UltraDAS: the high-performance data acquisition system at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes

Guy T. Rixon; Nicholas A. Walton; Dennis B. Armstrong; Guy F.W. Woodhouse; Simon M. Tulloch

doi:10.1117/12.388383

16 June 2000 UltraDAS: the high-performance data acquisition system at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes

Guy T. Rixon, Nicholas A. Walton, Dennis B. Armstrong, Guy F.W. Woodhouse, Simon M. Tulloch

Proceedings Volume 4009, Advanced Telescope and Instrumentation Control Software; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388383
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2000, Munich, Germany

Abstract

The advent of new large CCD array cameras necessitates computing systems that are highly optimized but also enable flexibility of operation and ease of programming. We describe `UltraDAS', a CCD-control and data-acquisition system for the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes that achieves these aims by combining high-performance detector- controllers with modern programming techniques on current UNIX workstations.

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Guy T. Rixon, Nicholas A. Walton, Dennis B. Armstrong, Guy F.W. Woodhouse, and Simon M. Tulloch "UltraDAS: the high-performance data acquisition system at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes", Proc. SPIE 4009, Advanced Telescope and Instrumentation Control Software, (16 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388383

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