Introduction¶
The RTC Toolkit (RTC Tk) is a suite of software tools, libraries and example implementations for the development of the Soft Real-Time Cluster (SRTC) of an ELT-scale adaptive optics realtime computer (AO RTC).
The toolkit is being developed by ESO to help instrument developers implement their (S)RTC systems.
The information presented in this document is based on the principles defined in the RTC Toolkit Design document. It is recommended that readers make themselves familiar with the design document first, in order to understand the terms and concepts.
Scope¶
This document is the developers manual for the ELT RTC Toolkit. The intended audience are ELT users, consortia developers or software quality assurance engineers.
Overview¶
The RTC Toolkit foresees the following software artefacts:
Note
Since the RTC Toolkit is being developed in an iterative way the current release may not yet include all the artefacts depicted above. It is also possible that some artefacs are covered only partially, they will be refined to their full functionality in future versions.