Re: "Starter Kit" for learning EPICS?

[Patrick Oppermann via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Hello Scott,
we like to use Raspi systems for startup, usually you don't need the speed of the FPGA.
There we then take setups of MCCDAQ as DAC and ADC.
We had made a video about this at the last EPICS meeting. Here are some links.

Link to wiki page:

https://epics.mpg.de/index.php?n=Hardware.MCCDAQHATs

Mccdaqs:

https://www.mccdaq.com/DAQ-HAT.aspx

Link to the Video:

https://indico.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/event/52/timetable/#20201019.detailed

Cheers,

Patrick

On 2021-05-24 23:22, Feister, Scott via Tech-talk wrote:

Hi EPICS users,

 

I’d like to have two of my undergraduate students learn the basics of EPICS this summer. I’m looking to buy enough equipment up front that they can tinker around with the software and learn how to set up an EPICS network, build EPICS messages, etc. I’ve never used EPICS before, and I like the idea of including my students from the start.

 

I’d like to purchase everything I need for a basic exploration of EPICS. I am imagining the following “starter kit” with which my students can build a test EPICS system:

 

2x Pynq-Z2 (for simple input/output)

Resistors, potentiometers, LEDs, etc (simple inputs/outputs)

2x PC with Linux (for central control and data storage)

1x managed switch for networking

Various ethernet cables

 

Any other suggestions to get my students’ feet wet with experimenting with and learning EPICS? Thanks!

 

Scott