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EAS Publications Series
Volume 61, 2013
Gamma-ray Bursts: 15 Years of GRB Afterglows – Progenitors, Environments and Host Galaxies from the Nearby to the Early Universe
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| Page(s) | 567 - 571 | |
| Section | Chapter XI: Instrumentation & Techniques-II (Lomonosov/UFFO) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1361091 | |
| Published online | 22 July 2013 | |
A.J. Castro-Tirado, J.Gorosabel and I.H. Park (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 61 (2013) 567-571
Design and implementation of electronics and data acquisition system for Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory
1 Institute of Basic Science,
Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea ;
e-mail: erajung@gmail.com
2 Department of Physics, Ewha Womans
University, Seoul,
South Korea
3 LAL, University of Paris-Sud
11, Orsay,
France
4 Technical University of
Denmark, Copenhagen,
Denmark
5 Instituto de Astrofísica de
Andalucía, CSIC,
Granada,
Spain
6 National Space
Organization, Taiwan
7 LeCosPA, National Taiwan
University, Taipei,
Taiwan
8 Korea Institute of Industrial
Technology, Cheonan,
South Korea
9 Department of Physics, Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
10 University of Valencia,
Valencia,
Spain
11 University of California at
Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory,
USA
12 National United
University, Miao-Li,
Taiwan
13 Sungkyunkwan
University, Suwon,
South Korea
14 Department of Astronomy, Yonsei
University, Seoul,
South Korea
15 SINP, Moscow State
University, Moscow,
Russia
16 Institute for Early Universe, Ewha
Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
The Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory (UFFO) Pathfinder for Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) consists of two telescopes. The UFFO Burst Alert & Trigger Telescope (UBAT) handles the detection and localization of GRBs, and the Slewing Mirror Telescope (SMT) conducts the measurement of the UV/optical afterglow. UBAT is equipped with an X-ray detector, analog and digital signal readout electronics that detects X-rays from GRBs and determines the location. SMT is equipped with a stepping motor and the associated electronics to rotate the slewing mirror targeting the GRBs identified by UBAT. First the slewing mirror points to a GRB, then SMT obtains the optical image of the GRB using the intensified CCD and its readout electronics. The UFFO Data Acquisition system (UDAQ) is responsible for the overall function and operation of the observatory and the communication with the satellite main processor. In this paper we present the design and implementation of the electronics of UBAT and SMT as well as the architecture and implementation of UDAQ.
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