Development Process for Slit Mask Exchanger Mechanism Prototype (SMEM-P) of the Giant Magellan Telescope Multi-object Astronomical and cosmological Spectrograph (GMACS)

  • Lee, Hye-In (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Cook, Erika (Department of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University) ;
  • Ji, Tae-Geun (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Byeon, Seoyeon (Department of Astromomy & Space Science, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Pak, Suehee (Department of Computer Science, Dongduk Women's University) ;
  • Cynthia, Froning (Department of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University) ;
  • Marshall, Jennifer (Department of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University) ;
  • Depoy, Darren L. (Department of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University) ;
  • Pak, Soojong (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University)
  • Published : 2018.05.08

Abstract

GMACS is one of the instruments for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) which will provide wide field, multi-object, moderate resolution spectroscopy of faint targets. KHU (Kyung Hee University) is in charge of control software of GMACS. As a first step, the Slit Mask Exchange Mechanism Prototype (SMEM-P) will be used as a preliminary example to make development process between electronics and high level software. Recently, we have developed a sample program to communicate with low level devices via EtherCAT. It is expected to be a mockup design for software and control system of GMACS. In this poster, we show the development process and test operation results of control software for SMEM-P.

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