TY - JOUR
T1 - Ground Support Electronics for Testing the Preflight Performance of the MAXI-GSC
AU - Kataoka, J.
AU - Serino, Y.
AU - Kawai, N.
AU - Arakuni, T.
AU - Yoshida, A.
AU - Uzawa, M.
AU - Kohama, M.
AU - Sakurai, I.
AU - Mihara, T.
AU - Negoro, H.
AU - Isobe, N.
AU - Katayama, H.
AU - Kawasaki, K.
AU - Kuramata, N.
AU - Matsuoka, M.
AU - Tomida, H.
AU - Ueno, S.
AU - Yokota, T.
AU - Miyata, E.
AU - Nomachi, M.
AU - Tsunemi, H.
PY - 2004/5/3
Y1 - 2004/5/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Ground Support Electronics
KW - Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image
KW - Reconfigurable FPGA
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U2 - 10.1117/12.504980
DO - 10.1117/12.504980
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:11144356782
SN - 0277-786X
VL - 5165
SP - 375
EP - 386
JO - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
JF - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
T2 - X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII
Y2 - 3 August 2003 through 5 August 2003
ER -