Architecture of Sidekick Model 1¶
Sidekick Model 1 is designed to be inexpensive, easy to understand, and easy to build. It incorporates a motorized element. It's a great way to get your first experience with EPICS.
Elements of the Sidekick Model 1¶
The Sidekick Model 1 demo consists of:
- Light source (six LEDs)
- Optical detector (a phototransistor)
- Shutter (a servo motor which swings an object to block light)
- Several Raspberry Pi computers
- Several Arduino microcontrollers
- Laptops
- A wired local area network
All components work together thanks to EPICS, which runs on all the computers in the system. The workload of control, acquisition, analysis, and visualization is distributed.
