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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 in SLAC Today:  June 12, 2013 and February 24, 2010.

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• 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

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Division (February 1, 2024)

Experiment Control Systems

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Division (January 30 2023)

PCDS → Experiment Control Systems

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Division (January 25 2022)

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