Computer Science – Databases
Scientific paper
Feb 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003spie.4837..413m&link_type=abstract
Large Ground-based Telescopes. Edited by Oschmann, Jacobus M.; Stepp, Larry M. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4837, pp. 413
Computer Science
Databases
Scientific paper
The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) is a co-operative program between the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the INAF Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory (OAC), Naples, for the study, design, and realization of a 2.6-m wide-field optical imaging telescope to be operated at the Paranal Observatory, Chile. The telescope design, manufacturing and integration are responsibility of OAC. The VST has been specifically designed to carry out stand-alone observations in the UV to I spectral range and to supply target databases for the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). The control hardware is based on a large utilization of distributed embedded specialized controllers specifically designed, prototyped and manufactured by the Technology Working Group for VST project. The use of a field bus improves the whole system reliability in terms of high level flexibility, control speed and allow to reduce drastically the plant distribution in the instrument. The paper describes the philosophy and the architecture of the VST control HW with particular reference to the advantages of this distributed solution for the VST project.
Brescia Massimo
Mancini Dario
Marty Laurent
Mazzola Germana
Molfese Cesare
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