Control & Electronics
The EMIR control software and electronic system have been developed by a multi-institutional group formed by scientist and engineers from IAC, UCM and LAOMP, under the coordination of the IAC. It has been adopted a unique structure for control software and electronics aimed in the simplification of the interfaces and to make easier the flow of information in these two fields with high interaction.
Control System
There are four main aspects in the control system that have been considered as integral part of the instrument:
- The EMIR Control System, which includes the control of the instrument global configuration related with observations and calibrations. These have to interact with the GTC control system. It has been built in the IAC.
- The EMIR Data Acquisition System (DAS), which drives the different detector read-out modes and controls the flow of data. It has been developed by IAC, based on a ARC/IRL (SDSU) controller.
- The EMIR Observing Programme Management Subsystem, which is the master programme which monitors the EMIR performances and will ensure an adequate use of the EMIR instrument by the regular astronomers.
- The Data Reduction Pipeline (DRP), which includes specific filters and reduction packages for each observing mode. It is under the responsibility of the UCM.
Electronics
The electronics of EMIR involves mainly the Detector Electronics and testing, the mechanisms electronics and all the monitoring and housekeeping electronics.
