Articles in peer-reviewed papers

Real-time algorithms for JET hard X-ray and gamma-ray profile monitor.
A. Fernandes, R.C. Pereira, D.F. Valcárcel, D. Alves, B.B. Carvalho, J. Sousa, V. Kiptily, C.M.B.A. Correia, B.Gonçalves, JET-EFDA Contributors
Submitted to Fusion Eng. Design (2013).

The ITER Fast Plant System Controller ATCA prototype Real-Time Software Architecture.
Bernardo B. Carvalho, Bruno Santos, Paulo F. Carvalho, Andre Neto, Luca Boncagni, Antonio J.N. Batista, Miguel Correia, Jorge Sousa, and Bruno S. Gonçalves
Submitted to Fusion engineering and Design (2012).

EPICS Device Support Module as ATCA System Manager for the ITER Fast Plant System Controller.
Paulo F. Carvalho, Bruno Santos, Bruno Gonçalves, Bernardo B. Carvalho, Jorge Sousa, António Rodrigues, António J.N. Batista, Miguel Correia, Alvaro Combo, Carlos M.B.A. Correia, and Carlos A.F. Varandas
Fusion engineering and Design (2013), accepted, doi: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2013.01.073.

Ultra high frequency data acquisition AMC module for high performance applications .
Rita Costa Pereira, Miguel Correia, António Pinto Rodrigues, Ana Fernandes, Álvaro Combo, Jorge Sousa, Bruno Gonçalves, Carlos M.B.A. Correia, and Carlos A.F. Varandas
Submitted to Fusion engineering and Design (2012).

Control and data acquisition ATCA/AXIe board designed for high system availability and reliability of nuclear fusion experiments .
António J. N. Batista, Carlos Leong, Vasco Bexiga, António P. Rodrigues, Álvaro Combo, Bernardo B. Carvalho, Paulo F. Carvalho, João Fortunato, Bruno Santos, Pedro Carvalho, Miguel Correia, João P. Teixeira, Isabel C. Teixeira, Jorge Sousa, Bruno Gonçalves, and Carlos A. F. Varandas
Submitted to Fusion engineering and Design (2012).

Implementation and test of a long-term phase-modulated input digital integrator for magnetics using an ATCA data acquisition system .
Jorge Sousa, Bernardo B Carvalho, Bruno Goncalves, Joao Fortunato, Antonio J N Batista, and Carlos A F Varandas
submitted to Fusion engineering and Design (2012).

N+1 redundancy on ATCA instrumentation for Nuclear Fusion.
Miguel Correia, Jorge Sousa, Álvaro Combo, António Rodrigues, António Batista, Bernardo Carvalho, Bruno Gonçalves, Carlos Correia, and Carlos Varandas
Submitted to Fusion engineering and Design (2012).

Implementation of an ATCA/AXIe Board for Fast Control and Data Acquisition Systems of Nuclear Fusion Devices.
A. J. N. Batista, C. Leong, V. Bexiga, A. P. Rodrigues, A. Combo, B. B. Carvalho, P. Ricardo, J. Fortunato, B. Santos, P. Carvalho, M. Correia1, J. P. Teixeira, I. C. Teixeira, J. Sousa, B. Goncalves, C. A. F. Varandas
Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (2012).

Intelligent Platform Management Controller Software Architecture in ATCA Modules for Fast Control Systems.
A. P. Rodrigues, M. Correia, A. J. N. Batista, P. R. Carvalho, B. Santos, B. B. Carvalho, J. Sousa, B. Goncalves, C. C. M. B. Correia, C. A. F. Varandas
Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (2012).

ITER fast plant system controller prototype based on ATCA Platform.
B. Gonçalves, J. Sousa, B.B. Carvalho, .A. Batista, A. Neto, B. Santos, A. Duarte, D. Valcárcel, D. Alves, M. Correia, A. P. Rodrigues, P.F. Carvalho, M. Ruiz, J. Vega, R. Castro, J.M. López, N. Utzel, P. Makijarvi
Fusion Engineering and Design 87 (2012) 2024– 2029.

