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https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2021-TUPV050
Title Control System Upgrade of the High-Pressure Cell for Pressure-Jump X-Ray Diffraction
Authors
  • R. Mercado, N.L. Griffin, P. Holloway, S.C. Lay, P.J. Roberts
    DLS, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Abstract This paper reports on the upgrade of the control system of a sample environment used to pressurise samples to 500 MPa at temperatures between -20 °C and 120 °C. The equipment can achieve millisecond pressure jumps for use in X-ray scattering experiments. It has been routinely available in beamline I22 at Diamond. The millisecond pressure-jump capability is unique. Example applications were the demonstration of pressure-induced formation of super crystals from PEGylated gold nanoparticles and the study of controlled assembly and disassembly of nanoscale protein cages. The project goal was to migrate the control system for the improved integration to EPICS and the GDA data acquisition software. The original control system uses National Instruments hardware controlled from LabView. The project looked at mapping the old control system hardware to alternatives in use at Diamond and migrating the control software. The paper discusses the choice of equipment used for ADC acquisition and equipment protection, using Omron PLCs and Beckhoff EtherCAT modules, a custom jump-trigger circuit, the calibration of the system and the next steps for testing the system.
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Conference ICALEPCS2021
Series International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (18th)
Location Shanghai, China
Date 14-22 October 2021
Publisher JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial Board Kazuro Furukawa (KEK, Tsukuba, Japan); Yingbing Yan (SARI,Shanghai, China); Yongbin Leng (SARI,Shanghai, China); Zhichu Chen (SARI,Shanghai, China); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany)
Online ISBN 978-3-95450-221-9
Online ISSN 2226-0358
Received 13 October 2021
Revised 29 October 2021
Accepted 22 November 2021
Issue Date 21 December 2021
DOI doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2021-TUPV050
Pages 524-527
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