To build or to buy ? That is the question.

[Francisco Barbosa]

Posted to CCD-world:
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 Dear CCD  Friends

   At the National Institute of Astrophysics Optics and Electronics (INAOE) of
Puebla, México we are trying to make a prototype of a Near Infrared Camera.
We have a large format (1024 x 1024) HgCdTe Focal Plane Array from Rockwell.
We propose to design and construc the mechanics, the optics, and the electronics
for an infrered camera  spectrograph cooled to 77K.
About the electronics, design considerations include precise timer for the detector
control, fiber optics for communication with the control computer, and analog to
digital conversion after the data acquisition phase.


    If anyone knows a good controller for these array and anything concerning this
subject we will appreciate a response.

    Yours

Francisco Barbosa E
Instrumentation an Control Head
INAOE
Luis Enrique Erro No.1
Tonantzintla, Pue 72840
México.
Fax +522 247 2231
mailto: fbarbosa at inaoep.mx


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