The METIS AO RTC at the beginning of MAIT

METIS is one of the 1st generation instruments of the ELT. Its AO system is equipped with an RTC that uses COTS components and conforms to the RTC requirements of ESO.

This talk will cover the RTC problem size, the hardware solution with GPUs and the software design. Furthermore, the prototype of the hard real-time core and its performance is presented.

 

Martin Kulas, MPIA