The get_piximgvals call returns a numpy array which contains the pixel values.
The optional parameter tabStops is an array which lists those elements that should be ignored.
This would fill up the array which was used as a buffer.
The copy_piximgvals call returns a numpy array which contains a copy of the pixel values.
Each array, which measures 38 feet across, contains 32,800 silicon cells that convert sunlight into electricity.
The array, which has since been decommissioned, operated over 12 months for a cumulative 14,000 hours.
The sophistication of this array, which it is hoped will grow even larger, shows just how far SETI has come.
In the second system, the electronics are actually mounted onto the array, which is connected to a fiber-optic cable.
Implementation was done in a field programmable gate array, which ensures a low cost.
The information is then stored into another array, which consist of only 0,1,2, and 3.
At next month's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Definitive Technology will be showing off its $1,099 Mythos SSA50 array, which will go on sale in February.
