Conveners
Session 1
- Thomas Holzapfel (Industry Partner)
MTCA-based systems are nowadays widely used at many of DESY's accelerator facilities. A brief review of the current accelerator controls status and some experiences with focus on the used MTCA technology will be shared. After the successful implementation of MTCA at the European XFEL and FLASH facilities meanwhile this hardware standard and platform made its inroads into the various new...
The SPS LLRF system was completely upgraded during CERN Long Shutdown 2 (Jan 2019-March 2020). The new Beam Control implementing the beam-based Loops (radial and phase) and the frequency program (B to revolution frequency) is implemented on the MicroTCA platform. The AFCZ (AMC FMC Carrier with Zynq) and QSFP-RTM are used to interface with ADCs, two White Rabbit networks and 10 Gbps serial...
The University of Hamburg, in collaboration with DESY, is developing an electrical ground-support equipment phasemeter, or phasemeter simulator, based on the MicroTCA.4 standard, for the space-based gravitational wave detector LISA, funded by the German Aerospace Agency (DLR). The main task of the phasemeter is to extract the phase of various laser interferometer beat note signals with...
The Spallation Neutron Source is currently upgrading its accelerator power level from 1.4 MW to 2.8MW via the Proton Power Upgrade Project. This power upgrade requires updates to the RF system, superconducting LINAC, accumulator ring, and conventional facilities. The PPU will deliver 2.0MW to the existing SNS target and 0.8MW will be delivered to the future Second Target Station to facilitate...
