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The MONSOON Image Acquisition System is a scalable, multichannel, high-speed data acquisition system designed for the next-generation optical/infrared detectors and mosaic projects currently under development at NOAO. MONSOON is more than a controller; rather it is new image acquisition architecture, providing a total solution to “detector-limited” image acquisition for all astronomical detectors, scientific and technical, OUV to IR. MONSOON addresses detector-interface as well as the significant data flow and processing issues large-scale imaging systems require. The Monsoon effort is a full-disclosure “open-source” development effort by NOAO in collaboration with the CARA ASTEROID project for the benefit of the astronomical community.
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Starr, B.M. et al. (2004). MONSOON Image Acquisition System. In: Amico, P., Beletic, J.W., Beletic, J.E. (eds) Scientific Detectors for Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 300. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2527-0_31
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