Ground Support Electronics for Testing the Preflight Performance of the MAXI-GSC

J. Kataoka; Y. Serino; N. Kawai; T. Arakuni; A. Yoshida; M. Uzawa; M. Kohama; I. Sakurai; T. Mihara; H. Negoro; N. Isobe; H. Katayama; K. Kawasaki; N. Kuramata; M. Matsuoka; H. Tomida; S. Ueno; T. Yokota; E. Miyata; M. Nomachi; H. Tsunemi

doi:10.1117/12.504980

Ground Support Electronics for Testing the Preflight Performance of the MAXI-GSC

J. Kataoka^*, Y. Serino, N. Kawai, T. Arakuni, A. Yoshida, M. Uzawa, M. Kohama, I. Sakurai, T. Mihara, H. Negoro, N. Isobe, H. Katayama, K. Kawasaki, N. Kuramata, M. Matsuoka, H. Tomida, S. Ueno, T. Yokota, E. Miyata, M. NomachiH. Tsunemi

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Abstract

MAXI is an X-ray all-sky monitor which will be mounted on the Japanese Experimental Module (JEM) of the International Space Station (ISS) in 2008. The Gas Slit Camera (GSC) consists of 12 one-dimensional position sensitive proportional counters and the sensitivity will be as high as 1 mCrab for a one-week accumulation in the 2-30 keV band. In order to calibrate the detectors and electronic systems thoroughly before the launch, a fast and versatile Ground Support Electronic (GSE) system is necessary. We have developed a new GSE based on VME I/O boards for a Linux workstation. These boards carry reconfigurable FPGAs of 100,000 gates, together with 16 Mbytes of SDRAM. As a demonstration application of using this GSE, we have tested the positional response of a GSC engineering counter. We present a schematic view of the GSE highlighting the functional design, together with a future vision of the ground testing of the GSC flight counters and digital associated processor.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	375-386
Number of pages	12
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5165
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504980
Publication status	Published - 2004 May 3
Externally published	Yes
Event	X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 2003 Aug 3 → 2003 Aug 5

Keywords

Ground Support Electronics
Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image
Reconfigurable FPGA

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Kataoka, J., Serino, Y., Kawai, N., Arakuni, T., Yoshida, A., Uzawa, M., Kohama, M., Sakurai, I., Mihara, T., Negoro, H., Isobe, N., Katayama, H., Kawasaki, K., Kuramata, N., Matsuoka, M., Tomida, H., Ueno, S., Yokota, T., Miyata, E., ... Tsunemi, H. (2004). Ground Support Electronics for Testing the Preflight Performance of the MAXI-GSC. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5165, 375-386. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504980

Kataoka, J, Serino, Y, Kawai, N, Arakuni, T, Yoshida, A, Uzawa, M, Kohama, M, Sakurai, I, Mihara, T, Negoro, H, Isobe, N, Katayama, H, Kawasaki, K, Kuramata, N, Matsuoka, M, Tomida, H, Ueno, S, Yokota, T, Miyata, E, Nomachi, M & Tsunemi, H 2004, 'Ground Support Electronics for Testing the Preflight Performance of the MAXI-GSC', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 5165, pp. 375-386. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504980

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