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# purple, gray = Z coil
# purple, gray = Z coil
# black, white = thermoresistor
# black, white = thermoresistor


== 12/09/2016 ==

Tested the polarimeter boards assembled by Alec. Most boards work, there are a few connectivity issues with the ones that don't work. Realigned the magnetometer and verified it works with the new Helmholtz system.

== 12/12/2016 ==

Found a bug in the FPGA firmware that affected the single channel magnetometer setup in Chamberlain. It prevented chrips from coming out due to a race condition. Making a measurement with the buffer gas cell to verify the new coils work correctly.

Resistor values in the current source in Chamberlain and WIMR are: 50 Ω, 50o Ω, 1 kΩ, 5 kΩ. The values in the chamberlain magnetometer VI have to be multiplied by 2 because of how the circuit is designed.

=== Buffer gas cell runs ===

* Run 09
** Noise 0 - magnetic field noise (other two didn't work)

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12/07/2016

The signal amplitude from the OTS cell seems to be smaller than from the buffer gas cells. I talked to Mike and we are concerned that this might be because of the large field gradients due to the small shell coils. It might be possible that the field is not zero in all parts of the cell.

For this reason I've made a larger Helmholtz coil system. Here is the calibration of the coil system. There is also an anti-helmholtz coil in the Y direction, but it's not connected and not calibrated.

Calibration data

Direction B at Imax (240 mA), nT B at -Imax (-240 mA), nT
X 11380 -10250
Y 13180 -11600
Z 8140 -9760

Coil calibration

Direction nT/mA
X 45.06
Y 51.95
Z 37.29

Shell pinout (left to right)

  1. orange, yellow = X coil
  2. green, blue = Y coil
  3. purple, gray = Z coil
  4. black, white = thermoresistor


12/09/2016

Tested the polarimeter boards assembled by Alec. Most boards work, there are a few connectivity issues with the ones that don't work. Realigned the magnetometer and verified it works with the new Helmholtz system.

12/12/2016

Found a bug in the FPGA firmware that affected the single channel magnetometer setup in Chamberlain. It prevented chrips from coming out due to a race condition. Making a measurement with the buffer gas cell to verify the new coils work correctly.

Resistor values in the current source in Chamberlain and WIMR are: 50 Ω, 50o Ω, 1 kΩ, 5 kΩ. The values in the chamberlain magnetometer VI have to be multiplied by 2 because of how the circuit is designed.

Buffer gas cell runs

  • Run 09
    • Noise 0 - magnetic field noise (other two didn't work)