ICALEPCS2017 - List of Authors (Gillingham, I.J.)

Paper	Title	Page
THPHA068	PandABlocks Open FPGA Framework and Web Stack	1539
	C.J. Turner, M.G. Abbott, T.M. Cobb, I.J. Gillingham, I.S. Uzun DLS, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Y.-M. Abiven SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France G. Thibaux MEDIANE SYSTEM, Le Pecq, France
	PandABlocks is the open source firmware and software stack that powers PandABox, a Zynq SoC based "Position and Acquisition" platform for delivering triggers during multi-technique scanning. PandABlocks consists of a number of FPGA functional blocks that can be wired together at run-time according to application specific requirements. Status reporting and high speed data acquisition is handled by the onboard ARM processor and exposed via a TCP server with a protocol suitable for integration into control systems like "EPICS" or "TANGO". Also included in the framework is a webserver and web GUI to visualize and change the wiring of the blocks. The whole system adapts to the functional blocks present in the current FPGA build, allowing different FPGA firmware be created to support new FMC cards without rebuilding the TCP server and webserver. This paper details how the different layers of PandABlocks work together and how the system can be used to implement novel triggering applications.
	Poster THPHA068 [0.470 MB]
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THPHA184	MalcolmJS: a Browser-Based Graphical User Interface	1869
	I.J. Gillingham, T.M. Cobb DLS, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
	A browser-based graphical user interface has been developed at Diamond. It is known as known as MalcolmJS as it communicates using Diamond's Malcolm Middleware protocol. The original goal was to communicate, via websockets with a PandABox in order to allow a user to examine and set attributes of numerous functional blocks within the instrument. With the continuing maturity of the JavaScript language, in particular the release of ES6, along with the availability of off-the-shelf reactive open-source JavaScript libraries, such as Facebook's React and Node.js, a rich set of tools and frameworks have entered the arena of user interface development suitable for control systems. This paper describes the design decisions based on these tools, experiences and lessons learned during and after the development process and the possibilities for future development as a generic, adaptable framework for instrument and control system user interfaces.
	Poster THPHA184 [1.665 MB]
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PandABlocks Open FPGA Framework and Web Stack

1539

C.J. Turner, M.G. Abbott, T.M. Cobb, I.J. Gillingham, I.S. Uzun
DLS, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Y.-M. Abiven
SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
G. Thibaux
MEDIANE SYSTEM, Le Pecq, France

PandABlocks is the open source firmware and software stack that powers PandABox, a Zynq SoC based "Position and Acquisition" platform for delivering triggers during multi-technique scanning. PandABlocks consists of a number of FPGA functional blocks that can be wired together at run-time according to application specific requirements. Status reporting and high speed data acquisition is handled by the onboard ARM processor and exposed via a TCP server with a protocol suitable for integration into control systems like "EPICS" or "TANGO". Also included in the framework is a webserver and web GUI to visualize and change the wiring of the blocks. The whole system adapts to the functional blocks present in the current FPGA build, allowing different FPGA firmware be created to support new FMC cards without rebuilding the TCP server and webserver. This paper details how the different layers of PandABlocks work together and how the system can be used to implement novel triggering applications.

Poster THPHA068 [0.470 MB]

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THPHA184

MalcolmJS: a Browser-Based Graphical User Interface

1869

I.J. Gillingham, T.M. Cobb
DLS, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

A browser-based graphical user interface has been developed at Diamond. It is known as known as MalcolmJS as it communicates using Diamond's Malcolm Middleware protocol. The original goal was to communicate, via websockets with a PandABox in order to allow a user to examine and set attributes of numerous functional blocks within the instrument. With the continuing maturity of the JavaScript language, in particular the release of ES6, along with the availability of off-the-shelf reactive open-source JavaScript libraries, such as Facebook's React and Node.js, a rich set of tools and frameworks have entered the arena of user interface development suitable for control systems. This paper describes the design decisions based on these tools, experiences and lessons learned during and after the development process and the possibilities for future development as a generic, adaptable framework for instrument and control system user interfaces.

Poster THPHA184 [1.665 MB]

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