The EMP-EMCI Interface: Developing Software for an Interface between the Atlas Detector and the Detector Control System at CERN: Developing Software for an Interface between the Atlas Detector and the Detector Control System at CERN
Translated title
The EMP-EMCI Interface: Developing Software for an Interface between the Atlas Detector and the Detector Control System at CERN
Author
Jepsen, Kevin Graversgaard
Term
4. semester
Education
Publication year
2024
Submitted on
2024-06-07
Pages
31
Abstract
ATLAS-eksperimentet er det største af de fire hovedeksperimenter på CERNs Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Dets partikeldetektor kan registrere op til 100 millioner datapunkter 40 millioner gange i sekundet ved hjælp af mange sensorer placeret i koncentriske cylindre omkring en 46 m lang sektion af acceleratorens strålerør. For at holde ATLAS i stabil drift skal sensortilstandene overvåges løbende. Det kræver, at store mængder diagnostiske data flyttes fra detektoren til kontrolrummet, og at konfigurationsændringer sendes den anden vej. Fordi detektoren befinder sig i et område med høj stråling, skal grænsefladeelektronikken være strålingshård (kunne fungere under stråling). EMP–EMCI-systemet er en sådan grænseflade under udvikling på CERN: Det samler diagnostiske data opstrøms (fra sensorer til kontrolrum) og distribuerer styringsparametre nedstrøms (fra kontrolrum tilbage til systemet). I dette projekt udvikles software til EMP, som gør det muligt for brugere at få adgang til og styre de mange funktioner i EMCIs applikationsspecifikke integrerede kredsløb, kaldet low‑power Gigabit transceiver.
ATLAS is the largest of the four main experiments on CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Its particle detector can record up to 100 million data points 40 million times per second, using many sensors arranged in concentric cylinders around a 46 m section of the accelerator beam pipe. To keep ATLAS operating reliably, the conditions of these sensors must be monitored continuously. That requires moving large volumes of diagnostic data from the detector to the control room and sending configuration changes back. Because the detector sits in a high-radiation environment, the interface electronics must be radiation-hard (able to function under radiation). The EMP–EMCI system is such an interface under development at CERN: it aggregates upstream diagnostic data (from sensors to the control room) and distributes downstream control parameters (from the control room back to the system). In this project, we develop software for the EMP that lets users access and manage the many functions of the EMCI’s application-specific integrated circuit, called the low-power Gigabit transceiver.
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