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
Guider camera front view (without faceplate)
Magellan first light image from guider camera
Greg Burley (burley@
obs.carnegiescience.edu
)
Ian Thompson (ian@
obs.carnegiescience.edu
)