Hi stan We at oxford and the institute of space sciences and astronomy can help you.
Would you like to set up a call? K On 25 Nov 2017 20:50, "Stan Kurtz" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi to All, > > I'm writing to ask if anyone knows of someone who might do ROACH-1 > programming for a beamformer, as a 'consultant-for-hire'. > > The Geophysics Institute at the National Autonomous University of > Mexico is currently using an analog Butler matrix to do the beam > forming on their 4096 element dipole array. For more info, see: > > http://www.mexart.unam.mx > > or do an ADS search on MEXART and take your pick of articles. > The 2010 article by Mejia-Ambriz et al. in Solar Physics is a > good overview article. > > A few years ago I bought a ROACH-1 and the 64 input ADC developed > by Rick Raffanti, with the idea that I might find a student to do > the beamformer as a project. The student never materialized and > I don't have the time or the expertise to do it myself. > > The MEXART team is anxious to get a digital beamformer going and they > have enough money to pay someone to do it. They are not particularly > interested in it being a student project because that might take longer. > They want to get it up and running ASAP. > > Of course they would like a flexible beamformer, with lots of > whiz-bang operating modes, but what they do now is form 16 beams along > the meridian, each at a different elevation, and use the array as a > transit telescope. If they could just do that - but digitally, and > with good precision - it would be a big step forward. Anything more > would be icing on the cake. The design goal was to form 64 beams > along the meridian. > > If anyone is interested in this and would like more details, let me > know. I can answer most technical questions and for other details > (like money, timeframe, etc) I can put you in touch with the MEXART > staff. Of course any other suggestions about how to proceed would > also be welcome. > > Thanks, and regards from, > Stan Kurtz > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups " > [email protected]" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
