Caltech Continuum Backend (CCB) Project for the NRAO Green Bank Telescope

Documents

• Memorandum of Agreement (2002 Sep 19)
• A digital continuum backend for the Green Bank telescope 1 cm and 3 mm receivers (Proposal submitted to NRAO, 2002 Sep 11)
• A digital backend for the GBT 1 cm and 3 mm continuum radiometers (Preliminary Design Document, Martin Shepherd, 2002 Sep 6)
• GBT 26-40 GHz radiometer: Design considerations for the continuum section (S. Padin, 2001 Jun 22)
• Slides from Tim Pearson's presentation of the CCB project at the PDR (2002 Sep 6)

Design Documentation

• A48001N001 v10 The hardware interfaces of the CCB (Martin Shepherd, 2003 Jan 22)
  Previous versions: v8 v9
• A48001N002 v12 The network interfaces of the CCB server (Martin Shepherd, 2005 Nov 2)
  Previous (obsolete) versions: v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11
• A48001N003 v4 The CCB external hardware interfaces (Martin Shepherd, 2004 Jan 5)
  Previous versions: v1 v2 v3
• A48001N004 v11 The designs of the master and slave CCB FPGAs (Martin Shepherd, 2005 Jun 15)
  Previous (obsolete) versions: v0 v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v10
• A48001N005 v1 The Diagnostic Programs of the CCB (Martin Shepherd, 2005 Nov 2)
• A48001N006 v1 The Linux EPP-port Driver that Controls the CCB (Martin Shepherd, 2005 Nov 2)
• A48001N007 v1 The Linux GPIO-104 Device-Driver (Martin Shepherd, 2005 Nov 2)
• A48001N008 v1 The CCB_Monitor_Status Program (Martin Shepherd, 2005 Dec 29)
• A48001N009 v1 The ccbserver Program (Martin Shepherd, 2005 Dec 29)
• A48001N010 v1 The Software Installation and Configuration of the CCB Computer (Martin Shepherd, 2005 Dec 29)

• CCB Backplane Connector Pinout Definitions EXCEL PDF (Randy McCullough, 2004 Sep 7)
• CCB Systems Tests v2.4 (2005 Oct 1)
• Receiver block diagram
• CCB FITS specification

Software

• The software that implements the network interface between the CCB (Ygor) manager and the CCB server:
  • libccb3.1.0.tar.gz (Version 3.1.0, 2005 Jun 24)
  • libccb3.0.3.tar.gz (Version 3.0.3, 2005 Jun 8)
  • libccb3.0.2.tar.gz (Version 3.0.2, 2005 May 25)
  • libccb3.0.1.tar.gz (Version 3.0.1, 2005 Apr 6)
  • libccb2.0.tar.gz (Version 2, 2004 Jun 10)
  • libccb1.0.tar.gz (Version 1, 2003 Jun 16)
• CCB firmware:
  • ccb_firmware1.0.tar.gz (2005 Jun 14)

Links

• Observing with the Green Bank Telescope
• GBT CLEO Manual
• 1cm receiver project
• 3mm receiver project
• Brian Mason: GBT High Frequency Instrumentation Development
• Brian Mason: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the CCB but were Afraid to Ask

Contact: tjp·astro.caltech.edu.