Smart Antenna and Radio Astronomy Systems

Welcome Research Assistants!

This page will get you started as new team member, as well as give lab-specific information to help you in your research work.

First Time Set-up

1. Sign up for access to our Gitlab and Mattermost. Contact a Gitlab admin (Mitch Burnett @mcb or Carson Brown @carsonrb) on your team and give them:

   • Desired username
   • Email

   Gitlab is our git server website and system. Mattermost is our chat server, similar to Slack, and has a downloadable app.

2. Get access to the code projects you need. Contact the project lead (or a gitlab admin).

3. Get access to the 'warnickshare' CAEDM group. It shows up on your J: drive and has many resources used across projects (e.g. Altium libraries)

4. Get access to the lab on the 5th floor of the Clyde building. Get the MERS code from the shop. A note from a professor or walk-in with a senior grad student is required.

Smart Antenna Systems (SAS)

Projects

• LATIS and its wiki
• SWIFT and its wiki

Old projects

• CUAS RFSoC
• NAVAIR
• CUAS-SAA-SAFE
• OverHorizon

Radio Astronomy Systems (RAS)

Projects

• ALPACA and its wiki
• ONR-related

Old projects

• FLAG

Additional links

These are usually used for RAS projects:

• GPU Tutorials
• Hashpipe
• Casper Tools

Lab

• Testchamber wiki

Lab Skills

• Browse the 'warnickshare' CAEDM group for miscellaneous resources
• Altium Designer
  • Getting Started with PCB Design Software
  • Main Documentation
  • Exporting Board Gerber Files
• Empire
  • Official Youtube Tutorials
• Ansys HFSS
  • Official Youtube HowTos
• Lab-related wiki

Lastly: Tribal Knowledge

Other General Information

• Git

  • A note on naming: Gitlab and Github are just websites for controlling the git version control system. Gitlab is self-hosted and what we run for our teams.
  • Git cheat sheet

• Remote work