BEAM POSITION ELECTRONICS BASED ON SYSTEM ON CHIP PLATFORM

With the advances in system-on-chip (SoC) technology, the CPU and FPGA are today enclosed in the same device. This enables high-speed processing, inherent fast communication and memory sharing between the two entities. However, dedicated tools for implementation are needed as the CPU and FPGA functionalities cannot easily be decoupled. We used the advantages of the new architecture in the development of a booster BPM electronics. Its requirements are relaxed compared to up-to-now Libera beam position monitors. Proper design of the RF part of the instrument is still a challenge. Furthermore, with optimized FPGA design we target low overall power consumption so that the instrument can be cooled passively.