CCD camera and data acquisition system of the scientific instrument ELMER for the GTC 10-m telescope

Ralf Kohley; Juan Manuel Martin-Fleitas; Lluis Cavaller-Marques; Peter L. Hammersley; Marcos Suarez-Valles; Rafael Vilela; Francis Beigbeder

doi:10.1117/12.550415

30 September 2004 CCD camera and data acquisition system of the scientific instrument ELMER for the GTC 10-m telescope

Ralf Kohley, Juan Manuel Martin-Fleitas, Lluis Cavaller-Marques, Peter L. Hammersley, Marcos Suarez-Valles, Rafael Vilela, Francis Beigbeder

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Proceedings Volume 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550415
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

ELMER is a multi-purpose instrument for the GTC designed for both, Imaging and Spectrosopy in the visible range. The CCD camera employs a E2V Technologies CCD44-82 detector mounted in a high performance LN2 Bath Cryostat based on an ESO design and a SDSU-II CCD controller with parallel interface. The design including the low-noise fan-out electronics has been kept flexible to allow alternatively the use of MIT/LL CCID-20 detectors. We present the design of the CCD camera and data acquisition system and first performance test results.

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Ralf Kohley, Juan Manuel Martin-Fleitas, Lluis Cavaller-Marques, Peter L. Hammersley, Marcos Suarez-Valles, Rafael Vilela, and Francis Beigbeder "CCD camera and data acquisition system of the scientific instrument ELMER for the GTC 10-m telescope", Proc. SPIE 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy, (30 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550415

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