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  546   Thu Apr 3 13:23:37 2025 shaneUpdateCDSUPS interfacingUpdate on UPS serial interfacing: the driver
for the UPS webcard has been installed on
spica (for UPS1 in room 1119) and logrus
  
  545   Tue Apr 1 11:47:08 2025 LiuUpdate     Thermal_state_decoder_update.pdf 
  544   Mon Mar 31 15:41:56 2025 Xuesi MaUpdate  The result from AI Chassis bypass test
showed that the AI Chassis may be the problem.
There are no spikes from DAC's direct output.
  
  543   Mon Mar 31 11:26:45 2025 Luke JohnsonUpdateScripts/ProgramsHeatmaps of power delivery performance These plots show the required temperature
to release 100W of power and the efficiency
of a particular configuration with half-width
 temp_required.pngefficiency.png 
  542   Tue Mar 25 12:56:47 2025 TylerUpdateTCSFROSTI Analysis FinalizationUpon final review of the FROSTI analysis
included in the (hopefully) soon-to-be submitted
instrument paper, I've made some adjustments
 FROSTI_OPD_profile.pdfFROSTI_temperature_profile.pdf 
  541   Sun Mar 23 15:39:06 2025 Luke JohnsonUpdateScripts/ProgramsRingheater Location optimizationAttached are some plots that show a new parameter
sweep with a finer mesh then before. I have
also been able to get a heatmap of power
 _4-4.png_40.png02.pngHOM_power.svg 
  540   Tue Mar 11 11:28:52 2025 CynthiaUpdateInterferometer Simulationsflattening mirror to study power discrepency   updates_3_11_(1).pdf 
  539   Tue Mar 11 10:43:57 2025 Xuesi MaUpdate  Continue investigation in the spikes
Pulsed ADC with a function generator
and find no spikes. Rules out ADC for causing
 20250310_171936.jpg 
  537   Mon Mar 10 21:32:29 2025 NathanPhysicsElectronicsBeam Profiling and PBS MeasurementsBeam wasn't diverging, however maybe was about
to diverge when measurements stopped? Will
discuss the PBS measurements and how the
 Beam_Profiling_2_20_(2).pdfbeamprfl.pngthumbnail_(6).jfif 
  536   Mon Mar 10 21:13:12 2025 NathanUpdateVLC UpdatePDH Lock Progress and Next StepsProgress update: Photodiode is set up, need
to set up DC bias tee, EOM has 400-600nm
wavelength range with a resonance frequency
 thumbnail_(2).jfifthumbnail_(4).jfifthumbnail_(5).jfifVisible_Light_Optical_Cavity_(2).pdf 
  535   Mon Mar 10 17:03:52 2025 ShaneUpdateCDSPressure Gauge successful connectVac system serial interfacing update: the
pressure gauge is now able to communicate
successfully through the code. It's been
  
  534   Wed Mar 5 18:13:20 2025 ShaneUpdateCDSvac system comms

[Shane, Jon] 

Update on the serial interfacing with
the Inficon VGC503 pressure gauge: We began
  
  533   Wed Mar 5 12:16:28 2025 ShaneUpdateCDSVac system communications update

[Shane, Jon]

Update on the serial interfacing
with the vacuum system: both turbo pumps
  
  532   Tue Mar 4 10:47:03 2025 ShaneUpdateCDSVac system pinoutsAttached here are the pinouts, as we currently
know them, for the vacuum system. The three
items focused on here are the Agilent TwissTorr
 vac_pinouts_1.jpegvac_pinouts_2.jpeg 
  531   Tue Mar 4 10:28:58 2025 TylerUpdateTCSRIN Plot Updates   Dark_bin_veto.pdfMock_final_plot_inst.pdf 
  530   Tue Mar 4 10:18:43 2025 CynthiaUpdateInterferometer Simulationsattempted to remove curvature and tilt for the coating    3_4_updates.pdf 
  529   Tue Mar 4 03:33:18 2025 Xuesi MaUpdate UpdateSpikes Appear Again, need to address it
systematically.
Power on and off before reaching
 6x 
  528   Tue Mar 4 03:05:42 2025 Xuesi MaUpdateELOGLOG1424564097.243212 2025/02/26 00:14:39 UTC Time
start
12V 2A right after start all 8 elements
  
