The purpose of this project was to develop an automated test system for laser control circuit board assemblies. By providing a system with which IPG Photonics can test their laser control boards, other related Fiber Optic Amplifier hardware will be shielded from destructive board failures. We built a custom software and hardware package to measure various parameters of the laser control boards verifying correct modular operation. The scalable LabVIEW-based on solution was designed to include a user defined pass-fail criteria and a board failure analysis tool. Analysis of verification tests prove that the test system is reliable.

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Creator

• West, Joshua Wilder
• Thomas, Sabin Mammen

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 03C034M

Advisor

• King, Brian M.
• Cyganski, David

Year

• 2003

Sponsor

• IPG Photonics Corporation

Date created

• 2003-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright