Control software development for a large adaptive optical system

William H. Corrigan; Mark E. Furber; Daniel F. Ramirez; Charles D. Cox

doi:10.1117/12.211447

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8 June 1995 Control software development for a large adaptive optical system

William H. Corrigan, Mark E. Furber, Daniel F. Ramirez, Charles D. Cox

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Proceedings Volume 2479, Telescope Control Systems; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211447
Event: SPIE's 1995 Symposium on OE/Aerospace Sensing and Dual Use Photonics, 1995, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

During 1988 - 1993, Itek Optical Systems developed software for a demonstration program of several critical technologies for adaptive optical systems. The software implements a variety of data acquisition and control functions for an adaptive telescope system with hundreds of degrees of freedom. The completed software contains approximately 250,000 lines of real- time Ada code and was developed using a tailored DoD-STD-2167A methodology. Testing of the optical system was successfully conducted in December 1993. The system-level requirements for this software, the design of the software, the development methodology, and some lessons learned are discussed.

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William H. Corrigan, Mark E. Furber, Daniel F. Ramirez, and Charles D. Cox "Control software development for a large adaptive optical system", Proc. SPIE 2479, Telescope Control Systems, (8 June 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211447

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