Operator's Manual
Issue 14 / Mar 2016
MercuryiPS
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Pressure
This is a board which measures signals from a pressure transducer. It can be used to control
pressure in a cryogenic system. A maximum of eight of these boards can be fitted. Chapter
13 gives a full technical description.
The iPS automatically identifies every daughter board present.
Figure 4 Layout of MercuryiPS expansion slots
The location of daughter boards is subject to certain constraints, as given in the following table.
Board Allowed position Typical position
Level sensor Any 5
Auxiliary I/O Any 4
Temperature sensor Any 6, 7 and/or 8
GPIB GPIB only
Pressure Any 8