Updating a complex control system

Cole T. Brinkley; Alejandro G. Gauna; John Montoya; Micah J. Yates; Mehdi Zizah; Hector Erives; Daniel Edwin Hooks

doi:10.1109/MIM.2006.1708346

Updating a complex control system

Cole T. Brinkley
, Alejandro G. Gauna
, John Montoya
, Micah J. Yates
, Mehdi Zizah
, Hector Erives
, Daniel Edwin Hooks

Los Alamos National Laboratory

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A senior team from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, New Mexico, was faced with the challenge of redesigning the control system for a light gas gun facility located at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (ANL) in Los Alamos, New Mexico. After researching hardware options, the team decided on the National Instruments (NI) data acquisition (DAQ) hardware in existence. Once the hardware was chosen, the type of personal computer interface to be used for the DAQ hardware was addressed. Based on analysis of the possible options, three USB devices were selected. Following this, the existing light gas gun control system was designed using the LabView 6.i. development package that interacted with the PCI DAQ hardware. The objective was to implement, with no downtime, an updated control system that included a new desktop PC and the USB DAQ hardware. Ultimately, the upgrade of the control system was a success. The new additions to the old system give the customer increased reliability, increased ability to troubleshoot problems and accurately log information to help repeat successful tests.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-30
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine
Volume	9
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MIM.2006.1708346
State	Published - Oct 1 2006

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