A COTS high-performance real-time control system for adaptive optics

Alastair Basden; Nigel Dipper; Richard Myers

doi:10.1117/12.856415

28 July 2010 A COTS high-performance real-time control system for adaptive optics

Alastair Basden, Nigel Dipper, Richard Myers

Proceedings Volume 7736, Adaptive Optics Systems II; 77364N (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856415
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The advent of high performance multi-core processors in desktop computers has opened the door for high performance, yet easy to maintain and upgrade, adaptive optics control systems. We describe the Durham Adaptive Optics Real-time Controller, and give details of performance, including latency and jitter, and maximum frame rates as well as scalability with adaptive optics system size. This system is to be used as a laboratory test bench in Durham with low and high order (up to 32×32 actuators) systems, and also on-sky as a control system for a WHT MOAO demonstrator instrument.

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Alastair Basden, Nigel Dipper, and Richard Myers "A COTS high-performance real-time control system for adaptive optics", Proc. SPIE 7736, Adaptive Optics Systems II, 77364N (28 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856415

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