Development of a digital integrator for the KSTAR device

Abstract

The development of an integrator for magnetic diagnostics becomes more important as the pulse length of fusion devices gets longer and longer, especially for present-day superconducting fusion devices. A small offset in the signal can cause a significant drift in the integrator output for long pulse experiments. A lock-in amplifying digital integrator has been developed for Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X). It succeeds in suppressing the drift to a low value but requires about 100 ms for data processing. To shorten the data processing time, a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) built in the digitizer is utilized. Since there is no need to transfer the data to an external computer, the integration can be done in real time. The microprocessor built in the digitizer directly transfers the data integrated in the internal FPGA into the reflective memory installed in the same compact Peripheral Component Interconnect chassis. These features result in a very compact system design. The design and the preliminary results of the digital integrator will be presented.