Hacking for astronomy: can 3D printers and open-hardware enable low-cost sub-/millimeter instrumentation?
Hacking for astronomy: can 3D printers and open-hardware enable low-cost sub-/millimeter instrumentation?
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天文学黑客：3D 打印机和开放硬件能否实现低成本亚/毫米仪器？
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2014
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C. Ferkinhoff
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作者：
C. Ferkinhoff
硬件黑客社区常用的技术已经取得了一些令人兴奋的发展。低成本增材制造工艺（即 3D 打印机）的进步和开放硬件项目的开发，生产出了廉价且易于编程的微控制器和微型计算机（即 Arduino 和 Raspberry Pi），为寻求制造自己的设备的个人打开了一扇新的大门。在这里，我们描述了这些技术在降低亚毫米/毫米天文仪器的建造和开发成本方面的潜力。具体来说，我们已经开始了一项计划，测量 3D 打印机中使用的定制塑料的光学特性以及打印机的精度和分辨率，以评估直接打印亚/毫米透射光学器件的可行性。我们还将讨论利用 Arduino 和 Raspberry Pi 进行低温温度测量和控制的低成本设计。
There have been several exciting developments in the technologies commonly used n in the hardware hacking community. Advances in low cost additive-manufacturing processes (i.e. 3D-printers) and the development of openhardware projects, which have produced inexpensive and easily programmable micro-controllers and micro-computers (i.e. Arduino and Raspberry Pi) have opened a new door for individuals seeking to make their own devices. Here we describe the potential for these technologies to reduce costs in construction and development of submillimeter/millimeter astronomical instrumentation. Specifically we have begun a program to measure the optical properties of the custom plastics used in 3D-printers as well as the printer accuracy and resolution to assess the feasibility of directly printing sub- /millimeter transmissive optics. We will also discuss low cost designs for cryogenic temperature measurement and control utilizing Arduino and Raspberry Pi.