The need to control in real-time the plasma parameters
in fusion devices leads to the development of algorithms
requiring intensive computation and providing results on a few
hundred microseconds. The present work’s objective was the
implementation of the current filaments method (CF) to model in
real-time the ISTTOK plasma shape and position. The hardware
used was the on site developed PCI-TR-256 hardware configurable
module, which includes the latest technology in DSP and
FPGA. The algorithm estimates the position of the plasma column
and generates the control signals for the vertical magnetic field
actuators.
The main advantage of this system is to provide a digital approach
to feedback plasma position control with similar cycle times
to those of analog systems but allowing flexible, user defined, algorithms. |