Reconfigurable Hardware Resources in Accelerator Control Systems

The development of modern accelerator control systems has taken advantage of the possibility to use standard architecture designs based on the experience gained in industrial applications. Communication buses, board formats, operating systems, network protocols and operator interface software are the main elements of this new approach. In this paper we will discuss the way to apply this method also to the design of electronic boards which call for custom design of particular circuits and capabilities. The use of FPGA based standard modules along with the possibility to customize them using a standard LabVIEW environment to obtain reconfigurable hardware resources will be presented.