Self-Tuning Mechanism for the Design of Adaptive Secondary Mirror Position Control PROJECT TITLE :Self-Tuning Mechanism for the Design of Adaptive Secondary Mirror Position ControlABSTRACT:Deformable mirrors (DMs) are electromechanical devices used in ground-primarily based telescopes to catch up on the distortions caused by the atmospheric turbulence, the most factor limiting the resolution of astronomical imaging. Adaptive secondary mirrors (ASMs) represent a brand new type of DMs; 2 of them are recently put in on the 8-m-category massive binocular telescope (LBT). ASMs can jointly correct rigid and nonrigid wave-front distortions thanks to the use of force actuators distributed on the overall mirror surface. As an offset, every actuator needs to be piloted by a fervent controller, whose parameters should be accurately tuned to obtain the specified mirror shape. At the present time, the calibration of the controller parameters is executed manually. This paper presents a completely unique automatic controller tuning procedure that does not depend upon the modeling of the mirror dynamics. The experimental validation on a prototype reproducing the three innermost rings of the LBT ASM is reported. Did you like this research project? To get this research project Guidelines, Training and Code... Click Here facebook twitter google+ linkedin stumble pinterest Design of Optimal Scan Tree Based on Compact Test Patterns for Test Time Reduction Fast Random Walk Based Capacitance Extraction for the 3-D IC Structures With Cylindrical Inter-Tier-Vias