Advanced Shutter Control for a Molecular Beam Epitaxy Reactor

Abstract

An open-source hardware and software-based shutter controller solution was developed that communicates over Ethernet withour original equipment manufacturer (OEM) molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) reactor control software. An Arduino Megamicrocontroller is the used for the brain of the shutter controller, while a custom-designed circuit board distributes 24-Vpower to each of the 16 shutter solenoids available on the MBE. Using Ethernet communications supported by the OEMsoftware, the new shutter controller eliminates the need for proprietary interface cards inside the control computer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1052076

Entities

People

  • Eric Rong
  • Ryan Enck

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuit Boards
  • Circuits
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Crystal Growth
  • Electronics
  • Epitaxial Growth
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Microcontrollers
  • Modules (Electronics)
  • Molecular Beam Epitaxy
  • Molecular Beams
  • Network Protocols
  • Semiconductors
  • Solenoids

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.