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CHAPTER 4 
4. 
Principles of Operation
 
4.1 Introduction 
A functional block diagram of the 5600 is shown in Figure 12. In each of the 
following sections there are functional block diagrams for the various circuit 
boards of the 5600. 
 
GPIB/RS232
Front Panel
Microprocessor
arallel Bus
Serial Bus
Laser
Optical
Interface
Laser
Control
Laser
Output
CPU
Power
Supply
Power
Supply
Laser
 
Figure 12 - 5600 Block Diagram 
4.2  Laser Driver Theory of Operation 
Figure 13 shows the functionality of the Laser Driver. The following 
sections detail the theory of operation for each of the blocks in Figure 13. 
 
The circuit block diagrams for each laser mode of operation are shown in 
Figure 14, Figure 15, and Figure 16. The theory of operation for each mode 
of operation is discussed in Sections 4.2.9 - 4.2.11. 
 
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