2023 Design
The previous version (v7, 2023) of the RF source includes the following components:
Raspberry Pi 3b
ADF5355 PLL board (10.8 - 13.3)
Custom-made 10 - 14 GHz tunable bandpass filter
Mini-Circuits ZX60-153LN amplifier
-10 dB fixed attenuator
VDI 740 AMCI RF Multiplier
BWSensing AH500
DS3231 Real Time Clock (RTC)
20 MHz Temperature controlled crystal oscillator
0 to -30 dB Variable attenuator
Open-ended waveguide
Vertical polarizing filter
3x 5mW red LASER modules
Standalone metrology camera (Sony DSC-RX0m2)
Custom-made Power supply board: 2x 5V Traco Power switching regulators, 1x 9V Traco Power switching regulator, 6V LM7806 linear regulator