18/19 January 2003IMACS SAC meeting update1 IMACS: Inamori-Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph...
-
Upload
louisa-kelly -
Category
Documents
-
view
220 -
download
2
Transcript of 18/19 January 2003IMACS SAC meeting update1 IMACS: Inamori-Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph...
18/19 January 2003 IMACS SAC meeting update
1
IMACS:Inamori-Magellan Areal Camera and
Spectrograph
Magellan SAC Status Report
18/19 January 2003
OCIW, Pasadena, Ca
18/19 January 2003 IMACS SAC meeting update
2
IMACS project team:
A. Dressler Pr. Investigator
B. Bigelow Instrument Scientist
B. Sutin, H. Epps Optical des./eng.
B. Bigelow, T. Hare
S. Gunnels, G. Luppino,
R. Cleary Mechanical des.
V. Kowal, R. Storts, J. Castillo Mechanical fab.
A. Bagish, D. Carr, J. Asa Electronics
G. Burley, I. Thompson, J. Estrada Detector systems
C. Birk, K. Clardy Software eng.
18/19 January 2003 IMACS SAC meeting update
6
Optics Status:
Collimator:
C01 (field lens) - C05 done, installed
Long Camera:
L01-L06 done, installed
Short Camera:
S01 - S09 done, mounted
Grisms:
200 l/mm done, ready to mount
300 l/mm ruling at RGL
600 l/mm ruling at RGL
18/19 January 2003 IMACS SAC meeting update
7
Optics Status cont.
Filters: 2 sets of CTIO B,V,I, done, mounted
2 sets of CTIO R done, mounted
CTIO U (LCAM) awaits ADC coating
Sloan u’, g’, r’, i’, z’ not ordered
Imaging Mirrors: Al mirror mounted
Ag mirror done
Echellette Optics
Grating done
Prism (Zygo) IP
18/19 January 2003 IMACS SAC meeting update
9
Mechanical Engineering Status:
Guide camera stages (Hare) done, mounted
Calibration lamp system (Hare) IP
Mask server (Bigelow) done, mounted
Field Lens (Hare) done, mounted
Shutters (Hare) done, mounted
Filter servers (Bond/Bigelow) done, mounted
Disperser server (Hare) done, mounted
- Grating cells (Bigelow) 1 of 6 done
- Grism cells (Bigelow) IP
- Mirror cells (Bigelow) 1 of 2 done
18/19 January 2003 IMACS SAC meeting update
12
Mechanical Engineering cont.
Collimator mech. (Bigelow) done, mounted
Long camera mech. (Bigelow) done, mounted
Short camera mech. (Bigelow) done, assy IP
Dewar (Luppino) done, mounted
Instrument Structure (Gunnels) done
Instrument Carriage (Gunnels) done
Instrument Enclosures (Gunnels) done, minor mods IP
Instrument Utility wrap (Gunnels) done
Integral Field Unit (Durham) IP
18/19 January 2003 IMACS SAC meeting update
15
Electronic Engineering (Baggish):
Schematics design (all motion stages) done
(4) Motion control (MC) chassis, done
(1) Power supply chassis, done
(1) Shutter control chassis done
(2) Electronics racks for chassis done
(2) SA + FC power supply chassis* IP
(2) Guider power supply chassis* IP
Instr. wiring harnesses IP
*new since last meeting
18/19 January 2003 IMACS SAC meeting update
16
Detector systems:
Guide cameras:
- 3 cameras in house, one loaned to LCO
Science array:
- First light with 7 chip array 12/10/02
- Multiple test runs, flexure testing IP
- CCD copper cooling strap tuning IP
- Test/integration of detector focus and flexure control IP
- Electronic/software integration IP
18/19 January 2003 IMACS SAC meeting update
17
Software:
Instrument Control (Birk)
Individual module testing:
Module GUI status H/W testsPr. Guider done 80%SH guider done 80%CF guider done 90%Slit Mask Server done 75%Disperser Server 90% 50%Long Camera Focus done 90%Filter Servers (2) done 90%Flexure Control done 75%Detector Focus 50% 10%HP Sensor System done 60%
18/19 January 2003 IMACS SAC meeting update
18
Software:
Instrument Control cont.
Integrated instrument testing:
- One GUI at this level, showing all critical aspects of each module (encoder positions, limit status, temperatures, etc).
- This GUI is written and 90% tested, unfinished stages remain (Disperser Server, Grating tilts, detect. focus)
User Level Software:
- Two GUIs at this level:
- Instr. control interface (select a grating, etc.) - 75% done
- Graphical Instr. Status Display - 50% done
18/19 January 2003 IMACS SAC meeting update
19
Software:
Science Array Control (Birk)
Shutter control:
- micro-controller for linear motors 90% done
CCD readout / camera control:
- “ccdserver” for array readout working
- “camgui” for user interface working
Quick-Look Tool:
- functional with *real* data 90% done
18/19 January 2003 IMACS SAC meeting update
20
Slit Masks:
Laser mask cutting system:
- high quality masks delivered to SBS for testing
- some laser tuning issues remain
- still debugging RS-274 (G-code) generation - syntax
- storage of used masks?
- order of large stock of mask blanks?
- mask blanks approx. $100 each
18/19 January 2003 IMACS SAC meeting update
22
Coming up:
- Final assembly and testing of F/2 camera
- Final integration of detector system
- Fab of grism cells, mounting of grisms (3)
- Fab of grating cells (5), and tilt mechanisms (3)
- Power supply chassis (3), SA & FC controllers, guiders
- Instrument cooling system plumbing
- Thermal testing (Bally enclosure due 1/27/03)
- Shipping preparations started