Welcome to ccatkidlib’s Documentation!
The CCAT Observatory will employ tens of thousands of kinetic inductance detectors (KID) in its first-generation science instrument Prime-Cam. The immense number of KIDs are read out using Xilinx ZCU111 Radio Frequency System on a Chip (RFSoC) boards that are controlled using the primecam_readout firmware and software. ccatkidlib aims to aggregate the general, low-level readout functions provided by primecam_readout into high-level functions tailored towards calibration and readout of KIDs. Alongside data acquisition capabilities, ccatkidlib provides a suite of tools for analyzing and visualizing KID data collected using RFSoC boards. An in-depth overview of CCAT Observatory’s readout hardware and software stack can be found here.