PALM-3000 P3K Team Meeting #16 Stephen Guiwits Dean Palmer, Ernest Croner, Antonin Bouchez Team Meeting # Cahill March 05, 2010

PALM-3000 From Team Meeting #15 The Near Future Build up RTC racks at Caltech –Complete work on Caltech Suse Kickstart –Incorporate new kernel findings into every version of the kickstart –Work on Real-Time Linux with Quadrics Done. Suse is now Red Hat. All components are working. Waiting on a few camera data adapters to get the final HOWFS data to each PC Build up DM racks at Caltech Done. Modified Omnetics Cables worked as expected Test the DM when it arrives from Xinetics Done. Mirror test went well! 2

PALM-3000 From Team Meeting #15 The Near Future Measure power consumption of drivers to help determine proper cooling method Done. Test power consumption (rated and actual) on all other components as well. Move motion control and acquisition hardware from JPL to Caltech for installation, development, and testing Done Move AO racks down from Palomar. They have been modified with cassegrain cage mounting hardware Done. Racks currently at CIT in use or in storage 3

PALM-3000 P3K Electronics Active Mirror Interfacing Completed HODM Carrier Board PCB Layout Sent procurement out to manufacturer FPGA design in progress Developing a custom housing for the HODM interface boards –Mostly COTS materials Developing a cable design to interface the HODM boards with drivers 4

PALM-3000 P3K Electronics Active Mirror Cabling Completed the designs for the Mirror Interface Boards (MIB) and the Driver Interface Boards (DIB) Quotes in hand for parts and assembly Deciding on a vendor next week and will procure once funding is established 5