  Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) are cryogenic photon detectors
and are attractive because they permit simultaneous time, energy and spatial
resolution of faint astronomical sources. We present a cost-effective
alternative to dedicated (e.g. analogue) electronics for prototyping readout of
single-pixel Optical/NIR MKIDs by repurposing existing and well-known ROACH-1
boards. We also present a pipeline that modernises previously-developed
software and data frameworks to allow for extensiblity to new applications and
portability to new hardware (e.g. Xilinx ZCU111 or 2x2 RFSoC boards).
