MercuryiTC
©2014 Oxford Instruments Omicron NanoScience. All rights reserved.
Page 126
10 HEATER DAUGHTER BOARD
The heater board contains a single heater output. A heater board must be associated with a
temperature sensor board.
10.1 Installing a heater board
10.1.1 Fitting the board
The heater board must be fitted in the correct slot so that it is connected to its associated
temperature sensor board, as shown in the following table.
Heater board output Temperature sensor board
Slot 1 is connected to Slot 6
Slot 2 is connected to Slot 7
Slot 3 is connected to Slot 8
The procedure for fitting a daughter board has already been described in section 5.2.
10.1.2 Connecting the heater
The heater is connected to the 9-way D-connector on the associated temperature sensor board.
Pin connections are shown in section 4.1.
10.2 Circuit description of the heater board
The image below shows a block diagram of the heater circuit.