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ICE Box Quick Start Guide
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Description
The ICE (Integrated Control Electronics) box is a compact suite of digitally controlled electronics that
will precisely drive and stabilize our D2-100 DBR lasers and an associated array of photonics tools. It
will simplify your experimental design and reduce SWaP while still providing the same high
performance we offer in our D2 modular units. The ICE-Box conveniently houses and interfaces up to
eight ICE daughter boards plus the Master and Control board to allow integrated control over complex
laser experiments. Easily control four lasers and more
commands, the front-panel, or a GUI.
Fig. 1: The ICE Box controlling an atom-
locked 4 laser system in master/slave
configuration
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Summary of Contents for Vescent ICE Box
- Page 1 Easily control four lasers and more (figure 1) from a single device through serial commands, the front-panel, or a GUI. Fig. 1: The ICE Box controlling an atom- locked 4 laser system in master/slave configuration Product Manuals - https://www.vescent.com/manuals/...
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Page 2: List Of Symbols
The sections below will guide you through setting up the ICE Box, and obtaining a lock to spectroscopy using the ICE Box GUI. The laser system used in this example is a D2-100... - Page 3 ICE Box. The four LEDs on the front of the ICE PS2 power supply indicate whether the ICE Box is in standby mode (top LED on), or receiving full power (bottom three LEDs on).
- Page 4 Fig. 4: The ICE PB1 Board Installing and Using the ICE Control GUI This guide demonstrates interfacing with the ICE Box using the Vescent ICE GUI purely because it is a convenient visual aid. However, the official ICE GUI has several known...
- Page 5 Once you're finished downloading and unzipping, navigate to the extracted file and double click “ICE_Control”, which should be an executable with the Vescent Logo as its icon. A blank command prompt window will appear, and the ICE Control GUI will take a minute or two to open. It is not necessary to type any commands into the command prompt window.
- Page 6 7). Unplug the USB cable from your ICE Box and watch the list of COM ports to see which one disappears. Plug your ICE Box back in and observe the new COM port device appear in the menu. The COM port of each device is listed in parentheses at the end of each line.
- Page 7 Fig. 8: QT1 GUI showing TSet(C) and T Min/T Max locations If using a D2-100 DBR laser purchased from Vescent, refer to the documentation which came with the laser to find the approximate Stage 2 setpoint. Once the desired value is entered, click the Servo: Off/On button to engage the temperature servo.
- Page 8 Whatever is lined up with the center line on the plots is the feature the ICE Box will try to lock to. If you want to lock to a peak, align the top graph with the peak you want, and note that the bottom graph's peak lock signal should be near the middle of a slope.
- Page 9 Fig. 12: When the ICE Box locks to spectroscopy, the top graph will flatten out at a DC offset corresponding to the locked feature (Yellow Line) If these do not happen, it might mean that your Op Offset and Gain settings are not optimal such as...
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Page 10: Front Panel
The 4MHz frequency dither which is used to generate the peak lock signal is written onto the D2-100 being controlled by the ICE box, so the smaller the dither amplitude can be the better. -
Page 11: Rear Panel
5V/500mA fan connection pins D-Sub Combo Power Connector The DB-9 Connector (1) is NOT for powering the ICE Box. Do not confuse it with the daisy chain power system used in the D2 product line. Attempting to use this connector for power may damage your ICE Box. - Page 12 Last update: 2021/12/07 22:58 ice:ice_quickstart_guide https://www.vescent.com/manuals/doku.php?id=ice:ice_quickstart_guide Fig. 15: The Rear Panel of the ICE Box Contact sales [at] vescent [dot] com for questions and corrections, or to request added functionality. not compatible with RS-232 From: https://www.vescent.com/manuals/ - Product Manuals Permanent link: https://www.vescent.com/manuals/doku.php?id=ice:ice_quickstart_guide...
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