THE ARCONS PIPELINE: DATA REDUCTION FOR MKID ARRAYS

Data reduction pipeline for the Hi-GAL survey

We present the data reduction pipeline for the Herschel Infrared Galactic Plane survey (HiGAL). Hi-GAL is a key project of the Herschel satellite, which is mapping the inner part of the Galactic plane (|l| ≤ 70◦ and |b| ≤ 1◦), using two Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) and three Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) frequency bands, from 70 to 500 μm. Our pipeline ...

Programmable Asynchronous Pipeline Arrays

We discuss high-performance programmable asynchronous pipeline arrays (PAPAs). These pipeline arrays are coarse-grain field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) that realize high data throughput with fine-grain pipelined asynchronous circuits. We show how the PAPA architecture maintains most of the speed and energy benefits of a custom asynchronous design, while also providing post-fabrication logi...

Modifications to the warm Spitzer data reduction pipeline

The Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) basic calibrated data reduction pipeline is designed to take a single raw frame from a single IRAC detector and produce a flux-calibrated image that has had all well-understood instrumental signatures removed. We discuss several modifications to the pipeline developed in the last two years in response to the Spitzer warm mission. Due to t...

Phased Arrays for Pipeline Girth Weld Inspections

Ultrasonic phased arrays offer significant advantages over radiography for pipeline weld inspections: they have higher detection rates for critical planar defects (i.e. cracks and lack of fusion), better defined interpretation, vertical sizing capability for Engineering Critical Assessment, no safety hazards, no licensing issues, no chemical wastes, and no requirement to evacuate the area. Phas...

Programmable Asyn hronous Pipeline Arrays