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BW10-310A

Version 1.6 / 02-09-2022

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3. Now the comport is opened and the lower section of the GUI appears. Please check first if the

firmware of the unit is 1.09. If not please contact your FAE for update instructions. The box

board

connected

will change to a green background. You can also notice that the

pin protection

is enabled

and the

load / unload

box is checked. If the GUI crashes, please check if you really have installed a

JRE version V8 update 191 or older.

Summary of Contents for BW10-310A

Page 1: ...APPLICATION NOTE BW10 310A VCSEL driver with TEC control and swept voltage generator Software revision 2 5 firmware revision 1 09...

Page 2: ...lar shape 50 Hz to 100 KHz o square root shape 50 Hz to 75 KHz 60Msamples 8bit arbitrary waveform generator for up to 120KHz sweep signals Integrated pin protection Single 5V power supply included Shi...

Page 3: ...ct Vt with J2 of the TO fixture Do not use BNC couplers to extend the BNC cable length You must not use BNC couplers to extend the BNC cable length When using BNC couplers and the metal housing is pla...

Page 4: ...ndows version Please remember the installation folder The GUI does not need an installation Simply unzip the files to a folder the user can access easily and start the GUI using the batch file Bw10Ref...

Page 5: ...ill explain the exception The hardware also contains a circuit which shorts J1 and J2 to GND This mechanism is referred to the pin protection The pin protection is disabled once the user loaded a comp...

Page 6: ...e check first if the firmware of the unit is 1 09 If not please contact your FAE for update instructions The box board connected will change to a green background You can also notice that the pin prot...

Page 7: ...length is correct At this stage you refine the max laser drive and tuning voltage limits to ensure that you do not damage your specific laser Just enter the limit in the set LD Current section and set...

Page 8: ...ture Use the clamp mechanism to fix the TOSA with the fixture and ensure a good thermal connection Once the laser is inserted uncheck the load unload box GUI will disable the pin protection Next you c...

Page 9: ...and clicking update or by clicking in the text field and entering a number with the keyboard followed by enter If you do not click update or hit enter the new value is not written into the microcontro...

Page 10: ...sweep frequency by entering a sweep rate from 50Hz to 120KHz Please use only whole numbers i e do not use comma decimal points You can start the voltage swept by clicking start sweep The voltage sett...