The Bologna pulsar system was primarily designed to use the E-W arm of the Northern Cross radiotelescope for a large scale survey for millisecond and submillisecond pulsars. The system is also used for timing "normal" pulsars.

The main components of the pulsar system are:

• The IF section and beam rotation network
• The data acquisition subsystem
• The real-time data processing subsystem
• The survey database
• The timing database

Last Updated 17-Nov-2005