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Development of high-performance digital cameras in recent years has made them promising tools for observing and analyzing transient and fast events in large-scale scientific experiments, such as ITER, JET, Wendelstein 7-X or WEST. The modern digital cameras allow acquiring images with a megapixel resolution and thousands frames per second. A digital camera working with a high resolution and a high frame rate produces a large stream of data reaching dozens of gigabytes per second.
A flexible and scalable hardware platform is required for image acquisition and image processing in real-time. The MicroTCA.4 standard, originally developed for the High Energy Physics community, provides all required interfaces to design a powerful and scalable image acquisition system.
A dedicated MicroTCA.4-compatible hardware components, firmware and software for real-time image acquisition, archiving and processing were developed at Lodz University of Technology. Developed solutions for various camera interfaces will be presented and discussed on the example of machine protection system developed for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator.