NetCDF based data archiving system proposal for the ITER Fast Plant System Control prototype.
R. Castro, J. Vega, M. Ruiz, G. De Arcas, E. Barrera, J.M. López D. Sanz, B. Gonçalves, B. Santos, N. Utzel, P. Makijarvi
Fusion Engineering and Design 87 (2012) 2223– 2228.

ITER fast plant system controller prototype based on PXIe Platform.
M. Ruiz, J. Vega, R. Castro, J.M. López,E. Barrera, G. Arcas, D. Sanz, J. Nieto, B. Gonçalves, J. Sousa, B. Carvalho, N. Utzel, P. Makijarvi
Fusion Engineering and Design 87 (2012) 2030– 2035.

Implementation of IEEE-1588 timing and synchronization for ATCA control and data acquisition systems.
M. Correia, J.Sousa, A. Combo, A.J.N. Batista, A. Rodrigues, B.B. Carvalho, B. Gonçalves, C.M.B.A. Correia, C.A.F.Varandas
Fusion Engineeering and Design, Fusion Engineering and Design 87 (2012) 2178– 2181.

ATCA PICMG 3.4/AXIe compatible blade for Fast Control and Data Acquisition in Nuclear Fusion Experiments.
A.J.N. Batista, C. Leong, V. Bexiga, A.M.P. Rodrigues, J. Fortunato, A. Combo, B.B. Carvalho, M. Correia, J.P. Teixeira, I.C. Teixeira, J. Sousa, B. Gonçalves, C.A.F. Varandas
Fusion Engineering and Design 87 (2012) 2131– 2135.

EPICS IOC module development and implementation for the ISTTOK machine subsystem operation and control.
P. Carvalho, A. Duarte, T. Pereira, B. Carvalho, J. Sousa, H. Fernandes, C. Correia, B. Gonçalves, C. Varandas
Fusion Engineering and Design 86 (2011) 1085–1090.

Intelligent Platform Management Controller for Nuclear Fusion Fast Plant System Controllers.
A.P. Rodrigues, M. Correia, A. Batista, J. Souse, B. Gonçalves, C.M.B. Correia, C.A.f.Varandas
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science , Vol. 58, No. 4, August 2011, pp1733-1737.

EPICS as a MARTe Configuration Environment.
D.F. Valcárcel, A. Barbalace, A. Neto, A.S.Duarte, D. Alves, B.B.Carvalho, P.J. Carvalho, J. souse, H. Fernandes, B. Gonçalves, F. Sartori, G. Manduchi
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science , Vol. 58, No. 4, August 2011, pp1472-1476.

ATCA-based Hardware for Control and Data Acquisition on Nuclear Fusion Fast Control Plant Systems.
M. Correia, J. Sousa, A-P. Rodrigues, A.J.N. Batista, B. Gonçalves, C.A.F. Varandas, C.M.B.A. Correia
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science , Vol. 58, No. 4, August 2011, pp1701-1705.

xTCA-compliant PCIe hub/controller for Physics CODAC subsystems.
Correia M., J. Sousa, A. P. Rodrigues, A. Combo, A.J.N. Batista, B. Gonçalves, C.A.F. Varandas, C.M.B.A. Correia
Fusion Engineering and Design 86 (6-8), 2011, 1351-1354.

ITER prototype fast plant system controller.
B. Gonçalves, J. Sousa, B.B. Carvalho, A.P. Rodrigues, M. Correia, A. Batista, J. Vega, M. Ruiz, J.M. López, R. Castro, A. Wallander, N. Utzel, P. Makijarvi, S. Simrock, A. Neto, D. Alves, D.F. Valcárcel, P. Lousã, F. Piedade, L. Fernandes
Fusion Eng. Des. 86 (2011) 556-560, doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2011.04.062.

