REDAC Manual

This is the official manual for the Reconfigurable Discrete Analog Computer, in short REDAC, made by anabrid GmbH.

You can find a printable PDF version of this manual at https://redac.anabrid.com/manual.pdf and a browser friendly online version at https://anabrid.dev/docs/redac-manual/dirhtml/

Version of this document:

v1.0-NN-g6a89d8f (for details see section Section 18.1.1)

Build time:

Feb 19, 2025

Authors:

anabrid GmbH, Am Stadtpark 3, 12167 Berlin, Germany

Copyright:

© 2025 anabrid GmbH and DLR e.V., Patents pending

How to read the manual: As a regular user, you only need the User manual. If you are a system administrator/operator, you should furthermore read the Operators manual. For software and hardware developers, the Developers manual is of most interest. All manual parts should be read in order, i.e. always consider the user manual first and the developer manual last.

Users manual

• 1. Preface
• 2. Getting started
  • 2.1. Requirements
  • 2.2. Installing the Python client
  • 2.3. Logging in
  • 2.4. Using the CLI
• 3. Architecture Introduction
  • 3.1. REDAC internals
  • 3.2. The system matrix
  • 3.3. Available compuing elements
• 4. Example Applications
• 5. Further reading
• 6. Anabrid Operations
  • 6.1. List of provided services
  • 6.2. User account creation
  • 6.3. Profile user data policy

Operators manual

• 7. Introduction
  • 7.1. Intended Audience
  • 7.2. Confidential Credentials given at system handover
  • 7.3. Public Information on your REDAC installation
• 8. Physical Setup
  • 8.1. Spatial requirements
  • 8.2. Safety Instructions for Physical Handling of the Device
  • 8.3. On-Device Indentifier Tags
  • 8.4. Moving
  • 8.5. Device Disposal
• 9. Powering the system
  • 9.1. System Startup
  • 9.2. System Shutdown
• 10. Internal network
  • 10.1. Initial network setup/access
  • 10.2. The Mikrotik Router
  • 10.3. The Super Controller Server
  • 10.4. How user access works from outside
• 11. Services
  • 11.1. Relevant systemd units
  • 11.2. Docker service overview
  • 11.3. How to (re-)install the relevant software on the server
• 12. Authentification
  • 12.1. Scope and capablities of Keycloak on REDAC
  • 12.2. REDAC Keycloak clients

Developers manual

• 13. Introduction
• 14. Architecture Reference
  • 14.1. REDAC Hierarchy
  • 14.2. Block reference
  • 14.3. Digital Network
• 15. Software
  • 15.1. Client Computers
  • 15.2. Software on the SuperController
  • 15.3. Firmware on Microcontrollers
• 16. Usage modes
  • 16.1. Queue access
  • 16.2. Immediate SuperController access
  • 16.3. Immediate Microcontroller access
  • 16.4. JupyterHub/Browser access
• 17. Hardware
• 18. Appendix
  • 18.1. On the REDAC handbook
  • 18.2. List of Abbreviations
  • 18.3. Glossary

Appendices

• Index

• Search Page

• CE Conformity declaration