Kevin Ryan

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NRAO Software Engineer


VLA Expansion Project (EVLA).

NRAO is in the process of enhancing the capabilities of the Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope.  Find out more about this by visiting the VLA Expansion Project site.


EVLA will use a new correlator being developed by Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO) called WIDAR.


Here is nice overview of the system used to familiarize the VLA Operators.


Here are some raw pictures of the EVLA Correlator System and components taken throughout the life of the project.


Other Work Stuff

Booting VxWorks from FLASH RAM is a detailed description of how to build a ROM resident VxWorks image, load it into the FLASH memory of an MVME162-FX VME processor and boot from it.


Other stuff stuff

The solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 as seen projected on the wall of our house through tree leaves.



kryan@aoc.nrao.edu

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