Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Hi Pavel,

> 1. Operating systems (including Real-time operating systems)
> 2. Programming languages (specifically domain specific languages)
> 3. Compilers

I agree with Benjamin. In addition to that the open source idea becomes
more and more important. Some experience in contributing to such
projects could be helpful.

> Have I forgotten anything?
Some systems theory and control theory would be a good choice. The
former is about the theoretical stuff like Fourier/Laplace/z transform,
mathematical background regarding filters etc. It typically deals with
both analog and digital systems. Control theory is about building
feedback systems - and how to do it right ;-)

In my opinion the best place to learn a lot of this stuff is a small
institute which does not have experts for everything. This way you are
forced to learn the basics of all this stuff...

Hope that helps

Martin

P.S.: My background: MSc. in physics, still working on my PhD
(FPGA-based low level rf control system for the S-DALINAC, a
superconducting electron linac).

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