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General MACOS Interface for Modeling and Analysis for Controlled Optical SystemsThe General MACOS Interface (GMI) for Modeling and Analysis for Controlled Optical Systems (MACOS) enables the use of MATLAB as a front-end for JPL s critical optical modeling package, MACOS. MACOS is JPL s in-house optical modeling software, which has proven to be a superb tool for advanced systems engineering of optical systems. GMI, coupled with MACOS, allows for seamless interfacing with modeling tools from other disciplines to make possible integration of dynamics, structures, and thermal models with the addition of control systems for deformable optics and other actuated optics. This software package is designed as a tool for analysts to quickly and easily use MACOS without needing to be an expert at programming MACOS. The strength of MACOS is its ability to interface with various modeling/development platforms, allowing evaluation of system performance with thermal, mechanical, and optical modeling parameter variations. GMI provides an improved means for accessing selected key MACOS functionalities. The main objective of GMI is to marry the vast mathematical and graphical capabilities of MATLAB with the powerful optical analysis engine of MACOS, thereby providing a useful tool to anyone who can program in MATLAB. GMI also improves modeling efficiency by eliminating the need to write an interface function for each task/project, reducing error sources, speeding up user/modeling tasks, and making MACOS well suited for fast prototyping.
Document ID
20120014139
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Other - NASA Tech Brief
External Source(s)
http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/14708
Authors
Sigrist, Norbert (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Basinger, Scott A. (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Redding, David C. (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 26, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 2012
Publication Information
Publication: NASA Tech Briefs, September 2012
Subject Category
Computer Programming And Software
Report/Patent Number
NPO-48009
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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