COMODOR: ESA’s new modular CMOS controller for science payload validation activities

F. Lemmel; C. Robinson; E. Ryman; A. Meoli; T. Prod'homme; I. Visser; C. van der Luijt; H. Smit; S. Blommaert; D. Breeveld; J. ter Haar; B. Shortt

doi:10.1117/12.3020163

27 August 2024 COMODOR: ESA’s new modular CMOS controller for science payload validation activities

F. Lemmel, C. Robinson, E. Ryman, A. Meoli, T. Prod'homme, I. Visser, C. van der Luijt, H. Smit, S. Blommaert, D. Breeveld, J. ter Haar, B. Shortt

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Proceedings Volume 13103, X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy XI; 131031X (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020163
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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ESA’s Science Payload Validation laboratory is responsible for the characterization of detectors (CCDs, CMOS, MCT hybridised arrays, etc.) under technology development or foreseen to be used in ESA’s science missions. In this context, the ESA’s Science Payload Validation laboratory has developed COMODOR (ESA’s COntroller for cMOs DetectOR), a new modular CMOS controller focused on controlling and reading out new and future large format infrared and visible CMOS imaging sensors. A prototype for COMODOR has been developed and is currently in use to characterize Leonardo’s IBEX 2k x 2k pixels MCT-hybridised detector. To achieve such a goal, COMODOR is based on a modular architecture which contains a Xilinx PCIe FPGA Video card to readout the detector and to reconstruct the images, a PCIe Timing Card to drive the timing clocks and control the detector, an in-house Front End-Electronic Video board which accommodates ADCs to sample analogue video channels and Power Supply boards to provide low-noise power supplies for the analogue chain and to the detector. The entire system is under the control of a dedicated Linux computer. In this contribution we give an overview of the architecture, a description of key elements, and provide a first report on functionality and performance testing activities. We also provide an outlook of the next improvements and corresponding challenges.

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F. Lemmel, C. Robinson, E. Ryman, A. Meoli, T. Prod'homme, I. Visser, C. van der Luijt, H. Smit, S. Blommaert, D. Breeveld, J. ter Haar, and B. Shortt "COMODOR: ESA’s new modular CMOS controller for science payload validation activities", Proc. SPIE 13103, X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy XI, 131031X (27 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020163

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