  527   Thu Feb 27 18:22:21 2025 ShaneUpdateCDSOngoing work in server rack and desk area (1119)As part of the vacuum communications debugging
process, there is ongoing work in the server
rack and desk area in 1119. Please be careful
  
  526   Tue Feb 25 10:56:25 2025 CynthiaUpdateInterferometer Simulationsmirror coating added for simulation rerunI have tried to rerun the simulation on finesse
after adding the mirror coating. The result
has a large fluctuation in required input
 updats_(3).pdf 
  525   Tue Feb 25 10:02:32 2025 Xuesi MaUpdate  1424039912.625576 2025/02/19 22:38:14 UTC Time
start
24V 2.8A right after start all 8
 resistance_vs_time_all_channels_all_time.pdftemperature_vs_time_all_channels_all_time.pdfresistance_vs_time_rise_time.pdfresistance_vs_time_fall_time.pdf 
  523   Tue Feb 25 01:37:00 2025 MichaelUpdateInterferometer SimulationsUpdates and Current Next Steps for Toroidal Mirrors ProjectSince the previous discussion of this project,
I've worked on building finesse models to
verify mathematical results which model the
  
  522   Mon Feb 24 17:50:13 2025 LuisUpdateVACRGA Scan [Ma, Luis]
    February 24, 2025 - 1:00PM

    Ma performed an RGA scan with
 2025-2-24_HeaterElement_ArO.png 
  521   Sun Feb 23 16:00:07 2025 Luke UpdateScripts/ProgramsRingheater modeling UpdateThese are some plots:
The first shows the convergence of
the 02 mode reducing the size of the mesh.
 mesh_convergence.pngnumerical_error_in_innerproduct_of_zernike_basis_elemets.png 
  520   Sun Feb 23 12:11:43 2025 Luke SummaryCleanroomCleanroom cleaning[Luke, Mary, Luis]
Particle Count Measurements:

Pre-cleaning (8:40
 partical_count_2-21-25.png 
  519   Thu Feb 20 17:07:36 2025 LuisUpdateVACRGA Scan [Ma, Luis]
    February 20, 2025 - 3:30
PM
 2025-2-20_HeaterElement_ArO.png 
  518   Wed Feb 19 13:44:48 2025 ShaneUpdateCDSVac serial interfacing update


[Jon, Shane]



Debugging update for vac system serial
communications: we were able to successfully
  
  517   Tue Feb 18 11:19:13 2025 Luke ConfigurationVACRepositioning of the lid's temperature probeBefore the recent bake I slightly repositioned
the temperature probe on the lid from beside
the heater tape to under the heater tape.
  
  516   Tue Feb 18 10:12:39 2025 TylerUpdateTCSFinal RIN Plot Update
Below is a preview of the final RIN figure
that will be included in the FROSTI instrument
paper. A quick summary of what is shown below:
 Preliminary_RIN_plot.pdfFROSTI_ON.pdfDark_Noise.pdfADC_Noise.pdf 
  515   Tue Feb 18 10:02:16 2025 Xuesi MaUpdate Group Meeting Slides 2/18/2025https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WiV2VqS0BzXNCK6VYYQ-Ty8xlHnzXatQaFbMf1-0rsY/edit?usp=sharing   
  514   Tue Feb 18 10:01:07 2025 Xuesi MaUpdate  [Ma, Pooyan, Tyler]
On Friday, we connected the vacuum
chamber with the Cymac.
 IMG_7916.jpegIMG_7915.jpegIMG_7917.jpeg 
  513   Sun Feb 16 16:45:18 2025 Luke UpdateGeneralRingheater position optimization Over the last couple weeks I have been
working on finding the optimal position of
the ringheater's thermal profile. 
 02.png_40.png_4-4.png02_40_4-4.png 
  512   Fri Feb 14 12:15:23 2025 LuisUpdateVACVacuum sytem staus
    [Luis, Luke, Ma]
    February 12, 2025 - 4:00
PM
 2025-2-12_HeaterElement-Bake1_ArC.png2025-2-12_HeaterElement-Bake1_ArO.png 
  511   Fri Feb 14 11:57:50 2025 LuisUpdateVACVacuum Update[Luis]
        Feb/11/25 9:30am

        Pressure gages were connected.
  
