Controlling an ALADDIN 1K x 1K array with Wildfire

Gerald B. Heim; Nick C. Buchholz; Albert M. Fowler

doi:10.1117/12.211248

6 June 1995 Controlling an ALADDIN 1K x 1K array with Wildfire

Gerald B. Heim, Nick C. Buchholz, Albert M. Fowler

Proceedings Volume 2475, Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211248
Event: SPIE's 1995 Symposium on OE/Aerospace Sensing and Dual Use Photonics, 1995, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Wildfire is the array and instrument controller currently used in the infra-red instrumentation at National Optical Astronomy Observatories. Wildfire is a high performance, versatile transputer based controller which handles the clocking and readout of two-dimensional arrays along with all other aspects of instrument control. The system was originally designed to support the present generation of 256 X 256 infra-red arrays. This paper discusses the upgrade plan for Wildfire which is required to read out the newly developed 1 K X 1 K InSb arrays.

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Gerald B. Heim, Nick C. Buchholz, and Albert M. Fowler "Controlling an ALADDIN 1K x 1K array with Wildfire", Proc. SPIE 2475, Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy, (6 June 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211248

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