New architectures for real-time plasmas

Theoretical and experimental research on magnetic confinement fusion showed that improved operational modes often rely on a large number of diagnostics that accurately reconstruct the plasma shape. At the same time, an increasing number of models are required in the feedback loop to handle signals coming from the diagnostics. As the number of tools to create a model increase, so do the variety of different architectures that a plasma system should be able to run. Models can be written in various ways but they are always more frequently built with graphical tools. However, due to the real-time requirements, the plasma system cannot be built with the same graphical modeling tools. A framework is then needed for the real-time system, and models are to be mapped in such a framework. In this work new architectures will be built for a plasma real-time framework so as to increase the number of available interfaces. New components will provide the framework with the tools required to interface with graphical models and models written in the form of mathematical functions. Components are subsequently tested and added to the framework. Furthermore, a plasma equilibrium and shape model will be updated in order to improve performances and compatibility with the new framework. A complete plasma framework is then built and test discharges are run in several modes.