An observation control system for radio telescopes based on Python and C++ languages

doi:10.61977/ati2024040

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	An observation control system for radio telescopes based on Python and C++ languages
	Huang YX(黄玉祥)1,2 ; Hao LF(郝龙飞)1 ; Lee, Kejia 3; Dai, Wei 4; Wang M(汪敏)1 ; Li ZX(李志玄)1 ; Xu YH(徐永华)1 ; Wang, Bojun 5; Shen FX(沈发新)1,2
发表期刊	天文技术与仪器(英文)/Astronomical Techniques and Instruments
	2024-11
卷号	1 期号:06 页码:307-315
DOI	10.61977/ati2024040
分类号	P111.44 ; TP312.1
产权排序	第1完成单位
收录类别	CSCD
摘要	An observation control system is the foundation to support automatic observations by any radio telescope.Traditional observation control systems are usually coded using a compiled language, which is of higher efficiency compared with interpreted languages. Indeed, observation control systems are usually programmed using the C or C++languages. However, the high execution efficiency of C/C++ is at the cost of a long development cycle, which is not only time consuming but also requires considerable skills for the developers. The development of computer hardware performance, as well as the optimization of the just-in-time compiler for new interpreted languages such as Python,provides a good balance between execution and development efficiency. In this paper, we introduce the observation control system developed for the Kunming 40-meter radio telescope run by Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The system is developed mainly with the Python language, and we have optimized computationally intensive components with C++. We demonstrate that it is possible to achieve the required functionality and control precision with such a Python-C++ programming paradigm. The performance of the control system is also assessed in this paper, demonstrating that satisfactory pointing accuracy and user experience can be attained.
资助项目	funded by the National SKA Program of China [2020SKA0120100]; the Special Project of Foreign Science and Technology Cooperation of Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department [202003AD150010]; the National Natural Science Foundation of China [12073076]; the National Natural Science Foundation of China [12173087]; the National Natural Science Foundation of China [12041303 and 12063003]; the Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [Light of West China Program]; the CAS-MPG LEGACY Project; the Max-Planck Partner Group
项目资助者	funded by the National SKA Program of China [2020SKA0120100] ; the Special Project of Foreign Science and Technology Cooperation of Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department [202003AD150010] ; the National Natural Science Foundation of China [12073076, 12173087, 12041303 and 12063003] ; the Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [Light of West China Program] ; the CAS-MPG LEGACY Project ; the Max-Planck Partner Group
语种	英语
学科领域	天文学 ; 射电与天文学 ; 电子、通信与自动控制技术 ; 自动控制技术
ISSN	1672-7975
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文献类型	期刊论文
版本	出版稿
条目标识符	http://ir.ynao.ac.cn/handle/114a53/27911
专题	射电天文研究组
作者单位	1.Yunnan Observatories,Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; 3.Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics,Peking University; 4.Computer Technology Application Key Lab of Yunnan Province,Kunming University of Science and Technology; 5.National Astronomical Observatories,Chinese Academy of Sciences
第一作者单位	中国科学院云南天文台
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Huang YX,Hao LF,Lee, Kejia,et al. An observation control system for radio telescopes based on Python and C++ languages[J]. 天文技术与仪器(英文)/Astronomical Techniques and Instruments,2024,1(06):307-315.
APA	黄玉祥.,郝龙飞.,Lee, Kejia.,Dai, Wei.,汪敏.,...&沈发新.(2024).An observation control system for radio telescopes based on Python and C++ languages.天文技术与仪器(英文)/Astronomical Techniques and Instruments,1(06),307-315.
MLA	黄玉祥,et al."An observation control system for radio telescopes based on Python and C++ languages".天文技术与仪器(英文)/Astronomical Techniques and Instruments 1.06(2024):307-315.

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