The Control System for LEP
M.C. Crowley-Milling · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · 1983
There are three main ways in which the requirements for the LEP control system differ from systems that have been built in the past. These include the great distances involved with a ring 26.6 km in circumference, the introduction of microprocessors into the equipment itself and the long time scale at a time when progress in electronics is rapid, with the cost of hardware falling every year without any corresponding fall in the cost of specialized software. In view of this, there are many detailed decisions which cannot be made or implemented at the moment, but the basic principles have been laid down and a number of developments and investigations have been launched. In this paper, the effects of the introduction of microprocessors, the principles of the LEP control system, and the work in progress are discussed.