{"id":5300,"date":"2025-10-14T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cedint.upm.es\/sin-categorizar\/design-and-development-of-the-control-system-for-the-t90-telescope\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:40:00","slug":"design-and-development-of-the-control-system-for-the-t90-telescope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cedint.upm.es\/en\/sin-categorizar\/design-and-development-of-the-control-system-for-the-t90-telescope\/","title":{"rendered":"Design and development of the control system for the T90 telescope"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date: September 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Author:<\/strong> Carlos L\u00f3pez Iniesta D\u00edaz del Campo
Supervisor:<\/strong> Guillermo del Campo Jim\u00e9nez (Tutor, UPM)
School:<\/strong> Technical School of Telecommunication Engineering (ETSIT-UPM)
Program:<\/strong> Master\u2019s Degree in Electronic Systems Engineering
Research Group:<\/strong> Home Automation and Energy Efficiency
Type of Work:<\/strong> Master\u2019s Thesis (TFM)<\/p>\n

Abstract and Relevant Contributions:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In his Master\u2019s Thesis, Carlos L\u00f3pez Iniesta D\u00edaz del Campo<\/strong> developed an advanced telemetry and control system<\/strong> for the secondary mirror of the T90 Telescope<\/strong> at the Sierra Nevada Observatory (OSN)<\/strong>, aiming to enhance the telescope\u2019s precision, stability, and energy efficiency.<\/p>\n

The project combines embedded control technologies<\/strong> with high-precision instrumentation to provide the telescope with automatic focusing capabilities<\/strong>, ensuring optimal image sharpness and enabling mechanical fault detection<\/strong> through energy consumption monitoring.<\/p>\n

The system features a custom-designed electronic architecture<\/strong> centered on an ESP32-S2 microcontroller<\/strong>, chosen for its integrated Wi-Fi connectivity and energy efficiency. Complementing this are an ADS131M03 analog-to-digital converter<\/strong>, which delivers high-precision voltage, current, and position readings, and a TB6600HG stepper motor driver<\/strong> that manages the movement of the secondary mirror. <\/p>\n

The firmware<\/strong>, developed in C\/C++ using Arduino and FreeRTOS<\/strong>, handles data acquisition, motor control, and bidirectional communication with the telescope\u2019s central system via TCP\/IP sockets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

During the validation phase, laboratory tests confirmed the system\u2019s high reliability in motor control<\/strong>, accurate detection of safety events<\/strong> (limit switches and stop commands), and efficient power monitoring<\/strong>. The results demonstrate that the solution meets the required precision, robustness, and safety standards<\/strong>, making it ready for integration into the telescope\u2019s control platform. <\/p>\n

This work represents a significant contribution to the field of astronomical instrumentation<\/strong>, providing an efficient and adaptable system<\/strong> that improves maintenance processes, reduces the risk of mechanical failures, and extends the operational life of scientific observation equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: September 2025 Author: Carlos L\u00f3pez Iniesta D\u00edaz del CampoSupervisor: Guillermo del Campo Jim\u00e9nez (Tutor, UPM)School: Technical School of Telecommunication Engineering (ETSIT-UPM)Program: Master\u2019s Degree in Electronic Systems EngineeringResearch Group: Home Automation and Energy EfficiencyType of Work: Master\u2019s Thesis (TFM) Abstract and Relevant Contributions: In his Master\u2019s Thesis, Carlos L\u00f3pez Iniesta D\u00edaz del Campo developed an advanced telemetry and control system for the secondary mirror of the T90 Telescope at the[…]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sin-categorizar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cedint.upm.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cedint.upm.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cedint.upm.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cedint.upm.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cedint.upm.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cedint.upm.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cedint.upm.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cedint.upm.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cedint.upm.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cedint.upm.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}