Description
WorldFIP is a deterministic rad-tol fieldbus used at CERN's
LHC for a variety of control systems.
Cryogenics, Power Converters, Beam Instrumentation and other critical
systems are using WorldFIP for
the exchange of data between their sensors and actuators and the control
and supervision level.
With Alstom phasing out WorldFIP support in
2009, it was decided to insource this technology at CERN.
The insourcing project includes a radiation-tolerant agent in an FPGA,
called nanoFIP and a master
card in
PCI express format, called
masterFIP. Also a
diagnostic module called the
nanoFIPdiag has been
designed.
These designs are available under the CERN Open Hardware Licence.
All the projects still make use of the Alstom components
FielDrive and
FieldTR.
These components are available for purchase from Alstom.
Sub-projects
radiation-tolerant agent | nanoFIP |
master on PCIexpress | masterFIP |
diagnostic module | nanoFIPdiag |
Project Material
WorldFIP standards |
Alstom WorldFIP components |
Project Status
Date | Event |
2014-today | development of the WorldFIP master, masterFIP |
2009-2011 | development of the radiation-tolerant WorldFIP agent, nanoFIP |
2011 | development of the radiation-tolerant WorldFIP diagnostic module, nanoFIPdiag |
Contacts
Erik van der Bij ** | Eva Gousiou ** | Julien Palluel **
E.Gousiou, E.Van der Bij, June 2015