Control system of the VLT interferometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3350, Issue , 1998, Pages 394-402

  Verola, Massimo ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control loop; Control system; Fringe tracking; Interferometer; Real time control; Software; Telescope

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; COORDINATION REACTIONS; DATA TRANSFER; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIGITAL DEVICES; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REAL TIME CONTROL; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REMOTE CONTROL; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STANDARDIZATION; TELESCOPES;

CONTROL LOOP; CONTROL SYSTEM; FRINGE TRACKING; INTERFEROMETER; SOFTWARE; TELESCOPE;

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

EID: 0013084969     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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