Timing System Solution

Cosylab's Timing System Solution

Your swiss watch in the nanosecond era

The timing system delivers an indispensable service for the Big Physics machine: it provides the very heartbeat on which various parts of the system synchronize.

Nothing could be less off-the-shelf then such a timing system. It requires balanced & well considered choices: technology, complexity, reliability & cost.

To illustrate we would like you to ask yourself, are the following questions already adequately answered for your system?

• Power electronics requirements; how to link the operation of the accelerator with mains and possible mechanical chopper?
• Which real-time decisions have to be made; based on the present status of the machine and all inputs? How are alternatively scenarios (pre)defined?
• On micro- and macro-level; how should the patterns of machine behavior be generated?
• What real-time data has to be collected, processed and distributed? (e.g. GPS time, machine protection system status)?

Acquiring the optimal timing solution, Cosylab is the ideal partner: we have a proven track record([1],[2],[3]) designing, building and customizing timing systems for a variety of setups. Let us bring this expertise to your project, answering all the hard questions, getting you a trusted design and solid execution.