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A Decade of Developing Radio-Astronomy Instrumentation using CASPER Open-Source Technology

Authors :
Lincoln J. Greenhill
Sandeep C. Chaudhari
Aaron R. Parsons
Glenn Jones
Rich Lacasse
Zuhra Abdurashidova
Danny C. Price
Matthew R. Dexter
Wesley New
Andrew Martens
Rachel Simone Domagalski
Mark Wagner
Mekhala V. Muley
Randy McCullough
Hong Chen
David George
Andrew Siemion
Jason Ray
F. Kapp
David MacMahon
Joe Greenberg
Jason Manley
H. Kriel
A. R. Isaacson
Rurik A. Primiani
Jack Hickish
Jonathan Weintroub
Andrew Lutomirski
John Ford
Homin Jiang
Kaushal D. Buch
Zaki S. Ali
Verees'e Van Tonder
Laura Vertatschitsch
Griffin Foster
Dan Werthimer
Source :
Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation.
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd, 2016.

Abstract

The Collaboration for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research (CASPER) has been working for a decade to reduce the time and cost of designing, building and deploying new digital radio-astronomy instruments. Today, CASPER open-source technology powers over 45 scientific instruments worldwide, and is used by scientists and engineers at dozens of academic institutions. In this paper, we catalog the current offerings of the CASPER collaboration, and instruments past and present built by CASPER users and developers. We describe the ongoing state of software development, as CASPER looks to support a broader range of programming environments and hardware and ensure compatibility with the latest vendor tools.

Details

ISSN :
22511725 and 22511717
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation
Accession number :
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