[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”30px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”143.8px” custom_margin=”|auto||auto|false|false” custom_padding=”||1px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”left” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]After 10 years of operation there are systems that need to be rethought and adjusted to new technologies due to obsolescence problems. One of the most critical areas is the real-time controller (known as ABMs): there are about 80 such controllers distributed throughout the observatory.<\/p>\n
To address this challenge, a funding of $CLP 200M was granted by ANID (Chilean National Agency of R+D) to the Universidad de La Frontera (UFRO) and its technical laboratory, which has also provided the opportunity to do research with students.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”217px” custom_margin=”14px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/selfie-Sebastian-scaled-e1669930595454.jpg” title_text=”selfie Sebasti\u00e1n” admin_label=”foto leopoldo” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Cu\u00f1a Leopoldo” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”left” min_height=”192px” custom_margin=”|-144px|-201px||false|false” custom_padding=”|204px|||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n
\"La idea es tratar de desarrollar una soluci\u00f3n que pueda ser una alternativa para reemplazar los ABM, que son computadores que se encargan de monitorear y controlar en tiempo real todos los dispositivos de hardware de cada antena, utilizando equipos industriales basados en EtherCAT, validando adem\u00e1s que este enfoque puede ser viable t\u00e9cnica y econ\u00f3micamente\", se\u00f1ala el estudiante de la UFRO, Sebasti\u00e1n Carrasco<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Sebasti\u00e1n, ingeniero inform\u00e1tico graduado, y los estudiantes Rodrigo Seguel y Rodrigo Augsburger visitaron el OSF junto al profesor a cargo de este proyecto, Patricio Galea, para conocer en terreno los sistemas que est\u00e1n investigando.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-16px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Cu\u00f1a Leopoldo” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”left” min_height=”192px” custom_margin=”|-144px|-201px||false|false” custom_padding=”|204px|||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n \"Hay temas mucho m\u00e1s especializados que probablemente habr\u00eda pasado por alto si no hubiera tenido la oportunidad de visitar el laboratorio de ALMA\", dice el estudiante de la UFRO.\"Tambi\u00e9n es importante destacar que el entorno de pruebas Hardware in the Loop (HILSE) nos permiti\u00f3 probar, verificar y validar nuestro dise\u00f1o\".<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”49px||-23px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”cu\u00f1a nestor” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”left” width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]Jorge Sep\u00falveda<\/strong>, a former ALMA collaborator and current working at the Center of Astro-Engineering UC (AIUC), which is also collaborating with the Universidad de La Frontera, has participated in the project from the beginning, since May 2020. \u201cDuring the development of the project we have been able to appreciate the true potential and the impact that the use of new technologies from the automation industry, based on EtherCAT, can have on the observatory. On the one hand, we verified at the laboratory level that the antenna devices can be controlled and monitored correctly. On the other hand, we demonstrated that the potential of collaborative works between university, local research centers, and the observatory, to tackle complex problems in the discipline of astroengineering\u201d, says Jorge.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Selfie_JorgeSepulveda-copy-1-1-e1669930408818.png” title_text=”Selfie_JorgeSepulveda copy (1) (1)” admin_label=”foto nestor” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”cu\u00f1a vero” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”left” custom_padding=”|||1px||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]This project, led by Engineering Services Group Manager de ALMA, Tzu-Chiang Shen,<\/strong>, places the observatory in an advantageous position to incorporate new approach to resolve the challenges of real-time control requirement in the ALMA observatory using hardware\/software tools used in the automation industry based on open standard that could guarantee the life-time duration of this solution for the next decades. At the same time, it is an important instance of linkage with research centers in Chile, thus collaborating with the creation of knowledge and training of human capital.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n After 10 years of operation there are systems that need to be rethought and adjusted to new technologies due to obsolescence problems. One of the most critical areas is the real-time controller (known as ABMs): there are about 80 such controllers distributed throughout the observatory. To address this challenge, a funding of $CLP 200M was […]<\/p>\n