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Electronics General
Alex Ramirez - posted 17:16, Friday 30 June 2023 - last comment - 10:57, Wednesday 05 July 2023(11225)
PCB Update
For ordering electronics I have spoken with Dean and he has suggested the following: Screaming circuits is a good place for stuffing the boards and he uses them frequently without much issue. As for the PCB fabricating, he suggests that we use Sunstone: https://www.sunstone.com/ Dean also mentioned that sunstone has the ability stuff the circuits via screaming circuits, so this will likely be the best option for ordering stuffed PCB's. I will be gathering the BOM and schematics needed, outlined by both sunstone and screaming circuits, to prepare possible orders for the following: https://dcc.ligo.org/LIGO-D1300671 (Homodyne Detector) https://dcc.ligo.org/LIGO-D2000388 (MIT DC QPD Circuits) And the whitening board that I will be further modifying using the Max333A logic switches (TBD). I am waiting on the MAX333A chips to arrive to do some final testing on before finalizing the schematics. (refer to servo components schematic... https://awiki.ligo-wa.caltech.edu/wiki/LabAmp) https://dcc.ligo.org/LIGO-D1001530 (aLIGO ISC Whitening Board) Lastly, Dean had no real preference on BNC cable brands for making our own, he suggests we just purchase pre-made BNC cables.
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Ian MacMillan - 10:57, Wednesday 05 July 2023 (11227)

His first solo log post,

starts Ian's Haiku machine,

electronics stuff.