[Aaron, gautam]
We did a quick check of this board today. Main takeaways:
- There are two voltages (HV pos and HV neg) that are output from this unit.
- Presumably, these goto different piezoelectric elements, referenced to ground. Are there any spec sheets for these describing the geometry/threshold voltages?
- The outputs are:

- So with
, we expect to be able to use +/- 7.5 V of DAC range.
- The trim pot had to be adjusted to realize
.
- I assume 150V is some kind of damage threshold of the PZT, so there is no benefit to using 10V offset voltage (as this would result in 200 V at full range DAC voltages).
With the correct , we expect 0V from the DAC to result in 0 actuation on the mirror, assuming that an equal 75V goes to 2 PZTs mounted diametrically opposite on the optic. Hopefully, this means we have sufficient range to scan the input pointing into the OMC and get some sort of signal in the REFL signal (while length PZT is being scanned) which indicates a resonance.
We plan to carve out some IFO time for this work next week. |