Projekt źródła prądowego, do testów sterowania systemu produkcji wiązki cyklotronu C230, pod kątem pomiarów energii metodą TOF

Abstract

The project involved creation of the control system for the beam production system in order to allow measurements of the proton energy using TOF method. Two conceptual solutions were considered. Triggering system based on the existing power supply was rejected at the stage of testing due to excessive delays present in the system. Therefore new source control system (power supply) was made in order to regulate the BCREU (Beam Control Regulation Electronic Unit). Main features of this system include generating pulses of variable duration, adjusting the time between pulses and creating dedicated control interface. The control system was based on the ATmega328 microcontroller (located on the Arduino Uno board) and the adjusting system was realized using the embedded system based on Linux. Performed tests of the pulsing source revealed limitations of the Beam Control Regulation Electronic Unit (BCREU) which resulted in necessity to set duration of the pulse greater than 25 μs.