The IRMA III control and communication system

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dc.contributor.authorSchofield, Ian Sean
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorNaylor, David A.
dc.date.accessioned2007-05-23T17:39:07Z
dc.date.available2007-05-23T17:39:07Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionxi, 193 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.en
dc.description.abstractThe IRMA III infrared radiometer is a passive atmospheric water vapor detector designed for use with interferometric submillimeter arrays as a method of phase correction. The IRMA III instrument employs a distributed, multi-tasking software control system permitting precise fine-grained control at remote locations over a low-bandwidth network connection. IRMA's software is divided among three processors tasked with performing three primary functions: command interpretation, data collection and motor control of IRMA's Alt-Az mount. IRMA's hardware control and communication functionality is based on compact, low cost, energy efficient Rabbit 2000 microcontroller modules, selected to meet IRMA's limited space and power requirements. IRMA accepts scripts defined in a custom, high level control language as its method of control, which the operator can write or dynamically generated by a separate GUI front-end program.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/277
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2005en
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Physics
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Science
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen
dc.subjectMillimeter astronomy -- Softwareen
dc.subjectInfrared astronomy -- Softwareen
dc.subjectVisible infrared spin scan radiometer -- Softwareen
dc.subjectInfrared Radiometer for Millimetre Astronomyen
dc.titleThe IRMA III control and communication systemen
dc.typeThesisen
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