OpenCSP: Collaborative Code and Data For CSP

Randy Brost; Benjamin Bean; Felicia Brimigion; Margaret Gordon; Evan Harvey; Madeline Hwang; Tristan Larkin; Miranda Mundt; Nicholas Phelps; Braden Smith; Carly Tanaka-Lubensky

doi:10.52825/solarpaces.v3i.2369

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Randy Brost Sandia National Laboratories
Benjamin Bean Sandia National Laboratories
Felicia Brimigion Sandia National Laboratories https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1991-3635
Margaret Gordon Sandia National Laboratories
Evan Harvey Sandia National Laboratories
Madeline Hwang Sandia National Laboratories https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8415-9700
Tristan Larkin Sandia National Laboratories https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0096-9174
Miranda Mundt Sandia National Laboratories https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5283-2138
Nicholas Phelps Sandia National Laboratories https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6170-5751
Braden Smith Sandia National Laboratories https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5225-2042
Carly Tanaka-Lubensky Sandia National Laboratories https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3974-1347

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52825/solarpaces.v3i.2369

Keywords:

CSP Optical Metrology, Open-Source Software, Open-Source Data

Abstract

We are announcing OpenCSP, an open-source platform including source code, applications, and data to enable collaborative development for the CSP community worldwide, supporting industry, research, and education. OpenCSP includes components of code, data, mechanical designs, tools, and documents, all provided under an open-source license allowing unlimited use. The OpenCSP code development environment is set up to enable collaborative team development of high-quality software, yet OpenCSP welcomes both polished code and rough code-in-progress. The goals of OpenCSP are to accelerate transfer of CSP metrology and analysis tools to industry, provide a resource for businesses supporting CSP, support CSP education, and to provide a community collaborative development environment to enable teams to build new advanced CSP applications more quickly, and to speed their deployment.

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