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Hi David,
One thing to consider is the performance you need from the SIS3820 board. My EPICS driver can use DMA to read the FIFO at about 40 MB/s, while using programmed I/O is limited
to about 4 MB/s. DMA uses some routines from Andrew Johnson’s VxWorks Board Support Package. I think there may be RTEMs wrappers to use that Andrew’s API for DMA. I don’t know if they will work on an Intel CPU.
Mark
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Subject: Advice on VME processor cards and OS for EPICS
Hi all,
I am looking to setup a VME crate and processor to run EPICS and synApps to control a STXM and handle data acquisition. Specifically I anticipate using a Struck multichannel scaler card (SIS3820) for data acquisition and OMS MAXv card for
stepper motor control.
vxWorks is not an option due to price. Since I will be maintaining the OS myself and I am no expert I am looking for the simplest OS to set up and maintain and ideally with existing support for the abovementioned cards. I am comortable
building EPICS and synApps on linux but I have no experience setting up a VME.
From my research I found two options and I'm hoping to get some advice on which option might be best:
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RTEMS. The RTEMS source builder seems straight forward to use but I'd appreciate if someone can recommend a processor, or advice on how to choose one?
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RT linux. I don't really know if this would work but I could use an Intel processor from acromag (link below) and install linux and run EPICS on it. Is there a VME bus driver and would it support the cards I mentioned above?
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