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| − | The Instrument Backplane GPIB | + | The Instrument Backplane Tester (IB Tester), also known as the Continuity Checker, is a GPIB card with the same footprint as all plug-in MCE cards and can be used to measure impedances of the cryostat interface and identify shorts and opens in the cryostat and/or the MCE. The test setup relies on running a Labview script. |
* [http://www.phas.ubc.ca/%7Emce/mcedocs/hardware/tech_description/sc2-ele-s58e-502_gpib_ib_tester_description.pdf IB Tester Functional Description] | * [http://www.phas.ubc.ca/%7Emce/mcedocs/hardware/tech_description/sc2-ele-s58e-502_gpib_ib_tester_description.pdf IB Tester Functional Description] | ||
Revision as of 16:14, 30 August 2016
Template:Hierarchy header The Instrument Backplane Tester (IB Tester), also known as the Continuity Checker, is a GPIB card with the same footprint as all plug-in MCE cards and can be used to measure impedances of the cryostat interface and identify shorts and opens in the cryostat and/or the MCE. The test setup relies on running a Labview script.
Additional Software
Labview solution
- For Windows Platform, Labview Report Generation Software, Version 1.1.1, National Instruments, here
- tips on running mce ib-tester
python solution
Eric S. from GSFC has rewritten the code in pyton:
"The excel channel MUX spreadsheet is exported to .txt. This uses a Prologix GPIB/USB interface rather than National Instruments. The Prologix communicates as a serial device over pyserial. National instruments will work in python, too, but as far as I can tell only through installing pyvisa, which takes more setup than pyserial. Feel free to use and extend!"
Additional Hardware
- GPIB to USB Adaptor:
- National Instruments, GPIB-USB-HS OR GPIB-USB-B (discontinued)
- Prologix GPIB/USB
- GPIB Cable: here
- Digital Multi-Meter: Agilent 34401A
