The Design of Accelerator Remote Laboratory (ARL) on Electron Beam Machine (EBM) for Higher Education

Abstract

Research Center for Accelerator Technology (PRTA) has designed the VIALI (Valuable Internet Laboratory of Indonesia) Program by utilizing EBM or the so-called electron accelerator owned by PRTA with the name Arjuna 1.0. The EBM has been used for researchers and students from universities in Indonesia. The activity of using the VIALI program begins with making a design for digitizing the parameters of the EBM Arjuna 1.0 which is in the process of being implemented. These parameters will be more easily displayed on the EBM parameter monitoring system using the LabView Program and website design for educational and research facilities. The focus of this paper is to obtain the design concept of a data acquisition system for the main parameters of the Arjuna 1.0 EBM operation including Vacuum System, High Voltage Source, Electron Source and Optical System. The design concept has been equipped with a web site facility that contains protocol information and experimental data base, video-based training (VBT) and in parallel with real-time video teleconferencing facilities that can be followed directly as a remote laboratory. The Accelerator Remote Laboratory display is supported by a digital data acquisition device with product modules from Advantech for Instrumentation and Control Systems. This system can later be utilized by engineering students from universities and other researchers as a research facility, student practicum and industry which is part of the Teaching Laboratory as well as the “Independent Learning Campus Independent program” which was previously carried out on site.