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The Experiment Control Systems group and DAQ group (formerly 1/3 of the Photon Control and Data Systems (PCDS) group) is responsible for providing all the control and data systems needed by the photon side of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). LCLS Engineering can be found here.
PCDS Featured featured in SLAC Today: June 12, 2013 and February 24, 2010.This infrastructure covers all the subsystems of the eXperimental End Stations (XES), the X-ray Transport Optics and Diagnostics (XTOD), the LUSI experiments, the Atomic, Molecular and Optical physics Instrument (AMO), MEC, and other future instruments.
PCDS Staff featured in SLAC Today:
PCDS Staff Awards:
- SLAC Director's Award
- Silke Nelson, 2020
- Alex Wallace, 2020
- SLAC Technology Excellence Award:
- Zach Lentz, May 2022
- Matt Weaver, May 2022
- Alex Wallace, 2023
- LCLS User's Organization:
- Silke Nelson, 2022
Included are slow controls (motors, vacuum, supplies, cameras) and fast data-acquisition, real-time online processing, data storage and data reprocessing & analysis, and support of users.
Experiment Control Systems Division (February 1, 2024)
Experiment Control Systems Division (January 30 2023)
PCDS → Experiment Control Systems Division (January 25 2022)
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