Magellan Guider Camera Design Description

Overview

Guider camera requirements

Selection of CCD

CCD Thermo-electric cooling

Electronics Design
Block diagram (pdf)
Preamplifiers
DSP Timing generator
Signal Processing
Clock drivers
Power supply
Host PCI interface

Timing and Operation

Software

Mechanical Design

Lab Test Results

Development Tools

CAD Files

Photos

Data sheets

Related links

FAQ

GCAM open front face
Guider camera front view (without faceplate)

Magellan first light image
Magellan first light image from guider camera
Greg Burley (burley@obs.carnegiescience.edu)
Ian Thompson (ian@obs.carnegiescience.edu)