1. SOXS Control Electronics Design
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Andrea Baruffolo, Avishay Gal-Yam, Andrea Bianco, J. Antonio Araiza-Duran, O. Diner, Giuliano Pignata, Francesco D'Alessio, D. Ricci, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Massimo Turatto, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Matteo Munari, Seppo Mattila, Matteo Aliverti, Johan P. U. Fynbo, J. Lehti, T. Kumar, Rosario Cosentino, Marco Riva, M. Della Valle, Federico Biondi, Giorgio Pariani, Salvatore Scuderi, Daniela Fantinel, Stephen J. Smartt, Fabrizio Vitali, Sergio D'Orsi, R. Zanmar Sanchez, Michael Rappaport, O. Hershko, M. Hirvonen, Pietro Schipani, G. Capasso, M. Colapietro, Bernardo Salasnich, Marco Landoni, Luca Marafatto, G. Li Causi, J. Achrén, A. Brucalassi, Iair Arcavi, P. D'Avanzo, Adam Rubin, Sagi Ben-Ami, Matteo Genoni, Jari Kotilainen, Enrico Cappellaro, Igor Coretti, and ITA
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ta115 ,Instrument control ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Maintainability ,FOS: Physical sciences ,EtherCAT ,02 engineering and technology ,Modular design ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,010309 optics ,0103 physical sciences ,Systems engineering ,Electronics ,0210 nano-technology ,Fieldbus ,business ,Interlock ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,Spectrograph - Abstract
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a unique spectroscopic facility that will operate at the ESO New Technology Telescope (NTT) in La Silla from 2020 onward. The spectrograph will be able to cover simultaneously the UV-VIS and NIR bands exploiting two different arms and a Common Path feeding system. We present the design of the SOXS instrument control electronics. The electronics controls all the movements, alarms, cabinet temperatures, and electric interlocks of the instrument. We describe the main design concept. We decided to follow the ESO electronic design guidelines to minimize project time and risks and to simplify system maintenance. The design envisages Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) industrial components (e.g. Beckhoff PLC and EtherCAT fieldbus modules) to obtain a modular design and to increase the overall reliability and maintainability. Preassembled industrial motorized stages are adopted allowing for high precision assembly standards and a high reliability. The electronics is kept off-board whenever possible to reduce thermal issues and instrument weight and to increase the accessibility for maintenance purpose. The instrument project went through the Preliminary Design Review in 2017 and is currently in Final Design Phase (with FDR in July 2018). This paper outlines the status of the work and is part of a series of contributions describing the SOXS design and properties after the instrument Preliminary Design Review., 10 pages, 7 figures, to be publised in SPIE Proceedings 10707-90
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- 2018