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Appendix A
Components Technical Notes
Overview
This appendix contains technical notes for the RaySphere components.
QE65000 Spectrometer
A QE65000 spectrometer is mounted inside the RaySphere main body. See the QE65000 documentation
for more information (see
Product-Related Documentation ).
NIRQuest Spectrometer
The RaySphere1700 has a NirQuest512 spectrometer mounted inside the main body. See the NIRQuest
documentation for more information (see
Product-Related Documentation ).
Trigger Electronics
The trigger electronics is a newly developed unit to fulfill the requirements for validating solar simulators.
The unit has a USB connection for communication. Other parts are the following:
• Photodiode
• Analog comparator for detecting flash events
• Cpld-Microprocessor for logical operations like delays and triggering
• Atmel-chip for PC communication
The trigger electronics is a standalone unit. All values for triggering are stored in the onboard FPGA. This
offers an extended range of use in combination with the SpectraSuite spectrometer operating software.
Trigger parameters can be set in the Photocurrent/Trigger Settings dialog box. See Changing
Photocurrent and Trigger Settings for more information. The parameters that need to be defined are:
• Delay for QE65000
• Delay for NirQ512