Multiprocessor data acquisition system for a 256x256-pixel infrared camera

1 April 1993 Multiprocessor data acquisition system for a 256x256-pixel infrared camera

Luis Fernando Rodriguez-Ramos, A. Rodriguez-Mora, Nicolas A. Sosa, Jose J. Diaz, Enrique Joven

Proceedings Volume 1982, Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging: Technology and Applications '93; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.142048
Event: Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging: Technology and Applications '93, 1993, Beijing, China

Abstract

The Department of Detectors of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain is developing a data acquisition system (DAS) for an infrared camera based in a 256 X 256 InSb detector. The camera is going to work from 1 to 5 microns wavelength, with a scale on the sky of 0.5 arcsec per pixel, and will be installed as a common user instrument at the Carlos Sanchez Telescope in the Observatorio del Teide (Canary Island, Spain). A multiprocessor architecture has been chosen for the DAS, due to the very tight requirements on real time processing, and high speed storage capability (20 images per second readout rate, 2 images per second storage rate). The complete system is split into two main parts, the front end electronics and the user workstation. They are interconnected through an ETHERNET link.

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Luis Fernando Rodriguez-Ramos, A. Rodriguez-Mora, Nicolas A. Sosa, Jose J. Diaz, and Enrique Joven "Multiprocessor data acquisition system for a 256x256-pixel infrared camera", Proc. SPIE 1982, Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging: Technology and Applications '93, (1 April 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.142048

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