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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 maser/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 maser/slave configuration Product Manuals - https://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 (780nm) DBR laser, and a D2-210 (Rb) spectroscopy module. - 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 Last update: 2021/11/23 ice:ice_quickstart_guide https://vescent.com/manuals/doku.php?id=ice:ice_quickstart_guide&rev=1637626853 00:20 Fig. 3: The ICE CS1 Board ICE-PB1 The ICE-PB1 board has Four 6-pin Hirose power connectors. A table of the connectors pinout can be found below. This ICE card is primarily used to power system auxiliaries, such as the D2-210 spectroscopy module, or the D2-260 beatnote detector.
- Page 5 Fig. 6: The ICE Control GUI before Connecting to an ICE Box Now that the ICE Control GUI is open, you must plug your powered on ICE box into your computer using a USB Type-B to USB Type-A adapter, and determine which COM port was assigned to it. To find the ICE box's COM port on Windows, type “Device Manager”...
- Page 6 00:20 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 paranthesis at the end of each line.
- Page 7 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 should be near the middle of a slope.
- Page 8 Last update: 2021/11/23 ice:ice_quickstart_guide https://vescent.com/manuals/doku.php?id=ice:ice_quickstart_guide&rev=1637626853 00:20 Fig. 11: TEXT Engage the Servo button and watch the signals. The top graph should go to a value that corresponds to the feature you were trying to lock to, and the bottom graph should go to zero.
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Page 9: Front Panel
14. The functions and connections are as follows: Power Button Interchangeable ICE Cards ICE Box On Board GUI Monitor Rotary Knob and Button for On Board GUI Navigation ICE Card Slot Indicator Fig. 14: Front Panel of the ICE Box Product Manuals - https://vescent.com/manuals/... -
Page 10: Rear Panel
BNC Interlock D-Sub Combo Power Connector The RS-232 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 11 2022/04/17 02:10 11/11 ICE Box Quick Start Guide From: https://vescent.com/manuals/ - Product Manuals Permanent link: https://vescent.com/manuals/doku.php?id=ice:ice_quickstart_guide&rev=1637626853 Last update: 2021/11/23 00:20 Product Manuals - https://vescent.com/manuals/...