Instrument control tool kit for the Subaru Telescope laser guide star adaptive optics system

Matthew Dinkins

doi:10.1117/12.788232

14 July 2008 Instrument control tool kit for the Subaru Telescope laser guide star adaptive optics system

Matthew Dinkins

Proceedings Volume 7019, Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II; 70190D (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788232
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

The Subaru Adaptive Optics instrument development requires reliable software that can be quickly modified to facilitate testing and changing demands. A software tool kit was created to allow rapid inclusion of diverse hardware, to isolate specific hardware, to allow expert users to write programs that interface hardware, and to allow multiple access points for control and status. The flexibility of this system allows the software to not only control the Subaru Adaptive Optics Instrument, but also a wide variety of instruments. Also, once a low level interface is written for the hardware, the hardware controls can be combined into any configuration without any programming. This analysis explains the overall software architecture of the system, the methods used to promote hardware testing, the process for adding hardware, and the flexibility inherent in the software's architecture.

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Matthew Dinkins "Instrument control tool kit for the Subaru Telescope laser guide star adaptive optics system", Proc. SPIE 7019, Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II, 70190D (14 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788232

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