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TY - CONF AU - Wolf, M. AU - Bardorfer, A. AU - Baričevič, B. AU - Cerv, M. AU - Kurfürst, C. AU - Muyan, G. AU - Myalski, S. AU - Paglovec, P. AU - Repovž, M. AU - Schmitzer, C. AU - Škabar, M. ED - McIntosh, Peter ED - Burt, Graeme ED - Apsimon, Robert ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. TI - Development and Integration of a New Low-Level RF System for MedAustron J2 - Proc. of LINAC2022, Liverpool, UK, 28 August-02 September 2022 CY - Liverpool, UK T2 - International Linear Accelerator Conference T3 - 31 LA - english AB - The MedAustron Ion Therapy Centre is a synchrotron-based particle therapy facility, which delivers proton and carbon beams for clinical treatments. Currently, the facility treats 40 patients per day and is improving its systems and workflows to further increase this number. Although MedAustron is a young and modern center, the life-cycle of certain crucial control electronics is near end-of-life and needs to be addressed. This paper presents the 216MHz injector Low-Level Radio Frequency (iLLRF) system with option of use for the synchrotron Low-Level Radio Frequency (sLLRF - 0.4-10MHz). The developed system will unify the cavity regulation for both LLRFs and will also be used for beam diagnostics (injector/synchrotron) and RF knock-out slow extraction. The new LLRF system is based on a µTCA platform which is controlled by the MedAustron Control System based on NI-PXIe. Currently, it supports fiberoptics links (SFP+), but other links (e.g. EPICS, DOOCS) can be established. The modular implementation of this LLRF allows connections to other components, such as motors, amplifiers, or interlock systems, and will increase the robustness and maintainability of the accelerator. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 764 EP - 766 KW - cavity KW - controls KW - LLRF KW - synchrotron KW - hardware DA - 2022/09 PY - 2022 SN - 2226-0366 SN - 978-3-95450-215-8 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-THPOPA12 UR - https://jacow.org/linac2022/papers/thpopa12.pdf ER -