... Charge Coupled Devices (CCD) are currently by far the most widely used type of detector in astronomy. ... After a brief introduction to the VLT Control System, the VLT CCD Detectors Control Software is presented. The VLT Control System is a distributed system consisting of a set of UNIX Workstations, dedicated to high level operations, such as coordination of sub-system activities and interface to the users, and VME-based Local Control Units (LCU), dedicated to the control of sub-systems hardware. ...

NGC OPTICAL SOFTWARE Claudio Cumani NGC Presentation - 2008, July 16 Differences btw IR and OPT detector controllers: intrinsic 2 "Exposure" handling Optical Rigid scheme for exposures (wipe - integrate - ["move charges on detector while integrating"] - read ). Active intervention of the control-server during the exposure is ti ti th th required (application of new voltages in each state). ... Starting an exposure = starting transfer and storage of data. ...

lsst.mirrorCtrl љ 1.0.13 . ... mirrorCtrl: Interface to Galil mirror controllers . ... This package adds the following capabilities to the Galil mirror controllers: Command mirror orientation (piston, tilt and translation) to the extent supported by the actuators. The Galil supports commanding actuator mount, not orientation.) ... The controller has a model of where the actuators, encoders and fixed links are attached to the mirror (at one end) and to the stationary frame (at the other end). ...

The electronics of LonGSp is composed of two main parts: "upper" electronics, that is situated near the instrument, and the "lower" electronics, put in the control room. ... There is also the main electronics box that contains the amplifiers and the A/D converters for the four output signals from the detector, the sequence memory which generates the proper timing clocks, and a logic for converting the 16-bit parallel data from the array to a serial format. ...

... user-defined data file formats . ... better integration with a user's analysis routines To add such functionality to SAOimage, we developed the XPA Messaging System that allows X programs to define points of public access through which data and commands can be exchanged with external programs. ... We have utilized XPA to develop "SAOimage: The Next Generation" (SAOtng), an extensible image display service that can cooperate with other processes and programs. ... SAOtng help pages . ...

S AO's New Generation Multipurpose CCD Controller . ... In the 1990?s considerable advances have been made in the world over technology of manufacturing scientific image detectors with high photoelectric characteristics, which called for the creation of new complex array controllers to operate such detectors. ... very low readout noise; . ... Quite a few teams of researchers and engineers are ingaged in the development of controllers. ... development, SPICE modelling and design of modules; . ...

... XmTel is a telescope control interface designed to to communicate with a telescope server, and Elwood Downey's XEphem, through the INDI protocol. It will also operate as a free-standing program for control of telescopes that use the NexStar, Paramount, and LX200 command sets, telescope drive systems built using Galil's industrial motion controller, and RC Optical's Professional series fork mount with electronics from Telescope Control Systems. ... See the notes in the Galil controller directory. ...

... The only event-driven pieces of software were the user interface Hermes, the display server GIDS and the GDS server. ... Event-driven tasks are fundamentally different from procedural tasks. ... Using this event handling, a collection of routines has been built, which allows the programmer to construct a graphical user interface for a task. ... These are the events associated with user input keywords and one other event which is generated when a task is resumed after it was pausing. ...

... Report on Cosmic Call 1999 . ... Cosmic Call Sessions . ... This Report outlines methodology, hard- and software, which were developed to transmit first public Interstellar messages from Evpatoria Deep Space Center (EDSC), and describes four Cosmic Call Sessions, which were fulfilled in EDSC on May 24 and June 30 - July 1, 1999. ... Each Cosmic Call consists of two parts. ... Dutil Message, . ... The software for gathering all messages and creating the Cosmic Call stream, was written on C language. ...

... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

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A computer controlled low light photometer for nightglow observations. Hardware units of portable photometer for low light measurements, especially night glow emission is described. ... Interface card contain three channels of 24 bit counter, 4 channels of 12 bit ADC and the buffer bus for the controlled motors of the altazimuthal fork mounting and filters wheel, the position encoders. ... Where N( ) is output signal photometer generated input light flux F( l ) . ... PMT # . 599 . ...

... Satellite data ] . ... SMIS IKI RAN has developed the software package which may be used both by owners of acquisition stations and individual users of satellite information. ... AVHRR instrument data processing. ... This enables the users who are not yet qualified in computer methods of satellite data processing, to get a quick start with the software. ... The basic software package enables a user to solve a wide range of tasks (in our server You can find the data processing samples ). ...

... Unlike clients such as Shout and IceDJ this permits the broadcast of live audio, rather than prerecorded mp3's. LiveIce was developed after the appearance of IceCast to provide the Real Time streaming functionality which makes it a viable solution for broadcasting. It is based on the guts of 2 of my previous works - Mp3Serv, the first mp3 broadcasting system & Mp3Mixer, a toy which allows the user to 'Mix' with mp3 streams. ... LiveIce XMMS sourcecode is available here . ...

... 10A Brushed ESC Electronic Speed Controller for 1 / 16 1 / 18 Scale Remote Control Car Boat - with Brake Function . ... Package Contents : 1 x 10A Brushed ESC ( with Brake Function ) . ...

The database contains references to the papers, data files and links to the Internet resources related to measurements and calculations of the optical constants in the wavelength interval from X-rays to radio domain. ... References to some useful books and reviews on the subject (e.g. the classical handbooks edited by E.D.Palik) and links to Internet collections of optical constants and personal WWW pages with related software were also placed in the database. You have arrived at our welcome page. ...

SHADOW FIGHTER FAQ v.01 By Aksum (christ@cie-2.uoregon.edu) NOTE: I play this game at a friend's house so updates will be sporadic. ... Command key: *=(press fire button) A=Away (from opponant) T=Twoards (opponant) D=Down U=Up THROW= Jump at your opponant and press down and fire at the zenith of your arc. ... Slamdunk-- Jumping b-ball :D->T * Spinning fire kick :* UA Speed attack :AAT * Spinning fire b-ball:? Head spring kick :A->D * Fire b-ball :D->A * Spinning fire foot :D (1 sec.) ...

Symbolic circuit-matrix processor and evaluator . ... This software is reliable over the range of benchmark circuit complexity (both *.CIR and *.MAT file). ... SYMBOL is a symbolic-algebra package which in contrast to REDUCE, MACSYMA, MAPLE, MATHEMATICA, MathLAB, MathCAD and other known multi-purpose systems is especially intended for analysis of any lumped, linear, time-invariant circuit. ... pure ASCII text . ... CIRSYM - SYMbolic CIRcuit processor used to format ASCII text file *.out for CALCSYM. ...

Next: Navigation Pre-Observation Products . ... SRT (Space Radio Telescope) Schedule (SRS) File . ... What: GOCG generates the Space Radio Telescope (SRT) schedule file, or SRS file, from current GSTS file. The SRS file has more precise time stamps than long-term schedules, and also designates which GTS will be used when. ... The SRS file also serves as the antenna pointing schedule file, as it describes the planned orientation of the spacecraft (and solar panels) as a function of time. ...

... Ham packet radio system including: . ... control computer RSC 2. dedicated software monitoring generation of probing pulses in onboard transceiver in radio beacon mode; . ground receiving network of ham radio packet communication to record probing pulses of onboard radio beacon; . ... Generation of onboard radio beacon probing pulses as time marks to ground receiving network (including ham radio receivers of USW) and transmission of the measurement results throughout Internet network. ...