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Paper Abstract
HARMONI is an integral field spectrograph working at visible and near-infrared wavelengths over a
range of spatial scales from ground layer corrected to fully diffraction-limited. The instrument has been
chosen to be part of the first-light complement at the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). This
paper describes the instrument control electronics to be developed at IAC. The large size of the
HARMONI instrument, its cryogenic operation, and the fact that it must operate with enhanced reliability
is a challenge from the point of view of the control electronics design. The present paper describes a
design proposal based on the current instrument requirements and intended to be fully compliant with the
ESO E-ELT standards, as well as with the European EMC and safety standards. The modularity of the
design and the use of COTS standard hardware will benefit the project in several aspects, as reduced
costs, shorter schedule by the use of commercially available components, and improved quality by the use
of well proven solutions.
Paper Details
Date Published: 28 July 2014
PDF: 19 pages
Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 91478V (28 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2055802
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9147:
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Suzanne K. Ramsay; Ian S. McLean; Hideki Takami, Editor(s)
PDF: 19 pages
Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 91478V (28 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2055802
Show Author Affiliations
José V. Gigante, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Spain)
Luis F. Rodríguez Ramos, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Spain)
Gerard Zins, Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (France)
Hermine Schnetler, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom)
Arlette Pecontal, Ctr. de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (France)
Luis F. Rodríguez Ramos, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Spain)
Gerard Zins, Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (France)
Hermine Schnetler, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom)
Arlette Pecontal, Ctr. de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (France)
José Miguel Herreros, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Spain)
Fraser Clarke, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Ian Bryson, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom)
Niranjan Thatte, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Fraser Clarke, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Ian Bryson, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom)
Niranjan Thatte, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9147:
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Suzanne K. Ramsay; Ian S. McLean; Hideki Takami, Editor(s)
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