Continuing with the OSEM testing. I measure the resistance of the wires from the RLC meter to the coil to be ~ 0.9ohm. I will subtract this number from the subsequent coil resistance measurements.

I took the old MC1 satellite box for powering the PD and LED in the OSEM assemblies. I connected an idc breakout board to J4 and powered the box with a DC supply according to the box's schematics.

After getting a bit confused about some voltage reading from one of the PD readouts Gautam came and basically redid the whole rig. Instead of using breakout boards, he powered the amplifier circuit directly from the DC supply. Then, to connect the OSEM pinboard directly to the J1 connector he made a DB25 ribbon cable where the two connectors are opposite to one another to mimic the situation with the vacuum feedthru. He also connected a DB25 to BNCs breakout cable, specific to the satellite box, to the J3 port to read the individual PDs through a BNC connector. We managed to confirm the normal operation of one OSEM (Normal PD voltage and LED light spot hitting the PD using a camera with no IR filter).

It was getting a bit late. Going to start checking the OSEMs tomorrow.