27 September 2010 to 1 October 2010
CSIR Convention Centre
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Spica: Custom data acquisition and control software for the Boyden research telescopes.

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CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR, Pretoria
Poster Track D1 - Astrophysics

Speaker

Mr Hendrik Jacobus van Heerden (University of the Free State)

Description

The development of Spica, a custom designed data acquisition and control software package for the Boyden research telescopes will be considered. The motivation for the development of the package as well as the aims and capabilities of the software in terms of the hardware-software interfacing, and the data acquisition and control will be discussed. Results on the implementation and uses will be shown.

Primary author

Mr Hendrik Jacobus van Heerden (University of the Free State)

Co-authors

Mr J.J. Calitz (NA) Prof. J.J. Terblans (University of the Free State) Prof. P.J. Meintjes (University of the Free State)

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