The Multipurpose Interferometer Array Pathfinder (MIA), developed from the Argentine Institute of Radio Astronomy (IAR), is a radio astronomical instrument based on interferometry techniques, designed for the detection of radio emission from astronomical sources. Phase one consists of 16 antennas of 5 meters in diameter, with the possibility of increasing their number. In addition, it is equipped with a dual polarization receiver with a bandwidth of 250 MHz, centered at 1325 MHz, and a digitizer and processor for the correlation functions. For the development of this instrument, a three antenna pathfinder is currently being built with its positioning control, radio frequency systems, acquisition and processing stages. This paper will describe the concept design and their current progress for each stage.

翻译：多用途干涉仪阵列探路者（MIA），由阿根廷射电天文研究所（IAR）开发，是一种基于干涉测量技术的射电天文仪器，旨在探测天文源的射电辐射。第一阶段包括16根直径5米的天线，并可增加其数量。此外，它配备了一个双极化接收器，带宽为250 MHz，中心频率为1325 MHz，以及用于相关函数的数字化仪和处理器。为开发该仪器，目前正在构建一个三天线探路者，包含其定位控制、射频系统、采集和处理阶段。本文将描述各阶段的概念设计及其当前进展。