Engineering Design of ITER Prototype Fast Plant System Controller.
B. Gonçalves, J. Sousa, B. Carvalho, A. P. Rodrigues, M. Correia, A. Batista, J. Vega, M. Ruiz, J. M. Lopez, R. C. Rojo, A. Wallander, N. Utzel, A. Neto, D. Alves, D. Valcarcel
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science , Vol. 58, No. 4, August 2011, pp1439-1446 .

ATCA Advanced Control and Data acquisition systems for fusion experiments.
B. Gonçalves, J. Sousa, A. Batista, R. Pereira, M. Correia, A. Neto, B. Carvalho, H. Fernandes, C.A.F. Varandas
Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 57, No. 4, (August 2010), pp2147-2154.

Reconfigurable ATCA Hardware for Plasma Control and Data Acquisition.
B.B. Carvalho, A.J.N. Batista, M. Correia, A. Neto, H. Fernandes, B. Gonçalves, J. Sousa
FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, Volume: 85 Issue: 3-4, (2010), 298-302.

Invited talks

Trends on Control and Data Acquisition in Fusion Devices: Towards High Availability.
B. Goncalves
Presented at 18th Real-Time Conference, 11-15 June 2012, Berkely, California.

Oral communications

The ITER Fast Plant System Controller ATCA prototype Real-Time Software Architecture.
Bernardo B. Carvalho, Bruno Santos, Paulo F. Carvalho, Andre Neto, Luca Boncagni, Antonio J.N. Batista, Miguel Correia, Jorge Sousa, and Bruno S. Gonçalves
Presented at 18th Real-Time Conference, 11-15 June 2012, Berkely, California.

ATCA Developments for Fusion Fast Plasma Control Systems.
B. Gonçalves
2012 IEEE Real Time Conference Workshop: ATCA-MicoTCA for Physics, 6th Workshop on ATCA and MicroTCA for Physics, Berkeley California, June 9-10, 2012.

ITER fast plant system controller prototype based on ATCA Platform.
B. Gonçalves, J. Sousa, B.B. Carvalho, .A. Batista, A. Neto, B. Santos, A. Duarte, D.F.Valcárcel, D. Alves, M. Correia, A. P. Rodrigues, P.F. Carvalho, M. Ruiz, J. Vega, R. Castro, J.M. López, N. Utzel, P. Makijarvi
2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging conference, 23-29 October 2011, Valencia, Spain.

ATCA Developments for Fusion Fast Plasma Control Systems.
B. Gonçalves, J. Sousa, B.B. Carvalho, .A. Batista, A. Neto, B. Santos, A. Duarte, D.F.Valcárcel, D. Alves, M. Correia, A. P. Rodrigues, P.F. Carvalho
5th Workshop on ATCA and MicroTCA for Physics, 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging conference, 23-29 October 2011, Valencia, Spain.

ITER fast plant system controller prototype based on ATCA Platform.
B. Gonçalves, J. Sousa, B.B. Carvalho, .A. Batista, A. Neto, B. Santos, A. Duarte, D. Valcárcel, D. Alves, M. Correia, A. P. Rodrigues, P.F. Carvalho, M. Ruiz, J. Vega, R. Castro, J.M. López, N. Utzel, P. Makijarvi
8th IAEA Technical Meeting on Control, Data Acquisition, and Remote Participation for Fusion Research, 20-24 June 2011, San Francisco, California, United States of America.

NetCDF based data archiving system proposal for the ITER Fast Plant System Control prototype.
R. Castro, J. Vega, M. Ruiz, G. De Arcas, E. Barrera, J.M. López D. Sanz, B. Gonçalves, B. Santos, N. Utzel, P. Makijarvi
8th IAEA Technical Meeting on Control, Data Acquisition, and Remote Participation for Fusion Research, 20-24 June 2011, San Francisco, California, United States of America.