  510   Tue Feb 11 08:07:02 2025 LuisUpdateVACBake stopped [Luis, Ma]
        Feb/10/25 4:00pm

        Bake was stopped.
  
  509   Fri Feb 7 12:25:56 2025 Luke SummaryVACStarted bake[Luke, Luis]
The
vacuum chamber is currently baking. 
  
  508   Mon Feb 3 13:17:21 2025 Xuesi MaUpdate  [Ma]
changed all zip ties to peek zip
ties, and grouped wires together. The setup
 20250203_123153.jpg20250203_123213.jpg 
  507   Sat Feb 1 17:25:52 2025 Luke SummaryGeneralCleanroom cleaning[Luke, Cece, Luis]
Particle Count Measurements:

Pre-cleaning (12:15
 20250131_particalcount.png 
  506   Fri Jan 31 15:03:09 2025 Xuesi MaUpdate Heater Element Circuit Check
        table {
            width:
100%;
            border-collapse: collapse;
/* Merges borders into a single line */
  
  505   Tue Jan 28 13:30:46 2025 shaneUpdateCDSSerial comms testing updateAttempted to communicate with the smaller
vac pump (TwissTor 74) via Agilent software
today. Was able to communicate with the pump
  
  504   Mon Jan 27 23:35:28 2025 Xuesi MaUpdate  [Ma]
Installed all the pins to the peek
DB 25 connectors
 20250127_142647.jpg20250127_153454.jpg20250127_154516.jpg 
  503   Mon Jan 27 11:29:38 2025 Xuesi MaUpdate Heater Element Test[Ma, Cece, Luke, Mary, Shane]

On Friday (Jan 24), we installed
the heater elements on the stand. The heater
 20250124_165434.png20250124_165342.png 
  502   Sat Jan 25 18:19:39 2025 Luke UpdateGeneralRingheater modeling UpdateHere
is a quick update on some of the things I
have been working on regarding my project. 
  
  501   Wed Jan 22 10:50:08 2025 TylerUpdateTCSFROSTI Disassembly[Tyler, Ma, Cece, Luis, Shane, Luke, Cynthia,
Liu, Jon]

On Tuesday (Jan 21), we took
the FROSTI apart in front of a filming crew.
 IMG_1843.pngIMG_1844.pngIMG_1849.pngIMG_1850.png 
  500   Tue Jan 21 10:12:02 2025 Luke SummaryGeneralFrosti toy model [Luke, Liu]
Over the winter break I have been
working on this
  
  499   Fri Jan 17 13:27:07 2025 TylerUpdateTCSFROSTI Pre-disassembly[Tyler, Ma, Cece, Jon, Luke, Cynthia, Michael]

On
Tuesday, we prepared the FROSTI for disassembly
in anticipation of the APS filming that is
 IMG_1828.jpegIMG_1830.jpeg 
  498   Tue Jan 14 10:27:14 2025 TylerUpdateTCSRIN Updates[Tyler]


Attached below are updated
plots for the FROSTI RIN measurements for
Jan 14 group meeting.
 ASD_plots_01_14_2025.pdf 
  497   Wed Jan 8 17:35:57 2025 Luke SummaryCleanroomCleanroom cleaning[Luke, Tyler, Cynthia, Shane, Michael]
Summary of Cleaning Activities:
We began cleaning Room 1119 at 2:00
 partical_count_250108.png 
  496   Thu Jan 2 17:52:58 2025 LuisUpdateVACMR Testing Continuation [Luis, Luke]
        RGA Volume:
T = 22°C, P = 2.10e-9 Torr
        Main Volume:
 2024-12-16_PostBake2_ArO_overlay.png2025-1-2_MR-Bake1_ArO.png2025-1-2_MR-Bake1_ArC_overlay.png 
  495   Mon Dec 23 14:33:36 2024 TylerUpdateTCSLatest RIN Measurement ResultsAttached below are the measurements I took
from the FROSTI from 12/18-12/22.
 Updated_ASD_plots.pdfDark_Noise_Thermal_ASD_plots.pdfDC_Voltages.pdfRP-2.jpg 
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