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Spectrometer PDR

Spectrometer PDR. – The preliminary Design. John Ford (NRAO). Why a New Spectrometer?. Summary of Required Observing Modes. Overall Block Diagram. Analog System. Adapts output of Converter Modules to the ADC Low-pass filter Amplification Test tone injection Clock distribution

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Spectrometer PDR

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  1. Spectrometer PDR – The preliminary Design John Ford (NRAO)

  2. Why a New Spectrometer?

  3. Summary of Required Observing Modes

  4. Overall Block Diagram

  5. Analog System • Adapts output of Converter Modules to the ADC • Low-pass filter • Amplification • Test tone injection • Clock distribution • Split and amplify clock signal • Distribute to all ROACH boards

  6. Roach Assembly

  7. ROACH Block Diagram

  8. ROACH 2

  9. 3 GS/s ADC Board

  10. Clock Synthesizer Board

  11. Fujitsu Switch in its Natural Environment

  12. Computing Nodes

  13. Nehalem Node

  14. Storage Subsystem • Project will supply ~100 TB of disk subsystems • Connected to 10 GbEthernet • Fast enough to support writing directly into subsystem for most observing (But not pulsar searching) • Data accessible for astronomers simultaneously with spectrometer use • Project will not supply • VAO integration • Archiving software or methodology • Long-term storage media

  15. Preliminary Design Work • Developing support hardware • IF system interface • Anti-alias low-pass filters • Noise/test signal injection • Amplification • Analog to Digital Converter sampling clock generation/distribution • 1 Pulse Per Second distribution • Packaging

  16. Preliminary Design Work • Concentrating on the hard parts • 3 GS/s sampling and PFB/FFT calculations • Heterogeneous Computing Approach • Divide processing into front/back ends • Use FPGAs to fully process bandwidths greater than 200 MHz • Use FPGA front-ends to pre-process, split and packetize data, then GPUs to provide fine channelization on narrower chunks • Software Design • Adapting concepts and code from the Green Bank Ultimate Pulsar Processing Instrument (GUPPI) • Adding support for the K-band FPA processing pipeline • Integrating with the GBT Monitor and Control System for user ease.

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