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CASPER Workshops

• CASPER Workshop II - August 2-5, 2008 @ UC Berkeley
  • Pulsar Spectrometers
  • Correlators
  • Next Generation Hardware and Tools
  • Software and Real-time Imaging

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Projects using CASPER Hardware/Software:

• Pulsar Machines, including Pulsar Machine Development At Berkeley (for ATA, Green Bank, Nancay and Parkes), and GUPPi at NRAO Green Bank.

• Caltech/GAVRT CASPER Development
  • GHz bandwidth spectrometer and pulsar machine development

• Correlator

• International Correlator Collaboration

• Pocket Correlator

• Pocket Spectrometer

• SETI Spectrometer

• ATA "Fly's Eye" Pulse Finder

• Karoo Array Telescope XDM Back-end and KAT-7 Back-end

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Processing Boards:

• IBOB (2005 - present | Virtex-II Pro)
• ROACH (early 2009 | Virtex 5 SXT95/LXT155)
• ROACH2 (late 2009/early 2010 | Virtex 5 SXT240/LXT330)
• BEE2 (2005 - present | 5x Virtex-II Pro)

ADC Boards:

• IADC (2005 - present | dual 1GSa/sec)
• katADC (dual 1.5GSa/sec)
• quadADC (late 2008 | quad 250MSa/sec)
• 64ADC (64x 50MSa/sec)

UDP Framework for controlling CASPER hardware over Ethernet:

• UDP Framework

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Software Toolflow for Developing Instruments using CASPER/BWRC hardware:

• MSSGE Toolflow

We are currently working on porting the libraries and toolflow from supporting the BEE2/IBOB to ROACH. This effort is partially documented at:

• DSP Blockset Port

A standard for the creation of new DSP blocks is being developed. This will include the conversion of the current blocks to this standard. The standardisation guidelines are here:

• DSP Block Standardisation

An overhaul of the MSSGE/bee_xps toolflow is forthcoming. This effort is partially documented at:

• Toolflow Overhaul

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CASPER Hardware/Software Technical Issues FAQ

• FAQ
• How to acquire CASPER hardware

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Related Wikis:

• CICADA - Configurable Instrument Collaboration for Agile Data Acquistion Wiki

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Wiki details:

• How to get an account