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GSI-2025-00606

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Next Generation GSI/FAIR Scalable Control Unit: Lessons Learned from 10 Years in the Field

Lüghausen, K. (Corresponding author)GSI* ; Dziewiecki, M.GSI* ; Kaiser, K.GSI* ; May, G.GSI* ; Rauch, S.GSI* ; Thieme, M.

2023
JACoW Publishing Geneva

Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.18429/JACOW-PCAPAC2022-THP15  doi:10.15120/GSI-2025-00606

Abstract: The end-of-life of many components brought the need for a redesign of our main Control System Front-End - the SCU (Scaleable Control Unit). It was a chance to make improvements and use more powerful state-of-the-art core components. This included a new Arria 10 FPGA and a completely redesigned housekeeping circuit based on an AVR microcontroller. Further, the project was cleaned by removing unused components and features. Main frame conditions stay fixed for backward compatibility, like the mechanical form factor or the 16-bit parallel bus. Majority of gateware and firmware could be reused and just some adaptations for the new FPGA were needed. Nevertheless, providing continuous compatibility with legacy peripherals needed a substantial effort.

Keyword(s): Accelerator Physics ; Hardware Technologies and Component Integration, System Modeling and Automation

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Control Systems (ACO)

Research Program(s):

1. 899 - ohne Topic (POF4-899) (POF4-899)

Experiment(s):

1. no experiment theory work (theory)

Appears in the scientific report 2023

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