The hardware control system for WEAVE at the William Herschel telescope | Zendy

José Miguel Delgado Hernández | Zendy; José Alonso Burgal | Zendy; José Miguel Herreros Linares | Zendy; J. A. L. Aguerri | Zendy; Don Carlos Abrams | Zendy; Kevin Dee | Zendy; Sergio Picó | Zendy; Diego Cano | Zendy; Carlos Martín | Zendy; Émilie Lhomé | Zendy; Francis J. Gribbin | Zendy; J. Skvarč | Zendy; Kevin Middleton | Zendy; S. C. Trager | Zendy; P. Bonifacio | Zendy; A. Vallenari | Zendy; Esperanza Carrasco | Zendy; Saúl Menéndez Mendoza | Zendy; Gavin Dalton | Zendy

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The hardware control system for WEAVE at the William Herschel telescope

Author(s) -

José Miguel Delgado Hernández,

José Alonso Burgal,

José Miguel Herreros Linares,

J. A. L. Aguerri,

Don Carlos Abrams,

Kevin Dee,

Sergio Picó,

Diego Cano,

Carlos Martín,

Émilie Lhomé,

Francis J. Gribbin,

J. Skvarč,

Kevin Middleton,

S. C. Trager,

P. Bonifacio,

A. Vallenari,

Esperanza Carrasco,

Saúl Menéndez Mendoza,

Gavin Dalton

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

proceedings of spie, the international society for optical engineering/proceedings of spie

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1996-756X

pISSN - 0277-786X

DOI - 10.1117/12.2055934

Subject(s) - spectrograph , telescope , automation , focus (optics) , controller (irrigation) , computer hardware , control system , computer science , actuator , engineering , physics , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , astronomy , optics , artificial intelligence , agronomy , biology , spectral line

This work describes the hardware control system of the Prime Focus Corrector (PFC) and the Spectrograph, two of the main parts of WEAVE, a multi-object fiber spectrograph for the WHT Telescope. The PFC and Spectrograph control system hardware is based on the Allen Bradley's Programmable Automation Controller and its modules. Mechanisms, sensors and actuators of both systems are summarized and their functionality described, showing how they meet the instrument requirements

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