ITER prototype fast plant system controller based on ATCA platform

B. Gonçalves; J. Sousa; B. B. Carvalho; A. Batista; A. Neto; B. Santos; A. Duarte; D. Valcárcel; D. Alves; M. Correia; A. P. Rodrigues; P. F. Carvalho; J. Fortunato; P. J. Carvalho; M. Ruiz; J. Vega; R. Castro; J. M. López; N. Utzel; P. Makijarvi; C. Leong; V. Bexiga; I. C. Teixeira; J. P. Teixeira; A. Barbalace; P. Lousã; J. Godinho; P. Mota

doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154473

ITER prototype fast plant system controller based on ATCA platform

B. Gonçalves, J. Sousa, B. B. Carvalho, A. Batista, A. Neto, B. Santos, A. Duarte, D. Valcárcel, D. Alves, M. Correia, A. P. Rodrigues, P. F. Carvalho, J. Fortunato, P. J. Carvalho, M. Ruiz, J. Vega, R. Castro, J. M. López, N. Utzel, P. MakijarviC. Leong, V. Bexiga, I. C. Teixeira, J. P. Teixeira, A. Barbalace, P. Lousã, J. Godinho, P. Mota

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Abstract

The ITER Fast Plant System Controllers (FPSC) are based on embedded technologies and will be devoted to both data acquisition tasks (sampling rates >;1 kSPS) and control purposes in closed-control loops whose cycle times are below 1 ms. Fast Controllers will be dedicated industrial controllers with the ability to: i) supervise other fast and/or slow controllers; ii) interface to actuators and sensors and high performance networks. This contribution presents an FPSC prototype, specialized for data acquisition, based on the ATCA (Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture) standard. This prototyping activity contributes to the ITER Plant Control Design Handbook (PCDH) effort of standardization, specifically regarding fast controller characteristics. For the prototype, IPFN is developing a new family of ATCA modules targeting ITER requirements. The modules comprise an AMC carrier/data hub/timing hub compliant with the upcoming ATCA extensions for Physics and a multi-channel with galvanic isolation hot-swappable digitizer designed for serviceability. The design and test of a peer-to-peer communications layer for the implementation of a reflective memory over PCI Express and the design and test of an IEEE-1588 transport layer over a high performance serial link was also performed.
In this work, a complete description of the solution is presented as well as the integration of the controller into the standard CODAC environment. The most relevant results of real tests will be addressed, focusing in the benefits and limitations of the applied technologies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	171-178
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4673-0120-6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-0118-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154473
Publication status	Published - 21 Feb 2012
Event	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC) - Valencia, Spain Duration: 23 Oct 2011 → 29 Oct 2011

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Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
ISSN (Electronic)	1082-3654

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Conference	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC)
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Valencia
Period	23/10/11 → 29/10/11

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

data acquisition
fusion reactor operation
plasma toroidal confinement
Tokamak devices
ITER prototype Fast Plant System Controller
ATCA platform
ITER FPSC
embedded technology
high performance networks
Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture
Plant Control Design Handbook
galvanic isolation hot swappable digitizer
peer-to-peer communications layer
reflective memory
PCI Express
IEEE-1588 transport layer
Finite impulse response filter
Random access memory
Synchronization

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Gonçalves, B., Sousa, J., Carvalho, B. B., Batista, A., Neto, A., Santos, B., Duarte, A., Valcárcel, D., Alves, D., Correia, M., Rodrigues, A. P., Carvalho, P. F., Fortunato, J., Carvalho, P. J., Ruiz, M., Vega, J., Castro, R., López, J. M., Utzel, N., ... Mota, P. (2012). ITER prototype fast plant system controller based on ATCA platform. In 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (pp. 171-178). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154473

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