Multiple DSP system for real time parallel processing and feedback controlon fusion experiments

This paper describes a specially designed system for real time parallel pro cessing and feedback control on fusion experiments. The system is being imp lemented in PCI and VME modules, based on an array of four synchronizable D SPs. with 1 Mbyte of global RAM, 12 bits resolution, four analog inputs wit h sampling frequency up to 40 MSPS, two analog or waveform generator output s with an update rate up to 100 MSPS, eight digital opto-coupled inputs/out puts and one external global trigger optical input. The user interface appe ars as a virtual instrument from Lab/View for Windows. (C) 1999 Elsevier Sc ience S.A. All rights reserved.