SPHERExLabTools (SLT): a Python data acquisition system for SPHEREx characterization and calibration

Sam Condon; Marco Viero; James Bock; Howard Hui; Phil Korngut; Hiromasa Miyasaka; Ken Manatt; Chi Nguyen; Hien Nguyen; Steve Padin

doi:10.1117/12.2630662

27 August 2022 SPHERExLabTools (SLT): a Python data acquisition system for SPHEREx characterization and calibration

Sam Condon, Marco Viero, James Bock, Howard Hui, Phil Korngut, Hiromasa Miyasaka, Ken Manatt, Chi Nguyen, Hien Nguyen, Steve Padin

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Proceedings Volume 12180, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 121804S (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630662
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Selected as the next NASA Medium Class Explorer mission, SPHEREx, the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer is planned for launch in early 2025. SPHEREx calibration data products include detector spectral response, non-linearity, persistence, and telescope focus error measurements. To produce these calibration products, we have developed a dedicated data acquisition and instrument control system, SPHERExLabTools (SLT). SLT implements driver-level software for control of all testbed instrumentation, graphical interfaces for control of instruments and automated measurements, real-time data visualization, processing, and data archival tools for a variety of output file formats. This work outlines the architecture of the SLT software as a framework for general purpose laboratory data acquisition and instrument control. Initial SPHEREx calibration products acquired while using SLT are also presented.

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Sam Condon, Marco Viero, James Bock, Howard Hui, Phil Korngut, Hiromasa Miyasaka, Ken Manatt, Chi Nguyen, Hien Nguyen, and Steve Padin "SPHERExLabTools (SLT): a Python data acquisition system for SPHEREx characterization and calibration", Proc. SPIE 12180, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 121804S (27 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630662

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