Hard- and software for measurement and control of the pulse thermonuclear installation

This paper describes control and measuring systems of the pulse thermonuclear installation 'Angara-5'. The 'Angara-5' operates in a monopulse mode. It takes a long time to prepare the installation to the work shot. The main information flow about the installation output parameters and the target processes comes for 10-7-10-8 sec. The measuring-control equipment has a multi-level hierarchy structure where the lower level is local systems controlled by own computers. Measuring systems contain waveform digitizers different types. The supervisor console system realizes the communications with the local systems, as well as the data acquisition, processing and storage. Hardware and software structures are given. Careful equipment shielding and grounding have provided level of noise 30 mV. Fast signals processing features are discussed. (author)