Software solution for autonomous observations with H2RG detectors and SIDECAR ASICs for the RATIR camera

Christopher R. Klein; Petr Kubánek; Nathaniel Butler; Ori D. Fox; Alexander S. Kutyrev; David A. Rapchun; Joshua S. Bloom; Alejandro Farah; Neil Gehrels; Leonid Georgiev; J. Jesús González; William H. Lee; Gennadiy N. Lotkin; Samuel H. Moseley; J. Xavier Prochaska; Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz; Michael G. Richer; Frederick D. Robinson; Carlos Román-Zúñiga; Mathew V. Samuel; Leroy M. Sparr; Corey Tucker; Alan M. Watson

doi:10.1117/12.925817

Software solution for autonomous observations with H2RG detectors and SIDECAR ASICs for the RATIR camera

Christopher R. Klein, Petr Kubánek, Nathaniel Butler, Ori D. Fox, Alexander S. Kutyrev, David A. Rapchun, Joshua S. Bloom, Alejandro Farah, Neil Gehrels, Leonid Georgiev, J. Jesús González, William H. Lee, Gennadiy N. Lotkin, Samuel H. Moseley, J. Xavier Prochaska, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Michael G. Richer, Frederick D. Robinson, Carlos Román-Zúñiga, Mathew V. SamuelLeroy M. Sparr, Corey Tucker, Alan M. Watson

Earth and Space Exploration, School of (SESE)

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Abstract

The Reionization And Transients InfraRed (RATIR) camera has been built for rapid Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) followup and will provide quasi-simultaneous imaging in ugriZY JH. The optical component uses two 2048×2048 pixel Finger Lakes Imaging ProLine detectors, one optimized for the SDSS u, g, and r bands and one optimized for the SDSS i band. The infrared portion incorporates two 2048 × 2048 pixel Teledyne HgCdTe HAWAII-2RG detectors, one with a 1.7-micron cutoff and one with a 2.5-micron cutoff. The infrared detectors are controlled by Teledyne's SIDECAR (System for Image Digitization Enhancement Control And Retrieval) ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits). While other ground-based systems have used the SIDECAR before, this system also utilizes Teledyne's JADE2 (JWST ASIC Drive Electronics) interface card and IDE (Integrated Development Environment). Here we present a summary of the software developed to interface the RATIR detectors with Remote Telescope System, 2nd Version (RTS2) software. RTS2 is an integrated open source package for remote observatory control under the Linux operating system and will autonomously coordinate observatory dome, telescope pointing, detector, filter wheel, focus stage, and dewar vacuum compressor operations. Where necessary we have developed custom interfaces between RTS2 and RATIR hardware, most notably for cryogenic focus stage motor drivers and temperature controllers. All detector and hardware interface software developed for RATIR is freely available and open source as part of the RTS2 distribution.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy V
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925817
State	Published - 2012
Event	High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy V - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: Jul 1 2012 → Jul 4 2012

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8453
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy V
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	7/1/12 → 7/4/12

Keywords

Data-taking
Hawaii-2RG
Infrared detectors
JADE2
SIDECAR ASIC
Software

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Klein, C. R., Kubánek, P., Butler, N., Fox, O. D., Kutyrev, A. S., Rapchun, D. A., Bloom, J. S., Farah, A., Gehrels, N., Georgiev, L., González, J. J., Lee, W. H., Lotkin, G. N., Moseley, S. H., Prochaska, J. X., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Richer, M. G., Robinson, F. D., Román-Zúñiga, C., ... Watson, A. M. (2012). Software solution for autonomous observations with H2RG detectors and SIDECAR ASICs for the RATIR camera. In High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy V Article 84532S (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 8453). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925817

Software solution for autonomous observations with H2RG detectors and SIDECAR ASICs for the RATIR camera. / Klein, Christopher R.; Kubánek, Petr; Butler, Nathaniel et al.
High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy V. 2012. 84532S (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 8453).

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Klein, CR, Kubánek, P, Butler, N, Fox, OD, Kutyrev, AS, Rapchun, DA, Bloom, JS, Farah, A, Gehrels, N, Georgiev, L, González, JJ, Lee, WH, Lotkin, GN, Moseley, SH, Prochaska, JX, Ramirez-Ruiz, E, Richer, MG, Robinson, FD, Román-Zúñiga, C, Samuel, MV, Sparr, LM, Tucker, C & Watson, AM 2012, Software solution for autonomous observations with H2RG detectors and SIDECAR ASICs for the RATIR camera. in High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy V., 84532S, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 8453, High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy V, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7/1/12. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925817

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