a distributed, integrated, hierarchical, manufacturing independent, and user-friendly approach, taking advantage of the most recent improvements in networking, front-end processing, and database management. Data acquisition is performed by several dedicated subsystems designed in a function oriented structure and linked by fast networks. This architecture allows to develop the subsystems independently, to minimize the data traffic in the network, and to increase the system safety. It also provides upgrading capacity to meet new experimental requirements during the life of the experiment and flexibility to include new technologies.

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