Development of Data Acquisition And Control System Based on Fast Controller

The paper is about a fast controller based Data Acquisition and Control System. System consists of several plant systems varying from cryogenics, mechanical components, laser based diagnostic systems and gas feed systems to high voltage and high current power supplies. The operational mandate for is to undertake long duration experimental shots of up to 3600 sec. During the experimental durations various signals are to be sampled and acquired at various speeds ranging from 5 Sps to 100 MSps. The total number of signals to be acquired ~800. To operate the facility coordination between multiple plant systems is required for which a matured DACS is required. The DACS has several challenges like online monitoring of slow and fast signals for long duration. The fast controller prototype is based on NI hardware. Also a preliminary file management system will also be developed in the prototype. Prototype is based on LabVIEW2012 software.