ITER fast plant system controller prototype based on PXIe Platform.
M. Ruiz, J. Vega, R. Castro, J.M. López,E. Barrera, G. Arcas, D. Sanz, J. Nieto, B. Gonçalves, J. Sousa, B. Carvalho, N. Utzel, P. Makijarvi
8th IAEA Technical Meeting on Control, Data Acquisition, and Remote Participation for Fusion Research, 20-24 June 2011, San Francisco, California, United States of America.

ITER PROTOTYPE FAST PLANT SYSTEM CONTROLLER.
B. Gonçalves, J. Sousa, B. Carvalho, A.P. Rodrigues, M. Correia, A. Batista, J. Vega, M. Ruiz, J.M. López, R. Castro, A. Wallander, N. Utzel, P. Makijarvi, S. Simrock, A.Neto, D. Alves, D. F. Valcárcel , P. Lousã, F. Piedade, L. Fernandes
Presented at 26th Symposisum on Fusion Technology, 27 September-1 October 2010, Porto, Portugal.

Engineering Design of ITER Prototype Fast Plant System Controller.
B. Gonçalves, J. Sousa, B. Carvalho, A. P. Rodrigues, M. Correia, A. Batista, J. Vega, M. Ruiz, J. M. Lopez, R. C. Rojo, A. Wallander, N. Utzel, A. Neto, D. Alves, D. Valcarcel
Presented at 17th Real-Time Conference, 24-28 May 2010, Lisbon, Portugal.

ATCA/xTCA-Based Hardware for Control and Data Acquisition on Nuclear Fusion FastControl Plant Systems.
M. Correia, J. Sousa, A. P. Rodrigues, A. Batista, B. Gonçalves, C. A. F. Varandas
Presented at 17th Real-Time Conference, 24-28 May 2010, Lisbon, Portugal.

An Overview of the ATCA Timing and Synchronization Resources for Control and Data Acquisition.
J. R. L. Sousa, A. M. Fernandes, A. J. N. Batista, M. F. Correia, H. Fernandes, B. B. Carvalho, B. Gonçalves, C. A. F. Varandas
Presented at 17th Real-Time Conference, 24-28 May 2010, Lisbon, Portugal.

INTELLIGENT PLATFORM MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER FOR NUCLEAR FUSION FAST CONTROL PLANT SYSTEMS.
A. P. Rodrigues, M. Correia, A. Batista, J. Sousa, B. Gonçalves, C. A. F. Varandas
Presented at 17th Real-Time Conference, 24-28 May 2010, Lisbon, Portugal.

ATCA developments for fusion fast plant control systems.
B. Gonçalves
Presented at xTCA workshop, 22-23 May 2010, Lisbon, Portugal.

Reconfigurable ATCA Hardware for Plasma Control and Data Acquisition.
B.B. Carvalho, A.J.N. Batista, M. Correia, A. Neto, H. Fernandes, B. Gonçalves, J. Sousa
Seventh IAEA Technical Meeting on Control, Data Acquisition, and Remote Participation for Fusion Research, 15 - 19 June 2009 , Aix-en-Provence , France.

Implementation of Control and Data acquisition systems for fusion experiments using PCI Express™ for ATCA.
Jorge Sousa, A. Batista, R. Pereira, A. Gonçalves, A. Neto, M. Correia, P. Carvalho, B. Carvalho, H. Fernandes, B. Gonçalves, C.A.F. Varandas
xTCA Workshop, 18-19 June 2009, Aix-en-Provence, France.

ATCA Advanced Control and Data acquisition systems for fusion experiments.
B. Gonçalves, J. Sousa, A. Batista, R. Pereira, M. Correia, A. Neto, B. Carvalho, H. Fernandes, C.A.F. Varandas
16th IEEE NPSS Real time conference 2009, May 10-15, 2009,Beijing, China.