New developments for detector controllers at NOAO

Mark Hunten; Nick Buchholz; Ron George; Peter Moore; David Sawyer

doi:10.1117/12.857717

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19 July 2010 New developments for detector controllers at NOAO

Mark Hunten, Nick Buchholz, Ron George, Peter Moore, David Sawyer

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Proceedings Volume 7742, High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy IV; 77421X (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857717
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

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The Torrent detector control system is being developed at NOAO as a follow-on to the MONSOON systems that have been used successfully for instruments at several institutions. The poster will cover the evolution of MONSOON into Torrent and will cover: Motivations, What's gained/What's lost, Major Technological Differences, Goals, plans and first users.

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Mark Hunten, Nick Buchholz, Ron George, Peter Moore, and David Sawyer "New developments for detector controllers at NOAO", Proc. SPIE 7742, High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy IV, 77421X (19 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857717

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