ICALEPCS 2025 - The 20th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems

Proton pulse charge calculation algorithm in Beam Power Limiting System at the Spallation Neutron Source

WEMG010

24 Sept 2025, 15:27

3m

Grand Ballroom (Palmer House Hilton Chicago)

Poster Presentation with Mini Oral MC05: FPGA and Embedded Systems WEMG Mini-Orals (MC01, MC05, MC10)

Speaker

Miljko Bobrek (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Description

A proton pulse charge calculation algorithm in the Beam Power Limiting System (BPLS) at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) was developed and implemented in an FPGA. The algorithm calculates one-minute running average of the pulse charges and issues a fault to the Personal Protection System (PPS) and the Machine Protection System (MPS) when a limit is reached.

A bit-accurate model of the algorithm was first developed and tested in Matlab® and then implemented and simulated in VHDL using Vivado® design environment. Finally, the algorithm was verified on a µTCA-based hardware platform.